This team earned first place in the 2013 RoboBoat competition. This was our first year as a participant. 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 | |
 Masters (2013) Machine Intelligence, Electrical Engineering Hardware /Electrical /Software implementation and supervision
Andrew earned his PhD in May, 2018.
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| Navid Shahrestani | Lead Electrical Engineer | Electrical and Computer Engineering | navids [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Masters (2013) Computers Printed Circuit Board Design, ROS implementation, Kalman Filters
Navid earned his masters in 2013.
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| Daniel Frank | Mechanical design and implementation | Mechanical Engineering | dzf209 [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Masters (2012) Systems Integration Actuators, challenge construction, CAD modelling
Daniel earned his PhD in May, 2018.
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| Will Rolke | Electro-Optics Engineer | Computer Science | will [dot] rolke [at] gmail [dot] com | |
 Undergraduate (2014) Computer Programming, Linux Expert LADAR imaging, Python Programming, Code Conversion
Will earned his BS in 2014.
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| John Phillips | Frame and Infrastructure Engineer | Mechanical Engineering | johnwphillips [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Undergraduate (2014) Dynamics CAD Drafting, Systems Integration, Mechanical Design
Will earned his BS in 2014.
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| Andrew Wegener | Electronics Engineer | Electrical and Computer Engineering | wegenerandrew [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Undergraduate (2014) Electrical Engineering Printed Circuit Board Design, Stereo Vision, LADAR imaging
Andrew earned his BS in 2014.
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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.
Forrest earned his BS in 2014 and Masters in 2016.
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| Cory Penuel | Engineering Assistant | Mechanical Engineering | kokomolabs [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Undergraduate (2013) Mechanical Design Engineering Assistant
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| Daniel Nowery | Engineering Assistant | Mechanical Engineering | drnowery [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Undergraduate (2013) Mechanical Design Engineering Assistant
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| Mitchel Rabsatt | Engineering Assistant | Mechanical Engineering | mitchelrabsatt [at] gmail [dot] com | |
 Undergraduate (2013) Mechanical Design Engineering Assistant
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| Laura Smith | Engineering Assistant | Mechanical Engineering | lsmith27 [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Undergraduate (2013) Mechanical Design Engineering Assistant
Laura earned her BS in 2014.
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| Sargent White | Engineering Assistant | Information Systems and Operations Management | ogsarge [at] yahoo [dot] com | |
 ISOM Warrington College of Business (2013) Information Systems, Supply Chain, Finance Engineering Assistant
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| Mary Grace Zmuda | Engineering Assistant | Electrical and Computer Engineering | NA | |
 High School (2014) ECE (in college) Engineering 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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| Colin Watson | Software Consultant | Electrical and Computer Engineering | colinw [at] ufl [dot] edu | |
 Masters (2013) Computer Programming, Machine Intelligence, Electrical Engineering Point Cloud, ROS implementation, Kalman Filters
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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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