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.
Name | Position | Major | ||
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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 Lead, Outreach Coordinator | Mechanical Engineering | dzf209 [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() PhD (2016) Systems Integration Actuators, challenge construction, CAD modelling |
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Matthew Griessler | Electrical Lead | Electrical and Computer Engineering | mgriessler [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() Undergraduate (2015) Electronics Board design |
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Kevin French | Software Lead | Electrical and Computer Engineering | fnivek [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() Undergraduate (2015) Embedded processing Sensor Integration |
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Zach Goins | Boat Controls | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | zach [dot] a [dot] goins [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() BS (2016) Robotic controls Thruster mapper, boat controller, low level path planner |
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Ralph Leyva | Object Recognition | Electrical and Computer Engineering | ralphfleyva [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() Undergraduate (2016) Machine Learning Buoy detection, orange symbol detection, wireless network configuration. |
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Forrest Voight | Software Consultant | 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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Tim Williams | Quadcopter technician | Mechanical Engineering | timmw [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() Undergraduate (2016) Autonomous aircraft Aircraft maintenance, parts manufacturing |
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Lucas Bassett-Audain | Software | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | lbassettaudain [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() Undergraduate (2018) Computer Vision Speed gate recognition, buoy avoidance, mission integration. |
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Ken Tran | Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | kenken123246 [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() Undergraduate (2017) Mechanical design and construction Mechanical design and manufacturing, network stations. |
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Lucas Murphy | Manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering | lucasdmurphy [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() Undergraduate (2017) Mechanical Engineering Mechanical design and manufacturing; pressure vessels, interior structures, propulsion. |
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Jacob Easterling | Electronics Designer | Electrical and Computer Engineering | jacob [dot] s [dot] easterling [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() Undergraduate (2015) Embedded processing Board design, acoustics |
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Jacob Panikulam | Controls Expert | Electrical and Computer Engineering | jpanikul [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() Undergraduate (2016) Intelligent Machines Azimuth thruster controller |
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Morgan Wixted | Electronics and testing engineer | Electrical and Computer Engineering | mwixted2 [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() BS (2018) Embedded systems Boat safety devices |
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Mary Grace Zmuda | Electronics and testing engineer | Electrical and Computer Engineering | mgzmuda [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() BS (2018) Embedded systems Boat safety devices |
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Vinicius Vidal | Motor Specialist | Mechanical Engineering | viniciusfvidal [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() Exchange student Electrical motors Course construction, motor winding, motor research |
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Gabriel Tapizquent | Network Specialist | Electrical and Computer Engineering | gaboth22 [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() BS (2016) Computer communications JSON messages |
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Israelle Widjaja | Manufacturing consultant | Mechanical Engineering | iwidjaja [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
BS (2016) Mechanical Engineering Course construction and mechanical fabrication |
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Jackson Graham | Hull/Propulsion Consultant | Mechanical Engineering | Jackson [dot] graham1 [at] yahoo [dot] com | |
![]() Masters (2014) Mechanical structures Boat hull and propulsion systems |
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Khimya Khetarpal | Software Development | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | khimyakhetarpal [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() Masters (2016) Machine Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Path planning |
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Darsan Patel | Controls Consultant | Mechanical Engineering | darsan13 [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() PhD (2015) Controls Z-drive propulsion software |
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Stephen Palecek | Software Consultant | Computer Engineering | sppalecek [at] gmail [dot] com | |
![]() Masters (2014) Embedded systems and sensors Actuator software, sensor software and ROS integration. |
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Dr. Eric M. Schwartz | Faculty Advisor | Faculty in Elec & Comp Engineering | ems [at] mil [dot] ufl [dot] edu | |
![]() PhD Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering 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 | |
![]() PhD Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Machine and artificial intelligence, microprocessors, human-machine interaction, 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. |