Fiscal Year	2009
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Oceanography
Investigator(s)	MacMahan, James H.
Sponsor	Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary	The proposed instrumentation will augment ONR-sponsored core programs and DRI field efforts focused on obtaining in situ observations on macrotidal flat, riverine, and ocean environments through unique autonomous vehicles. Two instrumentation requests are proposed: 1) the purchase of a YSI EcoMapper Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, and 2) the purchase of instrumentation suite for a PI-owned SeaRobotics autonomous surface catamaran system. In addition to the research focus of this request, the autonomous systems, particularly the EcoMapper, will be integrated into Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) classroom exercises providing hands-on opportunities for naval officer students to use these instruments and to analyze the data. Naval students will also use this equipment for their thesis projects.
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