Flyer (PDF) Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97740170381 Zoom Meeting ID: 977 4017 0381 Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series Deploying Marine Robots in Cold Regions Mingxi Zhou Assistant Professor Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island Abstract Marine robots, often referred to as uncrewed marine systems, are becoming commonly used for oceanography research and defense missions. This…

Flyer (PDF) Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97740170381 Zoom Meeting ID: 977 4017 0381 Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series Buoyancy Controlled Float Swarms for Distributed Sensing in Coastal Waterways Trevor Harrison National Science Foundation Fellow Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Abstract Buoyancy-controlled underwater floats have produced a wealth of in situ observational data from the open…

Flyer (PDF) Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97740170381 Zoom Meeting ID: 977 4017 0381 Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series Matthew T. Nakamura Graduate Student Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Abstract Presented in this thesis is the design, testing and validation performed on the Wireless Automated Sensor Packages, WASP, which was developed as a joint…

Flyer (PDF) Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97740170381 Zoom Meeting ID: 977 4017 0381 Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series Kody M. Wakumoto Master’s Student Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Abstract This research investigates mechanical joining for heterogeneous integration in electronics manufacturing. It expands on previous work using the interaction of interlocking cantilever structures. Design…

Flyer (PDF) Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97740170381 Zoom Meeting ID: 977 4017 0381 Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series Autonomous structural layout and topology optimization Igor Melnichenko Master’s Student Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Abstract This research investigates possibilities of autonomous structural layout and topology optimization method based on cellular division of plants. A…