Interdisciplinary STEM in Australia – Autonomous Underwater Vehicles & Ecological Systems
The program will take place at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, and at the Moreton Bay Research Station off the coast of Brisbane. The focus of the course is to experience first-hand the use of autonomous robotic systems in the exploration and collection of data relevant to the study and monitoring of marine ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef.
Students will explore both technological aspects of ocean monitoring, as well as local cultural and sociological factors related to use of technology as it pertains to local ecology.
The dates of the 2013 program are June 21 – July 25.
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From our Student Blog
- Another Exciting Week in Australia
by Lloyd Pasion Another exciting week Down Unda'!!! This week has been a more fast pace week then most. We are finally starting to get to the nitty, gritty part of the class. We programmed intensely for a couple days and also over the weekend trying to generate graphical representations of data that we created.…
- Australia Week 2 Review
by Seth Martin Two weeks down already? This is insane. Hey blog readers, hope your summer is going well. The third week is just starting up so I thought I’d give you a review of the second week of our excursion! I don’t even know where to begin. This has been an amazing trip so…
- Australia Week One
by Lloyd Pasion Lady Elliot Island Week one of the University of Washington Study Abroad Australia is officially over! So many fun things have happened in just the first week. One of the highlights by far was snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Elliot Island! To see so much beautiful marine life was amazing.…
- Introducing the Australia Study Abroad Crew - Part I
by Seth Martin Hey blog readers! Seth again, writing from Brisbane, Australia! It’s only been six days but to be perfectly honest it feels like I’ve been here a lot longer! So much has happened, that Lloyd and I have decided to blog more than once a week to keep you in the loop and…
- Introducing the Australia Study Abroad Crew - Part II
by Seth Martin Name: Kristi Morgansen Majors: Bachelor’s and Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (Boston University), Master’s in Applied Mathematics (Harvard), Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences (Harvard) Kristi is the Australia 2012 Program Director and an Associate Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington. Kristi received her degrees from Boston University and…