Erin worked at OceanScan-Marine Systems & Technology, which creates light autonomous underwater vehicles (LAUV) for underwater surveys, environmental monitoring, and underwater inspections. Her summer project was to design an add-on that would allow the LAUV to hover underwater. She was asked to do a literature review of current hovering AUV designs, use CAD to sketch a final design, simulate my design in ArduSub, and finally physically test my design in the water.
Erin shares, "This internship taught me how to design parts to align to a concept and meet specifications, receive feedback and modify my designs, simulate the design, and finally integrate hardware to physically test my work. I found the work challenging but very engaging, and through the internship, I got a glimpse of what life could be like as a mechanical engineering in a small company."
