Newsletter from the MIT Course 13 Student Engineering Association

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SNAME Student Paper Night • Next 13SEAs The New England Section of SNAME held Lunch on March their Annual Student Paper Night on 19th Thursday, 13 February 2003, at the MIT Faculty Club. Over 60 SNAME members were in attendance with large contingents • Congratulations of students from the U.S. Coast Guard New Doctoral Academy and MIT. The evening began Students! with a pleasant social hour and tasty meal that progressed to an intense and intellectually stimulating series of student papers. Nine MIT students and one • Welcome New Graduate Students: Coast Guard Cadet presented eight Students! "Kemonaut: An Odyssey Class AUV papers at the meeting. The papers were: Platform for the NEREUS Underwater Mass Spectrometer" Richard Camilli Undergraduate Students: "Hull Form Optimization for Monohull "

"Modularity: The Multi-Mission That by Justin A. Harper Highlights: Isn't" by Cadet 1/C Eric Burley (USCGA) "Computation of Acoustic Scattering from "A Chemical Sensor to Aid in the Search Axi-Symmetric Shells" by Charles Low Student Spotlight- for Underwater Archaeological Sites" by "Forecasting System and Theater Level Sophomore Women Johanna L. Mathieu ‘04 2 Impacts of Technology Infusion on "Drag Reduction of an Elastic Fish Model" Conventional Submarine Design" by Kostas Recap of Recent MTS by Karl-Magnus W. McLetchie ‘02 Psallidas and John Hootman Meetings "A SWATH Model for the Charles River" 3 by Meg Hendry-Brogan, '03 and Sheila We look forward to sending many of the Saroglou, '03 presenters to the National Meeting! ROV Teams’ Update 3 MIT Students Tour the ship replica Fame Recent 13SEAs Lunch During IAP, Fame (in the cold!), and met the man of the Seminars five 13SEAs operation himself, Harold Burnham. Their 4 students introduction to the 31 year old boat-builder, joined lofting who was standing on the lofting floor in a IAP Adventures and and design torn sweater, filthy jeans, and shoes with Classes classes “ventilation” for his toes, was quintessential. 5 during a visit Mr. Burnham’s family has been building

to the H. A. boats on the same plot of land for centuries. Alumni Spotlight- Roger Maloof And even with his seemingly infinite Burnham Shipyard, a historic shipyard in experience, and the sense that naval 6 Essex, MA. The shipyard is building a architectural intuition ran in his veins, he Faculty Spotlight- Nick replica of the 1812 Privateer, Fame. humored questions with replies like “I don’t Patrikalakis know, I just make it up as I go.” We should 7 The group first toured the Essex all be so lucky as to have the level of to gain an craftsmanship and vision that he seems to 13.018 Final Project: understanding of historical context. They possess. Overall, the visit was a wonderful SWATH were then introduced to the basic methods sort of ‘grass-roots’ experience for 7 and tools used for centuries to loft and engineers! It was like being transported construct wooden vessels. Finally, they all back in time to the genesis of our industry! stepped foot on the lofting floor, spoke Special thanks to Kurt Hasselbach of the face-to-face with the chapped-faced, MIT Museum for coordinating the event! calloused-handed men who were crafting Making Waves Page 2 of 8 in AUVs and ROVs, but I have no idea,

really, where I'll end up a few years Student Spotlight: Meet the Sop homore Women from now. Plus, what better than to For this month’s student spotlight, we Addie: I cam e to MIT with a very good spend a summer working on a boat have chosen to interview the three start on a math major with a possible someplace warm? I grew up near the sophomore women majoring in double maj or in course 9. However, ocean and enjoy swimming and playing Ocean Engineering, Olivia those pla ns changed thanks to the on the shore. Leitermann, Maggie Loftus, and advice of my dad. We decided that

Addie Yandell (photo on page 3). since I love swimming and other water Maggie: I want to design sailboats, sports Oc ean Engineering would be a cruising yachts, and racing yachts good depa rtment to investigate. Fortunately, Melissa Harness, invited Why did you choose Ocean and hope to be in me to he r 13.018 presentation my Engineering? on the construction freshman year. I really liked the fact Olivia: I chose OE because it is a side in addition to that the O cean Engineering curriculum small department and the professors the design side. I really care about the students and has a group design project that involves so many aspects of think it would be how they are doing. After my first fun to see my term, I had had about enough of engineering. I got to know some people in OE and decided that I really Maggie Loftus project go from giant lecture liked the people and size of the start to finish and classes. Also, department and got a great UROP! to know that I was important in making OE is a neat it happen. field where What extracurricular activities you have to are you involved in? Addie: AUVs definitely, but I haven’t consider entire figured out what about them is so Olivia: I play hockey when there is ice systems, and appealing. I think the cool toy aspect and rugby when there is not. You need to learn may have something to do with it. should all play rugby. And hockey too. about the I am also an EMT and I work with electronics, Do you have a UROP or a fluids, SEMS on campus. Occasionally I do structures, Olivia Leitermann theater things, mostly tech. current research project? Olivia: During the fall semester, I had a software, power systems, and Maggie: I am on the sailing team. And UROP with John Leonard. I took the everything else that goes into a I am in AXO, so I do a lot of stuff Edgerton Center machine shop class vehicle. Since I'm still not sure what planning events with them, but other and made a pressure housing for a I'd really like to be when I grow up, than that I'm not in any organized camera that may be installed on an learning some about a bunch of groups. I spend a lot of time on my ROV. different things is a huge advantage. UROP. The systems approach also goes a Maggie: I have a UROP in the Water long way towards helping students to Addie: I am in Sigma Kappa and am Tunnel helping Melissa Harness with consider everything that's going on, the PR Chair for 13SEAs. I am the her research. We are studying the and making better engineers of us by Vice-Chair of the Undergraduate forces generated by a foil flapping in not looking at any one aspect of a Association Judicial Review Board. I 3D. Right now we are trying to vehicle exclusively. am also a member of Campus Crusade determine how efficient the propulsion for Christ here at MIT and am one of a is so we can determine if the foil can Maggie: I chose OE because I really team of directors for Park Street be used on vehicles. There is actually love the ocean and boats. The Church. Finally, during the last an AUV in construction right now that is curriculum includes most of the semester and IAP I was involved with going to use foils like ours. different kinds of engineering, and I Leadershape as the Logistics and On- like the idea of integrating all of those Site Coordinator. I also absolutely love Addie: I used to work with Victor aspects into one project instead of swimming and spend every spare Polidoro and Stephen Licht on their just focusing on the electronics or the moment in the pool. You could say Flapping Foil AUV, however this mechanics or something. I like the that I’m double majoring in semester I have switched over to the challenge associated with extracurricular activities. MATE ROV design competition. My waterproofing all of our components, team is designing a ROV that will go and the projects that we do interest What are your research down into a mock Titanic and pick up me more than a lot of the other interests? PVC sea probes. It has been fun so majors. far and has given me a chance to Olivia: Personally, I'm most interested couple my interest in cool toys with my interest in leadership.

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13SEAs Members Attend MTS New England Meetings

During IAP, a group of 13SEAs members drove down to towsled. In attend the Janua ry meeting of the MTS New England particular, he section at SAIC in Newport, RI. This meeting featured a discussed the talk about th e current and future developments of UUVs strengths of the given by Mike Keegan of the UUV division of the Naval different kinds of Undersea Weapo ns Center (NUWC). This talk highlighted underwater the present and future of AUVs and discussed a few vehicles, and the potential paths to create the AUVs of the future. In design particular, Mike spoke about on of the current AUVs used improvements by NUWC, the Manta (MTV). He discussed proposed fleet made over the offensive and defensive activities that we will strive to first Jason ROV. develop in th e future. There was also discussion of the The tour important role that UUVs will play in the future of Naval Addie, Katie, Meg, & Justin in Newport. featured several warfare. vehicles including the AUVs Seabed and ABE, and the

On February 19th, a large group of undergraduates, most sister ROV of Jason, Isis, which is currently at sea. It of whom are competing in the MATE ROV competition, highlighted Isis, which is being built by WHOI for the attended the February MTS meeting. This meeting was Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK). The group was held at WHOI and featured a talk by Matt Naiman as well shown the vehicle itself as well as the control center. as a tour of the Deep Submergence Lab. The talk focused on the development of Jason II ROV and DSL-120A MTS New England’s theme for this year is AUVs, so look for more interesting meetings to come! MATE ROV Competition: MIT Update The second annual Marine Advanced Alex Techet is the team’s advisor. School before going on to the June Technology Education ROV Design So far the team has concentrated competition. Competition will be held at MIT’s new primarily on fundraising and Zeisger Center Pool June 19-21, 2003. conceptual design work. They have Both teams traveled to Woods Hole to The competition, geared towards both begun construction of their attend the Marine Technology Society college and high school students, ROV’s metal frame and have February meeting that included a features two different classes, the open begun to price and order parts. presentation about WHOI’s new ROV, class and the 12/25 class, each with a Isis, in order to learn about real-world different challenge. MIT has entered a The 12/25 team is comprised of designs and applications of ROVs. team into both classes. The goal of the eleven students: Jesse Austin- open class is to design and build a Breneman ’05, Steve Fantone ’05, The open class team and the 12-25 search and rescue ROV to retrieve a and Addie Yandell ’05 in the Ocean team are sponsored by the Ocean stranded ROV from a mock wreck of the Engineering Department, and Engineering Department, MIT Sea Titanic. The stranded ROV is 2ft3, ten freshmen Bridget Brett ’06, Heather Grant, the Edgerton Center, IEEE/OES, pounds negatively buoyant with an Brundage ’06, Noel Davis ’06, Tim and the MATE Center. Supplies and unknown center of mass, and must fit Pennington ’06, Rob Radez ’06, expertise are being generously donated through an opening that it 4 ft. x 4 ft. Sarah Sheppard ’06, Jordan by Cape Shore Welding Inc. Moreover, the wreck is dark and Stanway ’06, and Thaddeus contains unknown debris. The 12/25 Stefanov-Wagner ’06. Dr. Franz See the 12/25 team’s website at class must design and build an ROV to Hover is the team’s advisor. The http://web.mit.edu/rradez/www/rov/index retrieve small scientific probes from the freshmen who plan on majoring in .html. wreck. This ROV must be small and Course 13 see the project as an agile in order to successfully find and opportunity to broaden their To learn more about the competition recover the objects. knowledge of the field. Team visit: http://www.marinetech.org/ members got a head start on term rov_competition/index.html. The open class team includes five and were able to begin designing students: Katie Wasserman ‘04, Kate their ROV over IAP. They will begin If you have any questions, would like to Baker ‘04, Johanna Mathieu ‘04, and its construction it within the next few sponsor the teams, or would like to Stephanie Fried ‘03 in the Ocean weeks. The 12/25 team must volunteer during the competition, please Engineering Department, and Amit Hathi compete in a regional competition feel free to contact [email protected]. a CMI student in the Mechanical that will be help April 22-23, 2003 at Engineering Department. Professor Cambridge Rindge and Latin High Making Waves Page 4 of 8 Congratulations to our A Report from the Big Easy newest doctoral students! Areti Kiara ROVs, AUVs, and Commercial Diving. Bertrand Renard He had a very educational evening on Julie Chalfant Bourbon St., attended a day-long sonar tutorial, and saw an exhibition of current Don Eickstedt ROV technology. He also attended the Talha Ulusoy awards luncheon, where he was Konstantinos Pelekanakis presented with the 2003 ROV Tianrun Chen Scholarship, awarded by MTS and the Stephen Licht ROV Committee.

Wenyu Luo Karl had a great time and met a lot of people that have been successful On February 8th-10th, Karl-Magnus through ocean engineering. He would 13SEAs welcomes the Mcletchie traveled down to New Orleans like to thank Chuck Richards Jr. and departments new to attend the 2003 Underwater Drew Michel Sr. for their hospitality and Intervention. This conference brings for giving him the opportunity to attend students! together all of the world leaders in the conference. Marianda Papaioannou 13B Gabriel Weymouth 13M Ioannis Ber tsatos 13M IAP and February 13SEAs Lunch Seminars st Stilianos Ka sselakis 13B On February 21 , Glenn Ashe (SM '75) science, geography, and history! To Khary Bridgewater 13U of the American Bureau of Shipping learn more about his current voyage, (ABS) presented "The Role of check out www.sitesalive.com! On Classification and Certification in the March 3rd, NOAA Environmental Hero, Special Thanks… Ship Design and Construction Bob Michelson, presented the REEF to the Ocean Engineering Process." This interactive talk reviewed Environmental Education Foundation’s the historical development of new Northeast Fish Identification Department, Edgerton Center, classification societies as well as their Program, sponsored by The Stellwagen MIT Seagrant, IEEE OES, and roles in the modern marine industry. Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Cape Shore Welding for Specific examples of maritime law and Students who participated in the class sponsoring the MIT MATE ROV regulation as well as recent maritime learned to identify 56 species of local Teams! events were discussed. Alum, Rich fish! Hopefully these students will see Wilson, came to share his sea stories some of these fish next time they dive in with the department on February 25th. the area! We are always looking for 13SEAs in the Community! Wilson shared his stories of trying to more speakers, so if you would like to beat historical sailing records as part of present a seminar to the department, Five students recently a project to excite children about please email [email protected]! volunteered at the Ocean Science Bowl! Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Beer Meg Hendry-Brogran Many thanks to One-Eyed Burke for Sheila Saroglou supervising the event and to the Sarah Shepard professors who attended the event for their support. Joe Edwards Areti Kiara Great job helping high school students learn about the ocean!

Peg-leg McCord & the Dread Pirate Vandiver. Yarrr! The 13SEAs 4th semiannual OE Students in the News… student/faculty mixer was a success. The http://wired.com/news/technolog festive pirate theme was wonderfully complemented by the delicious sushi y/0,1282,57946,00.html from Jae's Cafe and the great beer selections of John Hootman and George

Katsoufis. Magnus von Magnussen and his new pet.

Page 5 of 8 Making Waves What’s Your IAP Story? Addie Yandell Addie was the logistics/on-site coordinator for MIT's Leadershape, a leadership training program that is held every IAP. Addie was asked to be a part of what makes it happen and says it was really rewarding to see the participants learning a lot and stretching themselves to meet personal goals set during the week. Part of the program challenges participants to come up with a vision for the future, something that they feel passionate about and would like to see happen. Her best experience was realizing what an amazing bunch of students surround her at MIT.

Johanna Mathieu Johanna traveled to England to do research at the Southampton Oceanography Center and the University of Southampton Institute for Sound and Vibration in acoustics and underwater archaeology with Professor Justin Dix. Her project was to look at acoustic backscatter trends from sediment and archaeological wood in order to establish some way of distinguishing between the two so that underwater archaeologists will have a better way of locating sites using sonar data alone. She performed many sonar experiments in a large indoor tank, first on sediment and then on a piece of 5th century archaeological wood that was once part of a Viking ship! Besides research, Johanna also got to spend a week traveling around England visiting places such as , York, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Cambridge, and !!

Anna Michel and Katy Croff In December, graduate students Anna and Katy traveled throughout the Caribbean as explorers of the sea through a unique partnership between Royal Caribbean International, the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, NOAA, and NSF. Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas vessel has been equipped with state of the art oceanographic and atmospheric laboratories. Since 2000, the ship has sailed a weekly Eastern Caribbean itinerary. This repetitive cruise track allows scientists to collect information continuously, supplying a detailed data set never before possible. These observations will provide improved descriptions of seasonal to inter-annual variability in ocean-atmosphere interactions in this tropical regime. Scientists are welcomed aboard to use the laboratories for their research for a minimal cost. When the labs are not in use, scientists and graduate students are invited to spend a week aboard the ship to present their research to the ships passengers and giving tours of the facilities. These talks and tours educate the passengers about the ocean and atmosphere and the instruments used to study them. Katy gave a talk on Deep Sea Archaeology and High-Tech Tools and Anna spoke about the oceanographic and atmospheric instrumentation aboard the ship. Between talks and tours, Katy and Anna found time to be real cruisers. They went scuba diving, ice-skating, and rock climbing, watched shows, and ate lots of food. In addition, they visited Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Maarten, and the Bahamas during the cruise! If you are interested in presenting your research aboard the Explorer, check out the website at http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/rccl.

Did you know? Are you an alumnus with some great The first engineering degree granted to a stories to tell? woman by MIT was in 1903 to Lydia G. We'd love to include you in a future issue! Weld who received a degree in Naval Email [email protected] if you are Architecture and Engineering! interested!

13SEAs Presents… John Delaney, UW, and the Neptune Project, an amazing underwater observatory. March 19th, 12-1:30PM, MIT Student Center, Room 491. All are invited. Lunch will be served. www.neptune.washington.edu/index.html Making Waves Page 6 of 8 Alumni Spotlight: Roger Maloof in his Own Words "Sea Hunt," an old television show, first gave me a passion for the three hundred yards from a undersea world. Growing up in Springfield, MA gave me summers rocky coastline. We all thought at the Cape and local ponds where I could don a mask and fins to it was the end since no one see the wonders of the watery world. But I took a detour from this could reach us from the cliffs interest that was to delay and later propel me towards my and since it was winter the dreams. This delay was Vietnam. In 1970, I was 17 and was water temperature would kill affected by the propaganda of the threat of communism and the us all in only a short time. Domino Theory. I wanted to do something for my country so I Also, the seas were too rough joined the Army and volunteered for Airborne Infantry and to launch any sort of lifeboat eventually was assigned to the only paratroop unit in Vietnam. I'll or raft. Just before we never forget the day I was dropped into the middle of the jungle in impacted the first rock outcrop the Central Highlands of Vietnam: it was dark and wet, and those boys who were waiting for me and the other replacement were the crew got the engines going again and what had seemed thin, serious and loaded with as much ammo and weapons as like eminent death was now worlds away. they could carry. The other replacement broke his leg jumping from the helicopter with his 80 pound pack and was immediately For the next two years, I ran remote control submarine put back on the chopper. What was to follow was a time of terror operations on oilrigs, ships, and even small fishing vessels. and acceptance of my own death. Needless to say I survived with My small crews grew close as we weathered great storms, memories of horror and friendship. one of which was the largest in 30 years with hundred foot waves. That is a memory that will live with me until my last Upon leaving the Army, I went through some rough times but day. after analyzing my interests and talents I realized my calling was engineering. As an undergraduate at the University of I returned to the States and took a job with the Deep Massachusetts I dug into my studies with the same determination Submergence Lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic that had gotten me through the War. As I neared the end of my Institution. For seven years I redesigned the Alvin submersible four years I was determined to go to MIT. After talking to the head system and developed scientific instrumentation for ocean of the Ocean Engineering Department about my passion to research. My dives to the Hot Vents and to 4000 meters are design submarines, I received my acceptance letter. I decided to some of my most fond memories. Our dive on the Titanic was pursue an Engineer Degree, since a PhD was too academic in a busy time but its success has been appreciated by the relation to being a designer. I lived on Bay State Road behind whole world. One of my most memorable trips was to the Kenmore Square and remember those cold walks across the South Seas near the island of Saipan where I was almost bridge looking at the Smoot lines and thinking, who is Smoot? attacked, after recovering the sub, by a large shark. It missed Though I completed the three year course in two years, I always me by inches as I somehow made it into the Zodiac and it made time to see , go to events, and enjoy the natural swam frustrated under the boat with its empty mouth agape. world. My advice to all MIT students is to go for walks along the river and view the world of nature. You will understand your It was then off to Draper Labs where I worked as a Program studies more, enjoy learning how the world works, and realize the Manager for the Ocean Programs working on Unmanned greatest design engineer of all is nature. Learn from her your Underwater Vehicle design for the Navy. I left ocean skills, study her mysteries, and learn to absorb the calmness of engineering for 10 years while working for the semiconductor her beauty to keep your life in balance. I've been asked what is industry designing sub-micron motion robots, then to my fondest memory of MIT? I'll never forget walking around the Raytheon to design cars, radar cooling systems and buildings by the river and seeing the names of the great scientists communication systems. My last job was installing a satellite and engineers. They seem to be looking down encouraging all to antenna on the Stealth Bomber. When I was allowed to sit in enter and join in the great studies inside. And what was my worst the pilot's seat it made my day! memory? Having a Vice President of the Institute tell me that MIT was not a institute of higher learning but a corporation whose goal I stayed away from the sea and the submarines I loved so was to make money. That may be the goal of some officials but much too long, so I have left my high paying job in the after traveling around the world I can truthfully say MIT is commercial world to return to the sea. I now work at considered by most to be the birthplace of the future solvers of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where I am responsible for our world problems. various systems on our nation's nuclear submarines. I am home again and working at the oldest Naval shipyard in the After leaving the Institute, I decided to go where submarines are nation is just frosting on the cake. Getting to ride these subs operated in the worst conditions, the North Sea. It was the time of submerged and traveling to different Naval facilities around the great oil drillings. I started in a small submarine and diving the world is worth every minute I spent studying at the company in Aberdeen, Scotland in the UK. My first time at sea, as Institute. part of a remote control submarine work crew assigned to survey a new underwater oil pipeline, almost ended in all of our deaths. Was it my MIT degree or my friends that helped my career While running for shelter in a large storm our ship lost all power most? Well my friends got me the interview and MIT got me the job. Enough said. Page 7 of 8 Making Waves

Faculty Spotlight- Nick Patrikalakis Nicholas Patrikalakis is the Kawasaki Professor Of and their interrogation (areas Engineerin g and holds appointments in the Ocean and in which he co-authored a Mechanical Engineering Departments. Patrikalakis was textbook that was published born on the island of Crete in . He studied Naval last year by Springer) and Architecture and Marine Engineering at the National software engineering for Technical University of Athens and then joined the MIT interdisciplinary ocean Ocean Engin eering department as a doctoral student. simulation. Patrikalakis has words of advice for students When aske d what his fondest memory of being in the in ocean engineering, Ocean Engi neering Department he says, “The time I “Ocean engineering is an completed and defended my PhD thesis in 1983.” He has exciting field and MIT and been teac hing at MIT for over 17 years. Patrikalakis the OE department offer an ideal environment for currently teaches 13.10J (Structural Mechanics), 13.013J undergraduate and graduate study of the highest quality. (Dynamics and Vibration), and 13.472J (Computational While at MIT, I encourage students to expand their Geometry). As the co-director of the Design Laboratory, horizons by taking not only OE subjects but also subjects his areas of research include computer-aided design and from other departments.” manufacturing, geometric modeling of complex shapes

13.017/13.018 Final Project: Saga of a SWATH A SWATH boat consists of an upper priority and was mostly completed deck connected to two parallel struts by October. Then came phase that are each connected to pontoons after phase of programming and under water. The small size of the testing. waterplane area allows for much greater stability with longer periods in By the test date in mid-November, roll. When driven at high speeds, the SWATH was able to move on though, a SWATH can become very its own power via remote- unstable, especially in pitch. It is controlled directions from shore. therefore necessary to have a pitch Problems with the electronics control system to correct for the during the test date prevented instabilities. extensive testing or sensor The SWAT H being tested in the pool. recording. Also, the pitch control During the spring term the six juniors was not successfully implemented. Beginning in the Spring of 2002, six in the class- Skip Dise, Stephanie The remainder of the term was students in 13.017 (Design of Ocean Fried, Meg Hendry-Brogan, Kai spent writing the final report and Systems) began designing a McDonald, Sheila Saroglou, and Dan preparing for their presentation. functional model SWATH (Small Sura - began by researching existing Despite unavoidable setbacks Waterplane Area Twin Hull) boat. SWATH designs and learning basics during the year, both the students One year and countless of hours of of control that they would need for and instructors were pleased with work later they had built Pipe Dream. the pitch control system. By the end the results. of the term, they had designed the On the first day of the class the model SWATH, done hydrostatic instructors, Drs. Tom Consi and calculations, and detailed the design Franz Hover, handed out The process. Challenge: 1) To design and build a fully Two of the team members stayed at functional remote-controlled model MIT over the summer to continue SWATH boat working on the project. Skip Dise 2) To design and implement a worked on CAD drawings of the system for dynamic pitch control of SWATH; Stephanie Fried assembled the SWATH at high speeds and began programming the 3) To quantitatively show the boat's electronics. As fall term started, the The final touches. response in waves. production of the SWATH took Making Waves Page 8 of 8

Making Waves 13SEAs Officers [email protected] Staff President Vice President Ms. Anna Michel Ms. Kathryn Wasserman Editor in Chief Johanna Mathieu Treasurer Secretary Mr. Karl-Magnus Mcletchie Ms. Johanna Mathieu Contributors Bridget Brett SNAME SSC Members Public Relations Mr. John Hootman Ms. Adrienne Yandell Katherine Croff Stephanie Fried Ms. Meghan Hendry-Brogan Meg Hend ry-Brogan President Ex-Officio John Hootma n GSC Representatives Ms. Katherine Croff Anna Michel Ms. Deanelle Symonds Karl-Magn us Mcletchie Mr. George Katsoufis Advisors Mr. Gregory Beers, SNAME/MTS Kathryn sserman Adrienne Yandell Members at Large Dr. David Burke, SNAME/ASNE Ms. Jessica Donnelly Prof. A.D. Carmichael, SNAME/ASNE Mr. Stephen Fantone Mr. John Irza, IEEE/OES Mr. Cosimo Malesci Prof. Alexandra Techet, MIT OE

Looking Ahead…

Date Time Place What’s goin’ on 3/19 12- Room 491, MIT 13SEAs Seminar: Dr. We’re on the Web! 1:30 Student Center John Delaney web.mit.edu/13seas 3/19 MTS New England Section Meeting 3/22-30 Spring Break 3/27 East Lyme, CT SNAME New England Submit your news, Section Meeting 4/3 7pm 13SEAs Dinner Seminar: notes, and OE Ellyn Montgomery anecdotes to: 4/16 12-1 5-314 13SEAs Seminar: Omri 13seas-ne [email protected] Predatzur 4/22-23 Cambridge MATE Regional ROV Rindge and Competition Latin H.S. 4/23 MTS New England Section Meeting 4/25 Maine Maritime SNAME New England Academy Section Meeting 5/15 SNAME New England Section Meeting 5/15 Last Day of Classes 5/19-23 Finals Week 5/21 MTS New England Section Meeting 6/19-21 Z-Center Pool MATE National ROV Competition Updates: http://web.mit.edu/13seas/www/events/calendar.html