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About Us

About Us
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7 AUVSI National
Championships

52

members

10

majors

CUAUV is entirely undergraduate-run, consisting of over 50 students spanning numerous academic disciplines. The team offers a holistic engineering experience developing cutting-edge technology; students control the entire design, manufacturing, testing and revision cycle.

As a seven-time RoboSub champion, CUAUV embodies a tradition of excellence and continuously pushes the envelope of autonomous underwater vehicle technology.

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Mechanical Subteam

The mechanical subteam uses Solidworks to design the custom enclosures, racks, and structures on the vehicles. Throughout the design process, rigorous finite element analysis is run on each assembly to ensure every part will perform successfully under high loads.
Every component is manufactured in house with mills, lathes, and CNC machines to a tolerance of 0.005 inches. Mechanical members then integrate and test all assemblies up to fifty feet underwater.

Anunth Ramaswami

Mechanical Lead

Senior

Sarah Grace Brown

Mechanical Lead

Junior

Henry Wolf

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Senior

Aravind Ramaswami

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Senior

Andrés Blanco

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Senior

Kavya Mittha

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Junior

Shawn Wang

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Junior

Ana Hoffman Sole

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Junior

Liza Kuntz

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Sophomore

Joe Tong

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Sophomore

Braden Kennedy

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Sophomore

Coby Lai

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Junior

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Electrical Subteam

The electrical subteam works to connect the software running on the main computer with the rest of the submarine, ensuring efficiency with the vehicle’s power, sensor, and mechatronics systems. Members design, layout, and populate custom printed circuit boards (PCBs), which all connect via an integrated backplane. New improvements have allowed the entire backbone of the submarines to be modular and nearly identical across both vehicles, improving the functionality and reliability of both machines. Battery management boards allow for reliable monitoring and protection against power spikes.

Vaishnavi Vednere

Team Lead

Junior

Jeffrey Lederman

Electrical Lead

Junior

Connor Lynaugh

Electrical Lead

Junior

Parker Schless

Upperclassman Advisor

Senior

Kathryn Zhang

Member

Graduate

Karl Chen

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Senior

Victoria Chan

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Junior

Dylan Lee

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Senior

Isabella Frank

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Sophomore

Rayanu Adam

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Sophomore

Wali Afridi

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Sophomore

Karan Keerthy

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Sophomore

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Software Subteam

The software subteam writes all of the code that executes on the submarine's main computer and any additional infrastructure and tooling. They develop all software for vehicle control and computer vision, and constantly improve each year. They also build auxiliary software such as simulation, visualization, and automation tools that enable us to efficiently develop mission systems that accomplish the requisite task. Finally, the software team releases all of their in-house software stack for anyone, including other teams, to learn from and use on their own AUVs. Parts or all of the software stack is currently used on many vehicles both in and out of the competition.

Sean Cavalieri

Team Lead

Senior

Anthony Fei

Software Lead

Junior

Collin Li

Software Lead

Junior

Yvette Copeland

Member

Senior

Jeffrey Qian

Member

Senior

Jacqueline Wen

Member

Junior

Josh Faber

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Junior

Serena Zhang

Member

Sophomore

Maggie Gao

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Sophomore

Jenna Li

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Sophomore

Jeffrey Huang

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Sophomore

Sam Belliveau

Member

Sophomore

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Business Subteam

The business subteam connects the technical work that the rest of the team does with the outside world. This includes sponsors, which are companies/individuals who sponsor us to help the team get the materials we need to build the best AUVs possible. We also work to create outreach events to give back to the Cornell and Ithaca communities. Finally, we design for everything including apparel, sponsorship packets, website design, and social media posts!
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The Business subteam also offers coffee chats! Request here!

Kammi Wong

Business Lead

Junior

Matthew Puzzini

Business Lead

Senior

Adora Gao

Member

Junior

Gabriel Mallare

Member

Junior

Liz Jung

Member

Junior

Wei Ouyang

Member

Junior

Michael Ojo

Member

Sophomore

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Kammi Subteam

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Kavya Subteam

We love Kavya #futurebusinesscolead

Kavya Mittha

Kavya

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