AUV
Lab Personnel
Staff | Affiliates | Alumni
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Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis [chrys@mit.edu]
is the Director of MIT Sea Grant, Doherty Professor of Ocean Science and Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering. A professor at MIT since 1970 and director of MIT Sea Grant since 1982, he has been the guiding force behind the AUV Lab since he initiated it in 1989. [Website] |
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Seth Newburg [setho@mit.edu] is a Research Engineer who is primarily responsible for the design and integration of robust sensor systems for the Odyssey IV. This includes studying the physics of how transducers can be used to make measurements under water, addressing power supplies, routing data communications through waterproof cables, and interpreting the resulting sensor readings. His background in electronics, mechanics, acoustics, marine biology, computer programming, signal and image processing, and AUV competitions comes in handy every day as the team works through the challenges encountered in underwater robotics research. |
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Mike Soroka [soroka@mit.edu] is a Research Engineer at the MIT Sea Grant AUV laboratory specializing in mechanical engineering and mechatronics. He received a BS in mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics from Roger Williams University in 2007. He has been a member of the AUV lab for two years, over the course of which he has helped develop the Odyssey IV deep ocean AUV, and has operated the Odyssey IV in the field collecting oceanographic and marine science data. Soroka's work is currently focused on improving vehicle robustness and reliability, as well as developing inexpensive marine sensors for classroom science and the next generation of AUV technology. |
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Milica Stojanovic [millitsa@mit.edu] is Visiting Research Scientist at MIT Sea Grant and works closely with AUV Lab. Milica conducts research in digital communications, signal processing, detection and estimation theory, and communication networks. She is interested in communication system design and performance analysis for time-varying channels, with related applications to mobile wireless environments in general and in particular to underwater acoustic communication channels. [Website] |
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