ROV Research for Resume
Texas A&M University at Galveston's (TAMUG) Engineering Department head needs to allow students and faculty to work on $70 Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) projects for research and experience (SOURCE 1). If students and faculty get the permission to do this, they would gain experience for their resumes. Since Maritime Systems Engineering (MASE) curriculum focuses on the design and implementation of onshore, coastal, and offshore structures, MASE students could design an ROV for a group project grade in their ENGR 112 class. There would be several tradeoffs with the ROV projects. MARE students would be able to build the ROVs, MARB and OCRE students could operate the ROVs, and faculty from all of these major departments would get to supervise and orchestrate the projects.
Background
TAMUG's Engineering Department specializes in marine engineering. Engineering students pride themselves in being Maritime engineering students. Our faculty in the Engineering Department has ongoing work in research so that they may continue working at TAMUG.
Engineering students, particularly MASE majors, start out designing structures in their first few classes for their curriculum. They design rotors, wheels, tennis ball cannons, and all sorts of objects without getting to see their designs built into real things. Employers like to see experience on resumes because it makes the student a more valuable candidate for a position in their company. Students get experience when they work on research projects with faculty like Dr. Juan Horrillo who does research on tsunami's and their effects.
Reasons for ROV Projects
Getting the opportunity to work with faculty on research projects is hard to come by, and would look great on a student's resume. Giving students and faculty permission to work on an ROV project at the end of the ENGR 112 class to get experience would look great on students' resumes. Groups would begin by planning the costs of the ROV kits. Since there are several ENGR 112 classes, the ROV projects would cost a total of under $2000 to purchase (PFA1). Next, faculty would choose when the projects would take place. Since the fundamentals of the ENGR 112 class must be taught to students, the project would be best to work on at the end of the semester. When the ROVs are designed, then MARE students would be able to build the projects. When they finish building the projects, any department here at TAMUG could use the ROVs.
Cost of ROV Kits
To do the ROV projects and report on work completed, engineering students estimate that it would take 40 class hours over the last month of the fall or spring semester, and cost no more than $100 per group (PFA2). The project teams would include 3-5 ENGR 112 students. They would be supervised by ENGR 112 professors like Dr. Sudeep Ingole and Dr. Matt Beach. If this proposal were to be accepted, students and faculty would be able to begin ROV projects as soon as the class completes its learning objectives for the course. Students would have to submit progress reports to professors at the end of each class week and a completion report when the 40 hours are up. The completion report would include duties of each team member, work completed and a recommendation to a specific department of TAMUG to use the ROV for research.
Students would be responsible for costs of ROV kits. The kits cost less than $100. Each group would split the cost in order to make the kit more affordable.
ROV Projects Conclusion
In order to increase TAMUG students' chances of getting a job, Dr. Panchang needs to allow engineering students to create ROVs at the end of the ENGR 112 class. The ultimate goal for creating ROVs is for students and faculty to do research with the ROVs. Students would be able to put their experience with ROVs on their resumes. The cost of the ROV kits would be under $100 per group.
Dr. Panchang, please allow the engineering students and faculty to use ROV kits for end of semester projects in ENGR 112 and for research at TAMUG.
References
ApogeeKits Electronic Kits and Tools 2002 – 2011. July 16, 2011. Electronic Kits and Tools. Retrieved from: http://www.apogeekits.com/rov_kit.htm.
MASE Department. 2011. Biography Pages. Retrieved from: http://www.tamug.edu/mase/BiographyPages/Horrillo.htm.
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