On Friday, May 29, CUAUV visited the Woods Hole Oceanograhic Institution (WHOI). The team went on a tour of the facilities, listened to various presentations from WHOI employees, and gave a talk on Nova. CUAUV found the experience to be extremely rewarding, having learned many things that can be used to improve Nova and other future vehicles. Pictures from the trip can be found in the WHOI Trip 2009 image gallery.

On Sunday, May 10 at 6:00 pm CUAUV ran the first control test of Nova, our 2008-2009 competition/research vehicle. This test worked on establishing velocity and depth control, as well as strafing. For pictures go to: Nova First Pool Test

As a part of the floating classroom project, CUAUV's vehicle Triton was deployed and recovered twice in Cayuga lake today. Triton examined the Macrophyte growth on the bottom of the southwest end of Cayuga lake. For a video of one of the bottom traverses examining weed growth, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIXdf2x2eQs

We have posted 2009 mission element images of the new bin silhouettes, machine gun nest, and barbed wire.

For more images of 2009 mission elements, visit the 2009 Mission Elements Image Gallery.

Nova, CUAUV's 2008-2009 Competition/Research vehicle, was assembled for the first time with thrusters today. Over the weekend, the electrical components will start being integrated into the upper hull. See more pictures of Nova in the Image Gallery.

On April 12 and April 19 Nova was sunk to the bottom of Cornell's Teagle pool for 10 hours of leak testing. This image was taken by Triton, CUAUV's 2007-2008 competition vehicle, as it searched for the "machine gun nest".

CUAUV has just been awarded the College of Engineering Alumni Association Undergraduate Student Team of the Year Award, which includes a monetary prize of $1000.

Since 2001, each year the advising office solicits student groups to nominate themselves and explain what they did during the year that makes them excellent. Then the office of the Associate Dean for Engineering Undergraduate Program, usually in conjunction with the office of Alumni Affairs and Development, makes the final selection for this award. Recently, this award has been renamed as Albert R. George Student Team Award to honor the dedication, commitment, and support Professor Al George has shown to student teams and the engineering community.

Congratulations everyone!

On Wednesday, March 4, CUAUV participated in BOOM 2009. BOOM is an annual research conference in Cornell University that showcases student efforts and creativity in digital technology and applications. This year, the event was held in Duffield Atria from 4 to 6pm and there were 25 participating projects. for more information on BOOM 2009, please see http://www.cis.cornell.edu/boom/2009sp/.

On Saturday, February 28, 2009, girl scouts from all over Upstate New York came to Cornell University to earn their Science in Action Badge. This is the third year that the team has run the event. The girls had the opportunity to rotate through 5 stations led by various team members. The final station brought all the girls together to design and build the tallest tower out of newspaper and scotch tape. CUAUV is very excited to have hosted the event again this year and hopes to continue its trend of inspiring today's youth.

Pictured below, team member James Mwaura helps a group at the Tower Building station.

Professor Bruce Land is the new Electrical Engineering Faculty Advisor for CUAUV. His research interests include development of biological instruments, simulation of neural and behavioral systems, and application of signal processing techniques to biological signals. The team is very excited to begin working with Professor Land.