Team New Gen Profiler
| Project name | New Gen Profiler |
| Project Title | The Go Anywhere Profiling Float |
| Abstract | Unmanned underwater autonomous vehicles (UUVs) are an integral tool for studying and understanding the ocean. Profiling floats are a very important type of UUV as they are deployed all over the world and collect critical data for researchers. Profiling floats undergo a ten-day cycle where the descend to 1000m drift for 9 days then descend to 2000m then make their ascend to the surface where they transmit the data. Teledyne Marine is one of the largest suppliers of profiling floats in the industry. However recently they have been losing market share to other competitors. To remain competitive Teledyne wants to fully redesign their buoyancy engine for their profiling float. With this redesign, Teledyne wants to achieve “go anywhere” status meaning they want the buoyancy engine to be able to operate in 80% of the world’s waters. The float will be able to maintain neutral buoyancy, ascend and descend in the densest and freshest waters. To achieve this, we have decided to implement a new pump system and increase the buoyancy within the profiling float replacing their current system. This decision to implement a new design came after conducting a trade study on Teledyne’s current biggest competitors and research. Not only are we going to achieve the “go anywhere” status we are also planning to achieve greater efficiency by reducing power consumption and increasing the lifespan of the float. |
| Faculty advisor | Amit Tandon, Patrick Pasteris |
| Sponsor | Bob Melvin, Teledyne Marine Systems |
| Team lead | Chris Pirie |
| Team Members | Arianna Roberts, Ian Mederios, Tanner Safford |
| Video link | https://youtu.be/uTcxr4hWN3E |
