This team earned second place in the 2014 RoboBoat competition, our second year in the event. The PropaGator team members are comprised of undergraduate and graduate students from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. Team Members:
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| Andrew Gray | Team Leader | Electrical and Computer Engineering | viron11111 [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 PhD (2016) Machine Intelligence, Electrical Engineering Hardware /Electrical /Software implementation and supervision
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| Daniel Frank | Mechanical design and implementation | Mechanical Engineering | dzf209 [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 PhD (2016) Systems Integration Actuators, challenge construction, CAD modelling
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| Stephen Palecek | Software Team Leader | Computer Engineering | sppalecek [at] gmail [dot] com | |
 Masters (2014) Embedded systems and sensors Actuator software, sensor software and ROS integration.
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| Forrest Voight | Computer Software | Electrical and Computer Engineering | forrestv [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Undergraduate (2015) Electrical Engineering User interfaces, ROS integration, computer vision, general software design and implementation.
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| Jackson Graham | Hull and propulsion designer | Mechanical Engineering | Jackson [dot] graham1 [at] yahoo [dot] com | |
 Masters (2014) Mechanical structures Boat hull and propulsion systems.
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| Darsan Patel | Controls | Mechanical Engineering | darsan13 [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 PhD (2015) Controls Z-drive propulsion software
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| Matthew Griessler | Electrical Design | Electrical and Computer Engineering | mgriessler [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Undergraduate (2015) Electronics Board design
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| Josh Weaver | Software Consultant | Electrical and Computer Engineering | josh [dot] n [dot] weaver [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 PhD (2014) Artificial Intelligence and Controls Boat aircraft system, Software architecture, mission planning, ROS integration.
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| Yin Xie | Computer Software | Computer Science | yinxie [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Masters (2014) Embedded systems and sensors Pattern recognition and ROS integration.
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| Amy Gray | Marketing Assistant | Business | amygrayj [at] gmail [dot] com | |
 Business (2016) Marketing Marketing Assistant.
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| Dr. Eric M. Schwartz | Faculty Advisor | Faculty in Elec & Comp Engineering | ems [at] mil [dot] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Student Teams, Robotics, Machine intelligence, Autonomous Mobile Agents, Computer Hardware/Software, Microcomputers, Digital Design. |
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| Dr. A. Antonio Arroyo | Faculty Consultant | Faculty in Elec & Comp Engineering | arroyo [at] mil [dot] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Machine and artificial intelligence, microprocessors, microcomputers, expert systems, human-machine interaction, computer software and hardware systems, pattern recognition, digital signal / natural language and speech processing. |
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| Dr. Carl Crane | Faculty Consultant | Mechanical Engineering | ccrane [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 PhD Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Robotics, autonomous machines, computer graphics, kinematics.
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| Shannon Ridgeway | Faculty Consultant | Mechanical Engineering | scer [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 PhD Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Machine intelligence, dynamic systems and control, kinematics.
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Contributing Members
| Name | Major |
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| Austin Baylis | Computer Science |
| Nick Troiano | Computer Science, Mathematics |
| Alex Miller | Mechanical Engineering |
| Danial Khan | Mechanical Engineering |
| Thomas Monson | Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering |
| Chelsea Richards | Mechanical Engineering |
| Ryan Zavoral | Software Engineering, Mathematics |
| Mary Grace Zmuda | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Julia Lu | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
