NAVSEA Robosub Competition (2015-2016)

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) sponsors an annual competition for autonomous robotic submarines (Robosubs). The competition is hosted in San Diego, CA, and challenges engineering skills across multiple disciplines. The competition team brings together engineers from across the Palouse, but this page highlights the efforts of the University of Idaho Capstone Design team.

Problem Definition
The main goal for the year is to design and produce a working, autonomous submarine capable of completing specified goals and tasks while meeting club/competition requirements.

Background
Launched in 1997 and co-sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Robosub aimed to advance development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) by challenging new generations of engineers to perform realistic missions in an underwater environment. The competition is open to high school and college teams from around the world and is held each year at the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific's TRANSDEC Anechoic pool in San Diego, CA.

Team Information
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 * style="padding:5px"|Jace Westcott: Jace is a senior at the University of Idaho and working towards his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. In his spare time he enjoys being outside and spending time with friends/family. Hobbies include snowboarding, an soccer. He's a nice guy, but don't let that fool you he's definitely ladies man.
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 * style="padding:5px"|Dylan Christianson: A mechanical engineering student with a minor in physics at the University of Idaho, Dylan has been a protege from a young age. A Hawaiian/Dutch, native born Alaskan he has spent many summers working on a fishing boat, but plays soccer and water polo on his off time. He is currently employed by the US Navy, in the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate Program, collecting large sums of money for doing nothing but going to school. CODENAME: Brown Bear
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 * style="padding:5px"|Mike Clark: He is a White American​ Senior student at University of Idaho working on a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Don't let his dashing good looks fool you ladies and gentleman he is the brains of the operation. He loves to spend his extra time drawing Lego men, playing water polo and taking long walks on the beach under the moonlight with his girlfriend.
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 * style="padding:5px"|Kirk Delmas:Kirk is a senior Mechanical Engineering student (barley) at the University of Idaho. Currently is in the Navy ROTC program at the University of Idaho, and will attend Dive and Salvage School in Florida upon graduation. He is the bronze behind the operation. His hobbies include water polo, rock climbing, fishing, snowboarding, and working out.
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 * style="padding:5px"|Kirk Delmas:Kirk is a senior Mechanical Engineering student (barley) at the University of Idaho. Currently is in the Navy ROTC program at the University of Idaho, and will attend Dive and Salvage School in Florida upon graduation. He is the bronze behind the operation. His hobbies include water polo, rock climbing, fishing, snowboarding, and working out.
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