Meet The 2015-2016 NaviGator Team


Andy Gray - Team Leader

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Degree Pursuing: PhD
Concentration: Machine Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Leadership
Team Contributions: Hardware, electrical, and software implementation, testing, and supervision
Email: andygrayia@gmail.com
Daniel Frank - Team Co-Leader

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: PhD
Concentration: Outreach Coordinator, Freshman Recruiting, Paper Coordinator
Team Contributions: Mechanisms and hardware mounting, manufacturing, literature review, mechanisms advisor
Email: dzf209@gmail.com
Matt Langford - Software Lead

Major: Computer Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Autonomous systems, software architecture
Team Contributions: Responsible for all software programs, obstacle avoidance grids, missions, lake testing
Email: matthew.langford95@gmail.com
Lucas Murphy - Mechanical Lead

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Manufacturing, CAD
Team Contributions: Responsible for all hardware, superstructure, challenge creation, lake testing
Email: lucasdmurphy@ufl.edu
Matt Griessler - Electrical Lead

Major: Electrical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Team Contributions: Responsible for all electronics, board development, hardware integration, safety mechanisms, lake testing
Email: mgriessler@ufl.edu
Jason Nezvadovitz - Controls Lead

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Non-linear controls
Team Contributions: Controls and path planning, obstacle avoidance testing, lake testing
Email: nez.jason7@gmail.com
Tess Bianchi - Software

Major: Computer Science
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Scan the code mission, state machine, object classification, lake testing
Email: tessbianchi@ufl.edu
Tim Williams - Mechanical

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Manufacturing
Team Contributions: Construction of mechanisms and mounts, development of course challenges, lake testing
Email: timmw@ufl.edu
Kipling Cohen - Mechanical

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

Major: Computer Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Detect and deliver mission, docking mission, LIDAR normalization, lake testing
Email: dvolya@gmail.com
Kevin Allen - Software

Major: Computer Science
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Detect and deliver mission, underwater shape identification mission, LIDAR normalization, lake testing
Email: kmallen@ufl.edu
Forrest Voight - Navigation

Major: Electrical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: MS+
Concentration: Sensors
Team Contributions: NaviGator INS development, passive SONAR testing, lake testing
Email: forrest.voight@gmail.com
Anthony Olive - Network/Computers

Major: Computer Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Networking/Simulation
Team Contributions: Responsible for network systems, OS specific software on NaviGator computers and servers, simulator, lake testing
Email: anthony@iris-systems.net
Daniel Dugger - Electrical

Major: Electrical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Safety Systems
Team Contributions: Design, development, and testing of NaviGator AMS safety systems, lake testing
Email: duggerd@ufl.edu
Daniel Soto - Software

Major: Computer Science
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Acoustic based transit mission, find the break mission, stereo vision, lake testing
Email: d.soto@ufl.edu
Ralph Leyva - Software

Major: Electrical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Perception
Team Contributions: Obstacle avoidance grids, LIDAR integration, sensor integration, lake testing
Email: rleyva@ufl.edu
Sylvie Hyman - Manufacturing

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Manufacturing
Team Contributions: Electronics box enclosure and mounts, lake testing
Email: sylvishawn7@ufl.edu
Blake Peterson - Manufacturing

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: BS
Concentration: Manufacturing
Team Contributions: Sensor mast and mount, lake testing
Email: bapete@gmail.com
Jake Easterling - Sound Processing

Major: Electrical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: MS
Concentration: Acoustics
Team Contributions: Passive SONAR hardware development, analog and digital systems
Email: jeasterling@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: MAE Faculty Member
Concentration: Advisor, autonomous systems
Email: scer@ufl.edu
Dr. Ira Hill - Faculty Advisor

Major: Faculty in Engineering
Position: Engineering Faculty Member
Concentration: Advisor, autonomous systems
Email: ijh3@ufl.edu
Darsan Patel - Industry Liaison and Advisor

Major: Mechanical Engineer at Prioria Robotics
Position: Mechanical Engineer, Prioria Robotics
Concentration: Advisor, mechanical design, manufacturing
Email: darsan1313@gmail.com
John Esposito - Manufacturing Assistant

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Pursuing: MS
Concentration: Mechanisms
Team Contributions: Imaging SONAR mount
Email: jce316@ufl.edu