Brodie Alexander, a student in the mu-Net lab, is featured as in the University ‘Where Legends Are Made’ campaign: “Engineering your Impact: https://legends.ua.edu/engineering-your-impact/. The video story can be accessed at https://youtu.be/dTHwDkDGNLs.
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Where Are Legends Made? mu-Net Lab!
The University of Alabama’s 2024 ‘Where Legends Are Made’ campaign videos featuring muNet lab student, Brodie Alexander, and muNet research.
https://youtu.be/1cwwUYogeX0?si=ZhQ8FZLxx5_7f5bc
muNet deployment camp: July 22-25
We had our first installment of the deployment camp, July 22 to 25, 2024. Seven participants joined. They were five graduate students and two faculty members from Lehigh University, Northeastern University, University of Notre Dame, University of Utah, and Purdue University.
The deployment camp allows external students to participate in field operations with our lake testbed. My team works with guest students to deploy underwater robots at the lake of Tuscaloosa and collect acoustic measurements during the camp. We have lots of fun.
Anika recently selected to receive the Mitchell Scholarship
One of muNet members, Anika Cho, was recently selected as one of two UA seniors to receive the Mitchell Scholarship. The scholarship, which is named to honor former U.S. Senator George Mitchell’s contributions to the Northern Ireland peace process, connects future American leaders to the island of Ireland while recognizing achievement, leadership and a commitment to service. Please join us in congratulating Anika on this outstanding honor and read the full announcement to learn more about the award.
https://news.ua.edu/2023/11/two-ua-seniors-awarded-mitchell-scholarships/
Congratulations to you, Anika.
muNet research and students are highlighted
The University of Alabama released a new promotion video about its water research: “UA: The Epicenter of the New Water Economy.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loEND7lBpdk
muNet lab and students are featured; see the video at 0:43, 1:21, 1:39, 1:51.
Two new PhD students joined mu-Lab
We are excited that two new PhD students joined our lab: Kai Liu and Bishal and Bishal Karmakar, in the fall of 2023.
SeaMATE 2023
Another year of SeaMATE competition! muNet lab has been mentoring the robotics team at the local Northridge High School (NHS). The NHS formed four sub-teams and attended the at the 10th Annual Northern Gulf Coast Regional Competition for the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) program from April 28 to 30, 2023. The four sub-teams of the NHS won the following three awards.NHS HydroHelix team: first place in the Scout class.
NHS PurpleTape: third place in the Navigator class.
NHS PureTide: third place in the Ranger class.
We thank Dr. Sevgi Gurbuz for her great support as the Team Manager. We thank all the parents (Meghan North, Dr. Hwan-Sik Yoon and Nahree Doh, CJ Lee and Gina Doh, Dr. Daniel Gibson, Margo Spring, Lisa Duan and Robert Yan, Robert Fuller, Vernon Boone, Prabharkar Clement, etc.) for their support. We thank Mrs. Fuller for sponsoring the robotics team. Without her support, we would not have had this trip. We thank the undergraduate researchers, Brodie Alexander and Anika Cho, for their support/help around the clock.
Dr. Song is now an Associate Editor of the JASA
Dr. Song was invited to serve as the Associate Editor for the Journal of Acoustical Society of America (JASA). He will officially start his editorship in June 2023.
About JASA, “Since 1929, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) has been the leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary subject of sound. The journal serves physical scientists, life scientists, engineers, psychologists, physiologists, architects, musicians, and speech communication specialists.”
Student researchers from myNet lab recognized during Honors week
Brodie Alexander won two awards for the 2022-2023 academic year:
a) Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award at the University of Alabama for his contribution to mobile underwater network research.
b) Outstanding undergraduate research award at the Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama.
Anika Cho won Fred R. Maxwell Jr. award for her academic, research, and outreach achievements. She is also the recipient of the 2022-2024 NOAA Hollings Scholarship.
Poster presentation at AWI Water Symposium
muNet lab student researchers, Brodie, Anika, and Joyce, presented their poster at AWI Water Symposium at Bryant Conference Center, University of Alabama, April 7-8, 2023. Their poster title was: µLink: Compact Acoustic Transceivers for Underwater Environments. They demonstrated their developed muLink modem in a small tub.
