Engineering students to “fly” submersibles Dec. 2

The freshmen Elon Engineering students have built remote controlled underwater submersibles (officially called ROVs – Remotely Operated Vehicles) for their freshmen project. They will be “flying” them in Elon’s pool this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. They will control  them from the surface by umbilical and monitoring their behavior via a camera on board. They will have a series of tasks to perform; retrieve a damaged ROV, instrument survey, patch a submerged pipe, relay race and tug-of-war.  It is a lot of fun and kind of amazing to watch. Everyone is invited; old and young, high tech or not. Come and bring a smile.