2015 Team

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.

TeamPicture

Name Position Major Email
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

Daniel Frank Mechanical Lead, Outreach Coordinator Mechanical Engineering dzf209 [at] ufl [dot] edu

PhD (2016)

Systems Integration

Actuators, challenge construction, CAD modelling

Matthew Griessler Electrical Lead Electrical and Computer Engineering mgriessler [at] ufl [dot] edu

Undergraduate (2015)

Electronics

Board design

Kevin French Software Lead Electrical and Computer Engineering fnivek [at] gmail [dot] com

Undergraduate (2015)

Embedded processing

Sensor Integration

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

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.

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.

Tim Williams Quadcopter technician Mechanical Engineering timmw [at] ufl [dot] edu

Undergraduate (2016)

Autonomous aircraft

Aircraft maintenance, parts manufacturing

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.

Ken Tran Manufacturing Mechanical Engineering kenken123246 [at] gmail [dot] com

Undergraduate (2017)

Mechanical design and construction

Mechanical design and manufacturing, network stations.

Lucas Murphy Manufacturing Mechanical Engineering lucasdmurphy [at] ufl [dot] edu

Undergraduate (2017)

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical design and manufacturing; pressure vessels, interior structures, propulsion.

Jacob Easterling Electronics Designer Electrical and Computer Engineering jacob [dot] s [dot] easterling [at] gmail [dot] com

Undergraduate (2015)

Embedded processing

Board design, acoustics

Jacob Panikulam Controls Expert Electrical and Computer Engineering jpanikul [at] gmail [dot] com

Undergraduate (2016)

Intelligent Machines

Azimuth thruster controller

Morgan Wixted Electronics and testing engineer Electrical and Computer Engineering mwixted2 [at] gmail [dot] com

BS (2018)

Embedded systems

Boat safety devices

Mary Grace Zmuda Electronics and testing engineer Electrical and Computer Engineering mgzmuda [at] ufl [dot] edu

BS (2018)

Embedded systems

Boat safety devices

Vinicius Vidal Motor Specialist Mechanical Engineering viniciusfvidal [at] ufl [dot] edu

Exchange student

Electrical motors

Course construction, motor winding, motor research

Gabriel Tapizquent Network Specialist Electrical and Computer Engineering gaboth22 [at] gmail [dot] com

BS (2016)

Computer communications

JSON messages

Israelle Widjaja Manufacturing consultant Mechanical Engineering iwidjaja [at] ufl [dot] edu

BS (2016)

Mechanical Engineering

Course construction and mechanical fabrication

Jackson Graham Hull/Propulsion Consultant Mechanical Engineering Jackson [dot] graham1 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Masters (2014)

Mechanical structures

Boat hull and propulsion systems

Khimya Khetarpal Software Development Computer and Information Science and Engineering khimyakhetarpal [at] gmail [dot] com

Masters (2016)

Machine Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

Path planning

Darsan Patel Controls Consultant Mechanical Engineering darsan13 [at] ufl [dot] edu

PhD (2015)

Controls

Z-drive propulsion software

Stephen Palecek Software Consultant Computer Engineering sppalecek [at] gmail [dot] com

Masters (2014)

Embedded systems and sensors

Actuator software, sensor software and ROS integration.

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.

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.

Dr. Carl Crane Faculty Consultant Mechanical Engineering ccrane [at] ufl [dot] edu

PhD

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Robotics, autonomous machines, computer graphics, kinematics.

Shannon Ridgeway Faculty Consultant Mechanical Engineering scer [at] ufl [dot] edu

PhD

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Machine intelligence, dynamic systems and control, kinematics.