Archive of posts from 2022

  • Engineers for Exploration (E4E) Summer Research Program at UC San Diego ­- Application Submission by February 15th, 2023

    Posted on Nov 29, 2022

    featured image UC San Diego’s Engineers for Exploration Summer Research Program is an NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Site centered around multidisciplinary and collaborative student research with the broad goals of protecting the environment, uncovering mysteries related to cultural heritage, and providing experiential learning experiences. Our program is a full-time paid research experience from June 26th to September 1st in which students will work in multidisciplinary research teams to...

  • FishSense at WUWNet'22

    Posted on Nov 23, 2022

    featured image Greetings from Boston! Emily Wong, a summer 2022 REU student working on the FishSense project, traveled to the Home of the Red Sox this week to attend the WUWNet 16th International Conference on Underwater Networking and Systems. The conference took place from November 14-16, with her short paper presentation on November 16. Her 20-minute talk explored the use of pre-existing air calibration techniques for underwater stereo depth calibration, as discussed in “Underwater Depth Calibration of a...

  • Smartfin in the News

    Posted on Oct 17, 2022

    featured image This summer, the Smartfin project was featured in numerous media stories including a UCSD web article (https://today.ucsd.edu/story/surfing-for-science), a documentary by Newsy, and a news story by Spectrum News LA (https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/news/2022/08/25/surfers-with-special-surfboard-fins-help-scientists-gather-data). The story describes the motivation in the oceanographic community behind Smartfin as well as first-hand interviews with the summer team. It also showcases curren...

  • Fall 2022 Info Session

    Posted on Sep 29, 2022

    featured image Engineers for Exploration is a one of a kind program that develops intelligent systems that aid research in conservation, cultural heritage, and exploration. We work closely with archaeologists, biologists, ecologists, and marine scientists to create technologies that aid them in their scientific research. Applications range from determining population counts for endangered animals and studying animal behavior to capturing large-scale ecological data and visualizing archaeological discoveries...

  • 2022 Summer Research Students

    Posted on Aug 16, 2022

    featured image This summer, we are hosting 12 students from around the US in our 2022 summer research program, finally back in person at UC San Diego. We’ll be working on measuring fish length, building SmartFins, labelling bird calls, and tracking animals. Meet our students by reading their bios below: Student Researchers Emily Wong is a fourth year undergraduate student at Stanford University, majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Modern Languages. She is particularly inter...

  • Baboons on the Move at Measuring Behavior 2022

    Posted on May 27, 2022

    featured image This past week, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Christopher Crutchfield with Baboons on the Move attended Measuring Behavior 2022 to present on the team’s efforts on using drone footage to track baboons. During this presentation, the team presented their work using motion from the camera to track animals which are too small for machine learning to identify, as discussed in “Baboons on the Move: Enhancing Understanding of Collective Decision Making through Automated Motion Detection from Aerial Dr...

  • Spring 2022 Info Session

    Posted on Mar 30, 2022

    featured image Engineers for Exploration is a one of a kind program that develops intelligent systems that aid research in conservation, cultural heritage, and exploration. We work closely with archaeologists, biologists, ecologists, and marine scientists to create technologies that aid them in their scientific research. Applications range from determining population counts for endangered animals and studying animal behavior to capturing large-scale ecological data and visualizing archaeological discoveries...

  • E4E 2022 Summer Research Program

    Posted on Jan 25, 2022

    featured image We are now taking applications for our 2022 Summer Research Program! 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, 18 students from universities across the US worked on projects including drone based ecological classification, 3D mapping for archaeological sites, and wildlife radio telemetry tra...

  • Winter 2022 Info Session

    Posted on Jan 10, 2022

    featured image Engineers for Exploration is a one of a kind program that develops intelligent systems that aid research in conservation, cultural heritage, and exploration. We work closely with archaeologists, biologists, ecologists, and marine scientists to create technologies that aid them in their scientific research. Applications range from determining population counts for endangered animals and studying animal behavior to capturing large-scale ecological data and visualizing archaeological discoveries...