Promoting awareness of marine technology: an ROV building competition for high school and college students

Author

Zande, Jill ; Michel, Drew ; Butcher, Saundra ; Sullivan, Deidre

Author_Institution

Marine Adv. Technol. Educ. Center, Monterey Peninsula Coll., CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

603

Abstract

The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center and the Marine Technology Society´s (MTS) Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Committee are organizing an ROV design and building competition for high school and college students. The goals of the competition are to increase the awareness of marine technical fields and to encourage students to participate in them, while also helping students develop the skills necessary for careers in marine science and technology. Employers-industry, government agencies, and research organizations-are being asked to become involved in the event by sponsoring the competing schools and colleges

Keywords

control engineering education; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; Marine Advanced Technology Education Center; Marine Technology Society; ROV building competition; ROV design competition; Remotely Operated Vehicle Committee; college students; competition sponsors; government agencies; high school students; industry; marine science; marine technical fields; marine technology awareness promotion; research organizations; Buildings; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering profession; Government; Industrial training; Marine technology; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2001. MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-933957-28-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968790

Filename

968790