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Building Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
July 13 - July 19, 2003
Marine Science, Technology, and GIS:
Where are the fish? Using GIS to model marine habitats.
July 27 - August 2, 2003
2003 ROV Institute description
In an attempt to address the needs of a
rapidly expanding area of marine technology, and the growing interest in the
MATE/MTS ROV Committee Student ROV Competition, one of the MATE
Center's 5th Annual Summer Institutes for Faculty Development focused on
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).
This Institute provided a forum for educators already
involved in ROV design and building projects and some educators who were
highly motivated to jump in at an advanced level to: (1) share what they were
doing and learn from others; (2) obtain information about advanced ROV-related
topics such as piloting and sliding potentiometer control systems; and (3)
learn about the many career opportunities available in the submersible
technology field.
Field trips and opportunities to meet ROV pilots and technicians helped
participants understand the type of work these professionals do and the
technologies they use. In addition, participants built their own
fully-functioning ROVs that competed at the end of the week in six events
including races, obstacle courses, and the culminating event-- battle hoops,
where all ROVs
simultaneously attempted to move their color-coordinated PVC Ts to the
center of concentric rings on the pool bottom while trying to sabotage
the others!
2003 GIS Institute description
As in 2002, the MATE Center hosted the second of two faculty workshops on topics related
to the marine environment, marine technology, and the applications of GIS.
This workshop facilitated a closer interaction between marine science and
GIS faculty, thereby helping to increase the diversity of faculty and
students exposed to GIS, marine technology, and marine technical careers.
Faculty gained an awareness of career opportunities in the marine technical
field, while increasing their understanding of technologies applied to ocean
activities. Some of the many Institute activities included:
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a day trip on the Monterey Bay,
demonstrating how marine GIS data can be collected using Side Scan Sonar
equipment and a ROV
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a geology field trip to help understand
the rock formations in the Monterey Bay
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designing and creating a GIS marine
habitat map
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