Whats up Squidies!, We just wrapped up our Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and we’re proud to say it went really well. Weeks of brainstorming, sketching, and late night edits came together into a presentation we felt confident delivering. Here’s a… Read More
Week 5 : New Project Scope
Hey team blog readers! Big Update … Instead of the whole shebang (Sub), we’re now laser focused on two key components: the lateral line sensors ( fish sensors ) and the vortex ring thrusters (the cool propulsion system) This week’s… Read More
Week 5 : Peer Review Presentation !
Whats upp Week 5 ! Nino Logging In… The Mohsubis ( yes, thats our unofficial team name ) presented our product review for our AUV submarine. Before the big moment, we rehearsed in the IPPD Lab a few times to… Read More
Week 4: Lots of Everything All at Once
There are two things in IPPD that habitually leave me lost and confused: acronyms and nested files. Good morning, good evening, and good night, Week 4! We got project documentation! After incessantly bugging Dr. Mohseni, he finally graced Team SQUID… Read More
Meet Team SQUID
Sagan Giardino Sagan Giardino is a 3rd year Electrical Engineering student at the University of Florida with a background in microelectronics, analog physical layout, and embedded systems. Sagan is the Analog Layout Design Team Lead for the UF Silicon Club,… Read More
Week 3: Product Design Specification
Hi everybody! This week, Team S.Q.U.I.D. took an exciting step forward in defining our project and figuring out exactly what we want to accomplish. We created our Product Design Specification (PDS), which helped us start turning the broad idea of… Read More
Week 2: Meeting the Liaisons
Hey everyone! This week, we met with our coach (Coach Larry) and our Liaison (Dr.Mohseni). During our liaison meeting, we were shown around Dr. Mohseni’s expansive lab and got to see the massive tank where we will be testing our… Read More
Week 1: The SQUIDs!
Hello hello, and welcome to our team’s blog page! We will be working on creating an autonomous submarine that uses movements inspired primarily by squids with Professor Kamran Mohseni from the University of Florida. As we progress through this project,… Read More