Multi-Use Float-On/Float-Off Scale Model
This project is under development for a Florida Atlantic University and Office of Naval Research (ONR) endorsed RFP to provide
a third vessel in Sea-basing Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) at FAU. It will be a scale model Multi-Use Float-On/Float-Off (MUFF) of the Small to
Large Vessel at Sea Transfer (STLVST) which will provide self-deploying float-on / float-off capability consisting of a mobile platform
with a semi-submersible deck for storage of cargo and 6 Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vessels for use in transportation of loads.
It will operate in sea states up to and including sea state 4. The MUFF vessel will interact with the Rapidly Deployable Stable Platform
(RDSP), and the Large Mid-Speed Roll-on / Roll-off (LMSR) vessel using Dynamic Positioning (DP) to create an operational transfer system
offshore. The MUFF will ballast and deballast its tanks to allow for LCAC's to board the back deck, and to allow for
LMSR cargo to be rolled on and off the MUFF.
MUFF Concept Animation
Competition Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
This senior design team will design and construct a simple AUV on a 1:1 scale. The AUV to be designed and built shall be simple in
design yet retain a high degree of functionality. Upon launch, the main objectives will be to successfully pass the AUV through a
validation gate, and then the AUV will hone in on an acoustical beacon and surface above it. Furthermore, the AUV shall be
modular in design such that, upon completion, the future FAU AUV competition team will havea platform with which to compete in the
10th annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle completion. The vehicle will be designed to meet all
competition specifications. The basic requirements require that the unit be an un-tethered, self-propelled, environmentally contained,
submersible vessel with an expected mission operating time of 20 min.
