Spar buoy platform for water wave, turbulence and underwater electric field sensors

Abstract

During the summer of 2010 the US Navy's Center for Innovation in Ship Design (CISD) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) supported three interns to work at the Navy's South Florida Ocean Measurement Facility (SFOMF). For these summer internships, funding was provided by the Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP). NREIP, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, allows college students to experience a 10-week internship relevant to their science and engineering major. The program provides students exposure to the everyday practice of engineering and research at DOD laboratories across the country. The Florida Atlantic University Department of Ocean Engineering interns worked in a team to tackle an ocean engineering buoy design and technology project.