Projects
Senior Design Fact Sheet
For the AY 2023-2024, our program is running eight projects. Out of these eight projects, two are sponsored directly by our MNE faculty. Additionally, we have one project that is targeting the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition sponsored by DOE. This year, majority of our projects are tackling needs in the area of Blue Economy.
Team Videos (8 videos, click on next to see the next video):
Link to vote for the Best Team Project Video:
TBA
| Faculty Advisor | Project Title | Sponsor |
| Dr. Vijaya Chalivendra | Design, Manufacture, and Test of a 3D Printed Metal UUV Housing | Thomas Waldman (Industry), Mission Technologies, Unmanned Systems, HII |
| Dr. Dan MacDonald and Dr. Mehdi Raessi | Developing a self-deploying ballast system structure for MADWEC ocean wave energy converter. | Dr. Dan MacDonald (MECC Competition) |
| Dr. Afsoon Amirzadeh Goghari | Design and Manufacturing of a Baja SAE Off-Road Vehicle 2.0 | ASME Club, Faculty advisor Dr. Hamed Samandari |
| Dr. Amit Tandon and Patrick R Pasteris | The Go Anywhere Profiling Float | Bob Melvin (Industry), Chief Engineer, Teledyne Marine |
| Dr. Hangjian Ling | Fabrication of porous superhydrophobic surface for fuel-efficient marine vessels | Ling Lab directed by Dr. Hangjian Ling |
| Dr. Wenzhen Huang | Hob cleaning station |
John Romanelli (industry), Manager, Engineering & Technology Center, Acushnet Company |
| Dr. Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh | FluidWave Sonics Team: Development and Precision Calibration of Wave Generating System | FSI lab directed Dr. Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh |
| Dr. Sankha Bhowmick | Mobile Gateway Buoy | Brendan Martin (industry), Advanced Technology Manager, Unmanned Systems, HII |