MATE ROV Competition Planned in Tennessee
be used to benefit society. From working to ensure that our infrastructure is safe to monitoring water quality for the health of aquatic species and making certain that pieces of our nation’s history live on, these students and their inventions are doing ‘Good for Good,’” said Jill Zande, president of MATE Inspiration for Innovation (MATE II) and associate director and competition coordinator for MATE Center.The MATE ROV Competition requires students to apply math, electronics, engineering and physics skills from the classroom toward solving problems based on real-world workplace
Voices: Jill Zande, MATE II
Jill Zande, President and Executive Director at MATE Inspiration for Innovation (MATE II) was featured in last month’s MTR 100 as a top 10 ocean influencer. This month in MTR we present our full interview with Zande on the importance of attracting the next generation to a career in the oceans.How did you come to a career at MATE?As a research associate at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), I thought that the only next step for me career-wise was to go back to graduate school, get a Ph.D., have a lab and take on graduate students. I saw the academic, Ph.D. path as my only realistic option; but I
MTR’s “Top 10” Ocean Influencers
2 benthic landers. Cui’s team at HAST has tested a new 4500m ARGO-like “Floater” using a 17-inch glass sphere for the housing and flotation, with the variable ballast pod on the keel. A surface ship can track the “Floater” using a miniaturized USBL system. No. 5Jill Zande & MATE II Number 5 is Jill Zande & MATE II. (Photo Courtesy of MATE II)Jill Zande, President/Executive Director, MATE Inspiration for Innovation (MATE II) and Associate Director, MATE Center, is a familiar figure in subsea circles, the face a globally renowned and fast-growing ROV
Students Exhibit Their ROV at the White House Science Fair
;s hand. Afterwards, he visited some of the exhibits and made a brief speech that recognized the students for their accomplishments and encouraged them to continue learning. Student chaperones, including the team members’ parents, MATE associate director and competition coordinator Jill Zande and AMNO & CO team mentor (and mother to Nicholas and Clara) Mary Chang, watched a live video stream of the event from the Eisenhower Office Building, next door to the White House. They also attended a panel discussion that included former Science Fair participants and senior presidential advisor
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Student Poster Awards
their work, presented in 16 outstanding posters, selected from 100 received Abstracts. The students came from schools spread across Europe, Asia, the U.S. and Canada. The program was organized and directed by K. Delaney as the local coordinator and by representatives from both organizing societies; Jill Zande from MTS and Christophe Sintes from IEEE-OES. Once again, the program was supported by funding from the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research, enabling the students to attend the conference. The posters were judged by a team selected by MTS and IEEE-OES. The student award winners were announced