It is finally here!

The O.R.C.A. Team

2009 ORCA Team

Who We Are

Project ORCA is an MIT studentgroup interested in Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology.Our main activity is constructing entries for the annual AUVcompetition. This competition, organized by Association for UnmannedVehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Office of Naval Research(ONR), is designed to

... advance the state-of-the-art of AUVs bychallenging a new generation of engineers to perform realisticmissions in the remote underwater environment.

MIT won first place in the 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2004competitions, came in second place in the 2000 competition, and fourthplace in the 2003 competition.




The people behind the sub

Prof. Franz Hover
Faculty Supervisor
Rachel Sharples
Class of 2010
Mechanical Engineering
Yazan Aldehayyat
Class of 2012
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Richard Dahan
Class of 2012
Mechanical Engineering and Management
Matthew Perkins
Class of 2011
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Iman Fayyad
Class of 2012
Architecture
Boon Teik Ooi
Class of 2012
Computer Science and Mathematics
Jean Martin
Class of 2012
Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Last updated on June 20, 2009.
Contact us atauv@mit.edu