Flower Mound

Underwater Vehicle - ABS Green

When the students from Flower Mound High School, in Flower Mound, Tex. decided to enter the Marine Advance Technology Education (MATE) ROV Competition for the second year in a row, they chose RedEye to build the design for their underwater vehicle. "We saw your technology used by a college at a different competition in San Diego, last year," said Luke Cragin, team captain for the four-member high school team. "We were impressed with their design and decided to explore the potential with our design for this year's competition."

The Flower Mound High School team consists of four team members, Luke Cragin, Collin Cragin, Sung Ho Park and Rachel Glockenmeier. These students range in grade from sophomore to senior. They have two mentors - Trent Cragin, who serves as the design and building mentor and Harry Lewis, who serves as the electrical mentor.

RedEye is building the team's design with ABS green and it will take approximately seven days to build due to the size and geometries of the design. Once completed, RedEye shipped the part to the team for assembly into their vehicle.

Flower Mound will compete in the Explorer Class division this coming June. Last year, Flower Mound secured the first place slot in their regional competition and brought home third place at the international competition in the Ranger Class.

According to the Web site, the MATE Center coordinates an international student ROV competition and a network of 17 regional ROV contests that take place across U.S. and in Canada, Hong Kong and Scotland. Student teams from middle schools, high schools, home schools, community colleges and universities participate in the events, which consists of two different "classes" that vary depending on the sophistication of the ROVs and the mission requirements.

Follow Up

As a follow up to a past case study students from Flower Mound High School in Texas recently placed fifth out of 25 teams in the Marine Advance Technology Education ROV Competition with an underwater vehicle crafted in part by RedEye. The four-member team submitted a design to RedEye, which built the vehicle with ABS green.

"Flower Mound had a limited budget and limited time, and the underwater vehicle had a complex geometric frame," said Matt Stenoien, RedEye Account Manager. "RedEye met Flower Mound's budget requirements and time constraints, and our additive fabrication technique is immune to complex geometry."

"The machine ran great, and we received many comments about the frame," said student Collin Cragin. "We think we had one of the three best looking machines at the competition." The result? The team plans to use RedEye for its design again next year.

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