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Admin

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Renata Kamel

President

Renata is a mechanical engineering student at UVic, with an interest in underwater 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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Jack Davis

Mechanical Team

Jack is a 4th year mechanical engineering student with an interest in ocean engineering. In his free time he enjoys skiing, hockey, and the gym. He is currently working on the claw design and various 3D printing projects.

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Niko Linder

Mechanical Team

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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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Isaac Northrop

Software Team

Isaac Northrop is a fourth-year Software Engineering Student. He enjoys spending time outdoors and is currently working on software and firmware for the motor controller. 

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Ben Towers

Software Team

Ben is a fourth-year Software Engineering student interested in applying computer vision and deep learning to solve real-world problems. He enjoys working with machine learning frameworks like PyTorch and is currently focused on developing vision algorithms to support autonomous navigation for AUVIC’s sub. Outside of AUVIC, he enjoys exploring creative projects and watching movies.

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Liam Tanner

Software Team

Liam is a fourth-year software engineering student with a strong interest in computer vision and real-time data processing. He is currently working on developing object detection capabilities for the submarine’s vision system to enhance autonomous decision-making. Passionate about any and all outdoor activities, he spends his free time moutain biking, skiing, and hiking when he’s not working on software-driven solutions for AUVIC.

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Quinn Fast

Software Team

Quinn is a second-year History and Computer Science student with a wide variety of interests. Here to further his software development skills, he is currently working on AUVIC’s website. Quinn represents UVic in the CCBC alongside fellow club member Ethan Dean, playing baseball for the Victoria Golden Tide. In his free time, he likes to read and paint miniatures.

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Aryan Dubay

Software Team

First year Computer Science Student.

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Lawrence Xia

Software Team