Our Team Story
The MADWEC team is multidisciplinary and well-poised to tackle competition challenges. This design team is comprised of nine undergraduate engineering students, five mechanical and four electrical engineering students. The business team consists of two undergraduate members studying marketing.
The team is supported by two faculty advisors who have a vast range of knowledge in the marine energy sector as well as an electrical engineering professor and past MADWEC member. The team will employ the assistance of Prof. Peter Karlson at the Charlton College of Business to build our marketing of this potential groundbreaking device.
School for Marine Science and Technology
All past and previous MADWEC teams have a designated laboratory space in the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) located on the East satellite campus. The SMAST East facility has allowed for all dry testing of the PTO and data collection.
For wet testing the system SMAST West contains a 2,200-square-feet lab which can allow our capstone group to conduct research experiments under various conditions, including raw or filtered seawater, water temperature, lighting controls, and treatment of discharge. The 90,000-gallon tank is designed for development and testing of underwater measurement concepts and devices. The tank is built half below floor level and half above. It is fully supported on vibration isolators, and noise level measurements indicate that, acoustically, the tank is at least two times quieter than sea state.
The scholarly marine science and technology communities, the SMAST mission emphasizes interaction with regional industry, and government and non-governmental agencies on compelling regional marine-related issues and technological development.
