Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziqian Liu, State University of New York, Maritime College

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

AC 2011-490: A STUDENT-ORIENTED CONTROL LABORATORY US-ING PROGRAM CCZiqian Liu, SUNY Maritime College Ziqian Liu received the Ph.D. degree from the Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2005. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Engineering Department, SUNY Maritime College. From 2005 to 2008, he worked in Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd, USA. From 1989 to 1999, he was with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, China. His research interests include nonlin- ear optimal control, intelligent control, motor control systems, DSP or microprocessor-based embedded systems, power electronics and drives, and computational modeling

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deidre Sullivan, Marine Advanced Technology Education Center; Jill Marie Zande, Marine Advanced Technology Education Center

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Ocean and Marine

Geology from UC Santa Barbara and has Master’s Degrees in Marine Geology, GIS/ Marine Resource Management from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and Oregon State University.Jill Marie Zande, Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center Jill Zande Associate Director & ROV Competition Coordinator Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center VP Education and Research Marine Technology Society (MTS) Jill Zande is the Associate Director and ROV Competition Coordinator for the Marine Advanced Tech- nology Education (MATE) Center and the current VP of Education and Research for MTS. At the MATE Center, Jill’s role is to work closely with industry to ensure that educational programs are aligned with

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Miranda II, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

calibration curve that was theoreticallycalculated. The results show a successful test because of theplots lie on the linear proportional line, as seen in Figure9.The robustness of the vehicle proved to exemplifypredictable and reputable results. The vehicle wasprogrammed to assume a heading along the edge of thepool’s wall, then follow along the pool’s perimeter andreturn back to its original home position. A video of the testrun has been attached to this summary in the designpackage. Test plans and reports can be found in the Figure 7: Testing at OE HydrodynamicsAppendix section of this report. Laboratory. In order to program the vessel to perform thedesired maneuver, a rigorous path plan had to

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

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Ocean and Marine

Technological University DR. JEAN KAMPE is currently department chair of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technolog- ical University, where she also holds an associate professorship in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Tech, an M.Ch.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Michigan Tech. She was employed as a research engineer for five years at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, and she held an associate professorship in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, working there for ten years in first-year