Meet The 2017-2018 NaviGator Team


Matt Griessler - Team Leader/Electrical Lead

Degree Pursuing: MS Electrical Engineering
Team Contributions: Responsible for all electronics, board development, hardware integration, safety mechanisms, lake testing
Email: mgriessler@ufl.edu
Kevin Allen - Team Co-Leader/Software Lead

Degree Pursuing: BS Computer Science
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Detect and deliver mission, underwater shape identification mission, LIDAR normalization, lake testing
Email: kmallen@ufl.edu
Kipling Cohen - Team Co-Leader/Mechanical Lead

Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Concentration: Mechanisms, CAD
Team Contributions: Created racquetball launcher and mount, lake testing
Email: kiplingcohen@ufl.edu
Alan Albritton - Mechanical

Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: aalbritton@ufl.edu
Juan Mejia - Mechanical

Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: juan.mejia@ufl.edu
Nicholas Suhlman - Software

Degree Pursuing: MS Computer Science
Email: grymestone@ufl.edu
David Zobel - Electrical

Degree Pursuing: MS Electrical Engineering
Email: zobeldavid@ufl.edu
Rosemond Fabien - Electrical

Degree Pursuing: BS Electrical Engineering
Email: rosemondfabien@ufl.edu
Marshall Rawson - Software

Degree Pursuing: MS Computer Engineering
Email: marshallrawson@ufl.edu
Jaxon Brown - Software

Degree Pursuing: MS Computer Engineering
Email: jaxonbrown@ufl.edu
Ria Pendon - Mechanical

Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: pendonr@ufl.edu
Daniel Volya - Software/Paper Lead

Degree Pursuing: BS Computer Engineering
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Detect and deliver mission, docking mission, LIDAR normalization, lake testing
Email: dvolya@gmail.com
Nicholas Fata - Website Designer/Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Electrical Engineering
Email: nicholas.fata@ufl.edu
Daniel Olis - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Electrical Engineering
Email: daniel.olis@ufl.edu
Marquez Jones - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Electrical Engineering
Email: marquezjones@ufl.edu
Forrest Voight - Assistant

Major: Electrical Engineering
Graduate: BS/MS Electrical Engineering
Email: forrest.voight@gmail.com
Andres Pulido - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: andrespulido@ufl.edu
John Morin - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Electrical Engineering
Email: johnmorin@ufl.edu
Miguel Fernandez - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: mef1117@ufl.edu
Frank Mitchell - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Electrical Engineering
Email: jake2849@ufl.edu
Noah Goodall - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: nlgoodall@ufl.edu
Boris Spektor - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Computer EngineeringEmail: b.ermakovspektor@ufl.edu
Eric Gorday - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Computer Engineering
Email: ericgorday@ufl.edu
Paul Chojecki - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Computer
Email: pchojecki@hotmail.com
Connor Bolick - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Computer Science
Email: cbolick@ufl.edu
David Tuyn - Assistant
Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: dtuyn@ufl.edu
Dr. Eric Schwartz - Project Director and Faculty Advisor

Major: Faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Position: MIL Director, ECE Faculty Member
Concentration: Student competition teams, autonomous mobile agents (vehicles), computer hardware/software, microcomputers, digital design
Email: ems@ufl.edu
Dr. Carl Crane - Faculty Advisor

Major: Faculty in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Position: CIMAR Director, MAE Faculty Member
Concentration: Robotics, computer aided design, mechanical design, spatial mechanisms, robotics, autonomous vehicles
Email: carl.crane@gmail.com
Shannon Ridgeway - Faculty Advisor

Major: Faculty in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Position: CIMAR Associate Director, MAE Faculty Member
Concentration: Advisor, autonomous systems
Email: scer@ufl.edu