Submarines & Biomimetics

Final Year & MSc Projects

This year's final year projects are:

Seabiscuit: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

TBC

• Mission planning: TBC (Megill)
• Validation gates and flight control: TBC (Sahinkaya)
• Docking box: TBC (Iravani)
• Tracking a moving target with computer vision: TBC (Evans)
• Sonar mapping: TBC (Megill/Blondel)

Sulis: Human-powered Submersible

TBC

• Designing biomimetic fins - comparing panel method and experiment: TBC (Carley)
• Propeller propulsion: TBC (MacGregor)
• Hull hydrodynamics: TBC (Wilson)
• Diver environment and scuba air flow management: TBC (Gheduzzi/Megill)
• Lightening the load - optimising the hull and propulsion structures: TBC (Meo/Megill)

Other subs

• Fjord Explorer - flapping flight AUV: TBC (Megill)
• Gymnobot - undulating foil AUV: TBC (Ngwompo/Megill)

Coastal Oceanography

• Passive localisation of sound sources by grey whales TBC (Carley/Megill)
• Tracking a sea turtle in 3D TBC (Gheduzzi/Megill)
• Eelgrass and sea turtles: Environmental Sci Dissertation - TBC (Megill)

Other stuff

• Biomimetic prosthetic forearm for fish handling TBC (Cunningham/Megill)
• Engineering bra design (Megill)

MSc Projects

• Intelligent hydraulic auto-pilot for coastal reseach vessel :