About me: Chris Herrera

My name is Christopher Herrera, and I am a rising junior at Harvey Mudd College studying computer science and math. Starting in the summer of 2021, I worked with the SotoLab analyzing a large acoustic telemetry dataset of white shark trajectories along the beaches in Santa Barbara, CA. I transitioned to the LAIR lab in January 2022 and began working on various state estimation projects. These projects include a kalman filter to estimate the distance of an acoustic pinger tag from a hydrophone using time of flight and signal strength data, as well as a particle filter to combine measurements from two hydrophones to estimate the location of the tag. Eventually this work will allow us to track tagged animals with multiple underwater autonomous vehicles (AUVs).

About Me: Felicity Eriksson

Hi! I'm Felicity Eriksson, and I'm a rising senior majoring in marine biology at California State University, Long Beach. I am part of Dr. Lowe's Shark Lab and have been helping with juvenile white shark research since Fall 2021. I am currently collecting and using drone footage to analyze movement data on the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus laticeps. 

About me: Javier Mata

 

Hello, my name is Javier Mata. I’m a junior at California State University Long Beach, and am a student in the Shark Lab under Dr. Chris Lowe. I hope to earn my master’s degree overseas and seek to understand the ocean’s most iconic megafauna, using modern technology to do so. Research in Costa Rica is the perfect opportunity for me to learn and apply all the skills needed to be successful as a marine biologist. I’m excited to get to work!

About Me: Declan

 Hello! I'm Declan O'Neill, and I'm a senior majoring in engineering at Harvey Mudd. I joined ICEX this summer and have been primarily working on building an experimental setup with a controllable robotic prey fish that will eventually be used to study predator-prey interactions. I've also been working with Yoo-Jin on a custom controller for the AUV and am excited to see it in action in the field!

About Me: Yoo-Jin Hwang

Hello, my name is Yoo-Jin Hwang and I graduated Harvey Mudd College in Engineering in 2022. I recently joined LAIR in my last spring semester. I am currently working on hydrophone cowling design and simulation, helping out with a particle filter for shark tracking, and was working on electrical debugging to integrate the hydrophones into the robot. Now, I am working on integrating P control on the robot. I am excited to deploy in Costa Rica!

Welcome to ICEX 2022!

Hello and Welcome! My name is Chris and I have been a Professor for 16 years with research and teaching focussing on robotics and autonomy. I will act as the robotics PI (Principle Investigator) on our international robotics field work. This will be our 13th year running an international research collaboration under the ICEX program umbrella, but this will be the first time our work attempts to bring our AUV shark tracking technology to another country.

About Me: Caitlyn

Hello there! My name is Caitlyn Ossa and I am a junior at Harvey Mudd College majoring in Engineering. I transferred to HMC from Scripps College under the 3-2 Engineering Program and have been a part of ICEX since December 2020. I am currently working on the implementation and execution of our Rx-Live Acoustic Transceiver for migration tracking and a LoRaWAN Radio Network for multi-AUV communication. I am excited to work with CSULB and UCR and look forward to the many memories I will create with this amazing team!