• Jeff presented slides on the orange kayak
    • will focus on bow separation
    • second priority will be to detect a shoal or pier-like structure
      • sensors located at max beam
      • try to detect presence of a large structure as we drive past
    • do these either at the pool or the Reservoir
      • Dilip found contacts for requesting pool access
      • Dilip will call them this week to see if we can use the pool
    • if we do trials at sea, focus on maneuvers in a current field
    • main task right now is to decide on sensors and get them ordered
      • two options--surface mount and interior flush mount
      • discussed a number of surface mount and flush mount sensors
      • amplified sensors might be good outside of bow where sensors will be sparse so that they are amplified close to the sensor
    • discussed installing a panel of sensors and how difficult it would be to repair holes in the hull
      • buy a second hull and use as a second skin for the panel?
      • fiber glass a false hull using the hull as a male mold, which would serve as the panel?
  • should we contact Joe for advice about cutting holes in the kayak?
  • need to get sensors that will arrive by June
    • 12 weeks lead time is too long!!!
    • Jeff will talk to sensor manufacturers about this
  • Chee Wee
    • waiting for sensor strip to come in tomorrow
    • dynamic testing
      • still trying to acquire a piece of equipment for oscillating dynamic testing
  • Pablo
    • everything ordered for first whisker sensor
    • will arrive in 2 weeks
    • working on modeling
      • to finalize dimensions
  • For next week
    • finalized decisions on kayak sensors
    • update on whisker project
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