Archive of posts from 2018

  • E4E Summer 2019 REU

    Posted on Dec 6, 2018

    featured image We are now taking applications for our 2019 summer REU! If you are interested in spending the summer in San Diego working on impactful engineering projects and exciting fieldwork, please apply to be considered for our summer REU program. Go to e4e.ucsd.edu/apply to submit your application. Last year, ten students from universities across the US worked on projects including drone based ecological classification, 3D mapping for archaeological sites, and wildlife radio telemetry tracking.  They...

  • E4E Fall 2018 Projects

    Posted on Oct 2, 2018

    featured image We’re getting up and running again this quarter, and looking forward to making some progress on our projects. Our open house/information session will be on October 10 at 4pm in EBU1 2512 (Henry Booker Conference Room).  Please come by to hear about our projects and chat with our project leads on how to get involved. To keep up to date with what we’re up to, please join our Google Group, Slack, or show up at one of our weekly meetings (on the calendar).  JOIN US

  • E4E Summer REU 2018 Wrapup

    Posted on Aug 31, 2018

    featured image We had a busy summer in our REU program - check out our final presentation for what we accomplished this summer

  • Maya Archaeology Summer Work

    Posted on Aug 30, 2018

    featured image Archaeologists in Guatemala are studying the Maya and discovering more about their history and culture. One way they do this is by digging tunnels into their temples, allowing them to unearth masks, carvings, graves, and more. We have been working on creating an easy-to-use hand-held 3D mapping system using SLAM algorithms so these archaeologists can easily map the tunnels and document their findings. We already have a working self-contained rig that has been tested with several different alg...

  • Mangrove Monitoring REU Trip - July 2018

    Posted on Aug 9, 2018

    featured image Mangroves are a coastal ecosystem that provides extremely valuable services: they sequester 2-4 times more carbon than tropical rainforests, protect coastlines from storm systems, and provide excellent fisheries. Unfortunately, mangroves are at risk due to human encroachment and the government lacks adequate information to provide effective enforcement to protect these sanctuaries. Engineers for Exploration has been working with Aburto Lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to monito...

  • 2018 E4E Summer Participant Biographies

    Posted on Jul 9, 2018

    featured image This summer, we’re hosting a number of students through our REU and SRIP programs. They’ll be working on a number of projects from building underwater sensors and drones to building ecological and ecological analysis tools. Here’s who’s joining us this summer: Dan is an electrical engineering student at Princeton University, where he’ll be a senior in the fall. He is working with Rob to develop an underwater depth sensor system for use in co...

  • Mangrove Monitoring in Puerto San Carlos - May 2018

    Posted on Jun 5, 2018

    featured image Engineers for Exploration leaders Nikko Dutra Bouck and Eric Lo went to Baja Sur California with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) researchers Astrid Hsu and Joy Kumagai and Beni Martinez from the Gulf of California Marine Program from May 9th to May 15th, where the team collected new data to help support the conservation of coastal mangrove ecosystems in Puerto San Carlos, Baja Sur California, México.   The overall goal for expedition was to test data collection methodologies that c...

  • New Heavy Lift Platform

    Posted on Apr 16, 2018

    featured image This week we built and maidened our new heavy lift platform based on the DJI S1000 airframe. We’ll be using this platform for short range lidar testing, as well as other experimental sensors as the need arises. We are using the Pixhawk 2 autopilot to have full control over the flight stack from inspecting low level control responses to integrating an onboard computer for high level path planning. On Friday we maidened the copter, and after some initial tuning, it flies nicely. ...

  • Spring 2018 Weekly Meetings

    Posted on Apr 2, 2018

    featured image Our info session for this quarter will be Monday, April 9th at 6pm in CSE1242 - please join us to learn about our projects and how to get involved. We hold general weekly meetings to discuss our projects, as well as technical meetings for individual projects for more in depth discussion. This quarter we’re going to have our weekly meetings Mondays at 10am. Please check the calendar for the locations. Technical meetings are still being scheduled, but keep an eye on the calendar for the lat...