Autonomy On & In the Sea RESEARCH FORUM MOBIL ILIT ITY - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Guy Meadows

Director, Great Lakes Research Center Robbins Professor of Sustainable Marine Engineering gmeadows@mtu.edu

Areas of research/expertise

Nearshore Hydrodynamics

• Waves in shallow water
• Dangerous nearshore currents

Marine Engineering

• Sensors and platforms
• Consumer of autonomy…not a creator
• I am looking for creators who wish to collaborate

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TECHTALKS

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Autonomy On & In the Sea

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Contributions to Mobility – An Early Developer

• Ocean Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs)
• With MTRI

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Contributions to Mobility – Flying and Swimming

• Persistent Ocean Surveillance (DARPA)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)

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Contributions to Mobility – Back to the Surface

• ASV Global Co-Worker 5 – Full Autonomous
• Pending NSF – MRI
• Autonomous Wave Glide
• Arrives this summer - NOAA

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