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Admin

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Renata Kamel

President

Renata is a mechanical engineering student at UVic, with an interest in robotics. She is currently working on the Kraken submarine’s torpedo launcher for the coming Robosub competition. On the side, Renata enjoys writing and the outdoors.

Matt Kepler

Project Manager

Mechanical

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Isaac Bergstrom

Mechanical Team Lead

Isaac Bergstrom is a fourth year Mechanical Engineering student. He loves spending his time running, hiking, mountain biking and at the gym. This year, Isaac is working on perfecting the ball dropper, as well as creating an all new main frame for the vehicle.

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Devin Woudenberg

Mechanical Team

Devin is a mechanical engineering student interested in mechatronics and manufacturing design. He enjoys spending his time playing basketball and being outdoors. He designed the kill switch and worked on the stability calculations for the Trident. He is currently working on designing a tether and working with a team on the new dropper. 

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Sierra Gibson

Mechanical Team

Sierra is an engineering student at UVic interested in 3-D modeling. She loves to mountain bike and ski, and she is currently working on the new torpedo system for the sub.

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Matt

Mechanical Team

Matt is a fourth year mechanical engineering student focusing on embedded systems and general mechatronics. He is currently working on battery enclosure improvements for the sub.

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Cole Strilchuk

Mechanical Team

Cole is a third year mechanical engineering student. He designed the current AUVIC logo, enjoys watching sports, and hiking. 

Electrical

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Matthew Atagi

Electrical Team Lead

Matthew is a second year computer engineer at UVIC who enjoys working on firmware and software. He is part of the electrical team at AUVIC and works on projects from firmware for stm32 chips to opencv computer vision. Outside of engineering Matthew enjoys hiking rocky trails, playing video games and designing fascinating scenes/models in blender.

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Nick Martini

Electrical Team

Nick is a first year engineering student. He is working on the motor controller and firmware. 

Software

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Ethan Logeman-Dean

Software Team Lead

Ethan is a Computer Science student with a minor in Mechanical Systems. He joined AUVIC in his third year. He is focusing on the control system of our current AUV. Outside of school, he plays baseball and enjoys working on personal robotics projects.
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Lawrence Xia

Software Team

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Phillip Steeves

Software Team

Phillip is a third year software engineering student interested in bridging software for control of low level systems, as well as using machine learning to solve problems. He enjoys spending time in and around the ocean, and is currently working on implementing tests for the sub.