Day 2

The technical part of DOE begins on the second day when you will start construction of your Sea Perch remotely-operated vehicle (ROV). ROVs are the workhorses of undersea exploration. For example, the ROV Jason Jr. was used to explore the Titanic. Your Sea Perch ROV will be a small but functional replica of the big research and work ROVs used in science and industry. Through building and testing the Sea Perch you will learn a lot about marine technology, as well as have a lot of fun! The morning and afternoon will be spent in the lab building your Sea Perch under the guidance of the DOE staff and your mentors.

Our faculty, graduate students, and researchers will then join you for lunch. This will be an opportunity for one-on-one discussion of ocean engineering, research, life at MIT, and anything else you'd like to talk about.

At night we will have a dinner cruise on the Charles River. This will be a great opportunity to see the campus and environs from the unique perspective of the Charles River. As with lunch, our faculty, graduate students, and researchers will also be along on the dinner cruise to give you more opportunity for discussion.