Our Team
Abyss currently consists of nine members from seven countries, with a wide range of technical and interpersonal skills. Our team strives to provide students an opportunity to develop their skills in a practical way, while providing them the satisfaction of seeing their individual contributions. Our goal is to create an experience where students enjoy the time they spend on the project, and look back on their effort with pride. We also have an ambitious mission to innovate in technologies integral to submersible function. Our proofs-of-concepts will one day hopefully open the scientific community to new ways of approaching ocean exploration.
Sub-teams
Electronics
The Electronics and Control team works to deliver the submersibles circuitry, microcontroller programming, and signal processing. They do excellent work with our control loops, sensor integration, electrical connections, and power supply. In addition to these contributions, members get the opportunity to develop skills in workshop techniques and frequent work in the lab.
Structure
The Structure team is responsible for all of our submersibles physical design. Working with a multitude of design tools for scultping, stress testing, and manufacturing, Structure handles a wide range of tasks. Beyond digital tools, members also get a chance to test the physical response of the submersibles body in the lab. Water proofing is another significant task undertaken by our structure team, ensuring all of our components stay happy and dry.
Public Affairs
Public Affairs manages all of Abyss' non-technical operations. Finances, event planning, recruitment, and branding all fall under their umbrella. They also take care of the teams partnerships and external contact, building good relationships with the people in their network. Public Affairs offers their members a chance to depart from the standard engineering practices of their programs for a more creative work environment. Abyss owes much of their creative expression and unique personality to them.
Navigation
The navigation team is responsible for designing the navigation systems required to control the movement of the submarine. Members work with a range of cutting-edge data acquisition technologies, including photgrammetry and lidar, to builld an accurate picture of the surroundings. In addition to collecting data, the team also takes on the task of making sense of this data for the practical purposes of navigation.
Propulsion
It is the task of the propulsion team to research and develope the mechanisms needed to propel the submersible through the depths of the ocean. This entails studying current technological advancements such as rim-driven propulsors and water jet propulsion, with the goal of identifying the most efficient and reliable soltion for navigating the demanding conditions of the deep sea.