Giant Octopus: SHADOW Teams, Alaska Pacific University

Giant Octopus: SHADOW Teams

Student-Faculty teams building an unmanned underwater vehicle

SHADOW Biological Data Team, Alaska Pacific University. Faculty advisor, Dr. David Scheel.
The Biological Data team is working on collecting and analyzing biological data, including estimating the parameters needed to follow a moving octopus, developing the video system and analyzing. How fast must the SHADOW platform be able to move? How can scale data be determined for each video image? How do octopuses select habitat, forage, and what do they eat? (Interested APU students see Dr. Scheel.)

SHADOW³ Power Control Team, University of Arizona. Faculty advisor, Dr. Thomas Vincent.
The Power Control team is developing the platform and designing the thrusters, bouyancy controls and stabilizers that allow SHADOW to move through the water.

[ BioSphere II test, April 2003 | AME412a Project, Spring 2004 | Earth Institute | High Tech surveillance in Marine studies* ] *(requires on-line subscription to BioScience)

SHADOW³ Navigation Control Team, Colorado School of Mines. Faculty advisor, Dr. Tyrone Vincent.
Project supervisor, Dr. Kathy Skokan. The Navigation Control team is working on the tracking system that will allow SHADOW determine the range and direction to the octopus, using a signal from a sonic tag attached to the animal. The Power and Control teams will jointly develop controls systems for manuevering Shadow to keep the camera pointed at the octopus, and entering and leaving stand-by mode.

SHADOW UUV Octopus Observer Research & Development

Alaska Pacific U U of Arizona CO School of Mines
Scholars
2003-2004 Adele Lauster (M.S. candidate)
Rebecca Reyes (field intern)
Patrick Haley
Ellie Nash
Rani Awale
Patrick Kelly
Chris Elena Leeman
Ryan Allaire
Andy Brisson
Brandon Day
Robert Longseth

2002-2003 Adele Lauster (M.S. candidate)
Ananth P. Kini (M.S. candidate) Brian Ellis (M.S. candidate)

2001-2002 Adele Lauster (M.S. candidate)
Rachael Theile (Sr. Project)
Jacki Cox (Field Intern)
Jason Douglas
Tom Lind
Daniel Wilson
Josh Carnagie
John Chau
Adam Goodworth
Elizabeth Janney
Andrew McLauthin

2000-2001 Rachael Theile (Sr. Project) Chuck Butler
Chris Kerr
Shawn Nave
Daniel Peterson Dan Flahrity
Bryan Hayden
Suzanne Janzen
Kara Mcintosh

1999-2000 No student team Jason DeVoe
Joseph De Vries
Michael Ezzell Anna Anderson
Lee Johnson
Tiani Jones

	Alaska Pacific U	U of Arizona	CO School of Mines
Scholars
2003-2004	Adele Lauster (M.S. candidate) Rebecca Reyes (field intern)	Patrick Haley Ellie Nash Rani Awale Patrick Kelly Chris Elena Leeman	Ryan Allaire Andy Brisson Brandon Day Robert Longseth
2002-2003	Adele Lauster (M.S. candidate)	Ananth P. Kini (M.S. candidate)	Brian Ellis (M.S. candidate)
2001-2002	Adele Lauster (M.S. candidate) Rachael Theile (Sr. Project) Jacki Cox (Field Intern)	Jason Douglas Tom Lind Daniel Wilson Josh Carnagie	John Chau Adam Goodworth Elizabeth Janney Andrew McLauthin
2000-2001	Rachael Theile (Sr. Project)	Chuck Butler Chris Kerr Shawn Nave Daniel Peterson	Dan Flahrity Bryan Hayden Suzanne Janzen Kara Mcintosh
1999-2000	No student team	Jason DeVoe Joseph De Vries Michael Ezzell	Anna Anderson Lee Johnson Tiani Jones