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
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
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
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
Email: aalbritton@ufl.edu
Juan Mejia - Mechanical
Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: juan.mejia@ufl.edu
Email: juan.mejia@ufl.edu
Nicholas Suhlman - Software
Degree Pursuing: MS Computer Science
Email: grymestone@ufl.edu
Email: grymestone@ufl.edu
David Zobel - Electrical
Degree Pursuing: MS Electrical Engineering
Email: zobeldavid@ufl.edu
Email: zobeldavid@ufl.edu
Rosemond Fabien - Electrical
Degree Pursuing: BS Electrical Engineering
Email: rosemondfabien@ufl.edu
Email: rosemondfabien@ufl.edu
Marshall Rawson - Software
Degree Pursuing: MS Computer Engineering
Email: marshallrawson@ufl.edu
Email: marshallrawson@ufl.edu
Jaxon Brown - Software
Degree Pursuing: MS Computer Engineering
Email: jaxonbrown@ufl.edu
Email: jaxonbrown@ufl.edu
Ria Pendon - Mechanical
Degree Pursuing: BS Mechanical Engineering
Email: pendonr@ufl.edu
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
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Detect and deliver mission, docking mission, LIDAR normalization, lake testing
Email: dvolya@gmail.com
Forrest Voight - Assistant
Major: Electrical Engineering
Graduate: BS/MS Electrical Engineering
Email: forrest.voight@gmail.com
Graduate: BS/MS Electrical Engineering
Email: forrest.voight@gmail.com
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
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
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
Position: CIMAR Associate Director, MAE Faculty Member
Concentration: Advisor, autonomous systems
Email: scer@ufl.edu