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Golfer Raegan Bremer is helping establish a new normal for UH’s newest sports program.

Guest panel to discuss sexuality in married couples.

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Changing the perception of marriage SEE PAGE 7 APRIL

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Earth Day. Celebrate the planet with food and games at Lynn Eusan Park at 11:30 a.m.

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rights bill leaves some Getting Transgender students, organizations divided put on the map UH joins challenge in international automotive marathon Nancy Truong Contributing writer

UH students will compete against others from universities across the Americas — including Canada, Brazil and Mexico — to create energy-efficient cars from inception to completion as part of the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas from April 25 to 27 at Discovery Green. The four teams from UH, which come from the Cullen College of Engineering and College of Technology, developed their projects, raised their own funding and designed their own concepts. “The teams are expected to raise the money, design the car, analyze the car and build it; these students are pioneers at many levels,” said Raresh Pascali, a mechanical engineering professor and faculty advisor to The Dream Team. The Dream Team consists of seniors Ryan Haire, Alexus Romero and Alex Geoca. Their mission is to design, build and test one of the first gas-to-liquid fuel cars in America. The competition is divided into two divisions: a prototype class is focused on car and travel efficiency, and a second class is the urban concept that focuses on practical car designs. The second team is Team Primer, which consists of 12 mechanical engineering undergraduates. Theirs is a battery-powered vehicle made of CHALLENGE continues on page 3

Many view the passing of the Josephine Tittsworth act as a convergence of a myriad of differing ideologies, ethnicities and creeds. Though there was dissent about the language of the bill, UH administrators will put it on their agenda for review. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar Cara Smith Staff writer

For most, listening for their names to be called from the roster is a simple, if not mundane, reality of being a college student. Few would associate it as anything more than that, and even fewer would ever think of roll call as something that could potentially put their life in danger.

Viewing the world from the lens of a transgender man or woman paints a much different picture than most ever see, though. To a trans man, having no choice but to correct his professor and ask to be called Jason instead of Julie outs him as a transgender man to all who are present. Such a scenario not only places Jason in immense psychological

turmoil but also makes him vulnerable to students who harbor negative sentiments toward the LGBT community. On Wednesday, the Student Government Association acted for those students. The Josephine Tittsworth Act, which allows students, faculty and staff “to apply their preferred first

name, title and personally discerned gender in all standard forms of documentation or record keeping,” passed in an 11-4 vote in the SGA Senate Chambers. Throughout its brief lifespan, the bill has managed to become one of the University’s most controversial pieces of legislation. DIVIDE continues on page 3

Late success allows UH to slide by Eighth inning rallies became normal for UH this weekend. The Cougars used two rallies and contributions from the bullpen to corrall the Bulls by winning a three-game series against USF. Read more on page 5. — Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar

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CALENDAR Today Training: Staff, faculty and students can learn how to use Microsoft Office and other software such as Adobe Suite from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the M. D. Anderson Memorial Library Learning Commons. Music: A percussion ensemble directed by Blake Wilkins will be performing from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Moores Opera House. Student tickets are $7.

Tuesday Festival: Students can learn about environmental causes and sustainability during the UH Earth Day Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lynn Eusan Park. Students can enjoy games, refreshments and more, and will be given a free tote bag and T-shirt if they visit all booths. Lecture: A panel of sociologists will discuss the evolution of marriage in America as part of the Friends of Women’s Studies from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Rockwell Pavilion on the second floor of the M. D. Anderson Memorial Library. Music: A wind ensemble under the tutelage of director David Bertman will perform from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Moores Opera House. Student

tickets are $7.

Wednesday Celebration: A flash mob to celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday will held from 4:50 to 6:50 p.m. by the fountains between Farish Hall and Ezekiel W. Cullen Building. Networking: The director of recruiting for Pappas Restaurants will interact with students and answer questions related to the hospitality industry from 1 to 1:50 p.m. in room S125 in the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Art: The Center for Creative Work will host an art show from 5 to 10 p.m. in The Honors College. Workshop: A Food for Thought workshop will teach students stress management skills from noon to 1 p.m. in the Student Services Center 1, Room 210D. Softball: The University will compete against Houston Baptist from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Cougar Softball Stadium. Party: Student Program Board will host the SpringFest Glowout from 8 p.m. to midnight at Lynn Eusan Park.

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City may take on Cullen Blvd. repairs The Daily Cougar news services The Board of Regents has called a special meeting to discuss how to move forward with Cullen Boulevard today at 9 a.m. at the Hilton UH. Carl Carlucci, executive vice chancellor for administration and finance, will present the Resolution in Support of the City of Houston’s Renovation of Cullen Boulevard to the Board to be voted on. The resolution would commit the city to an “intensive full depth pavement replacement repair” of Cullen Boulevard between Elgin Street and Wheeler, a 76,000 square-foot stretch and it would be slated to begin in May of 2014. news@thedailycougar.com

The Josephine Tittsworth Act only affects standard forms at the University, not Greek Life, housing or facility usage. Transgender individuals can use facilities — like restrooms —in accordance to their gender identity. | File photo/The Daily Cougar

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carbon fire. One of the graduating seniors, Ryan Hannerman, is currently working on the vehicle as his senior capstone project. “There’s a ton of everything we use from our engineering skills, and we apply every aspect of our courses we learned to solve problems when there isn’t a step-by-step solution,” Hannerman said. During the competition, students are expected to travel as far as their model car will go within 15 to 30 miles per hour on one liter of fuel. “The students will be expected to pass multiple inspections, such as maneuvering and safety, but this is not a speed race,” Pascali said. Professor Richard Bennerot understands the requirements students must meet in order to compete. “The main thing they get is no sleep, but they built this car from scratch, and it is very sophisticated,” Bennerot said. Each team produced and created a website that gives in-depth information about who they are, their progress and contact information. news@thedailycougar.com

The bill has garnered considerable outcry from numerous pockets of the student body. Some have expressed concern with how the bill will impact residential life, while others have been unsettled with the implications the bill would have on Greek life. Both concerns were addressed in a town hall meeting held on April 9. The bill passed Wednesday, though, and will soon make its way to the UH administration. Despite the controversy in its earlier days, most students and faculty seem to be in favor of the Josephine Tittsworth Act — or at least empathize with the sentiments of the bill. Greekaffiliated students are no exception. “I think the bill being passed is a huge stepping stone for our campus,” said Ava Sonleitner, a hotel and restaurant management freshman and member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. “The LGBT community has overcome so many obstacles in the last few years, and this is just another example of that.” Despite the town hall meeting held to address such questions, a misunderstanding of the semantics of the bill seems to be at the root of the Greek-affiliated students’ concerns. Marketing junior and Delta Gamma member Carly Blevins said she feels that there is a disconnect

in communication between proponents of the bill and UH’s Greek community. “I’m kind of in the dark Greekwise,” Blevins said. “I think everyone is (in the dark in) ... knowing how (the bill) will affect Greek life.” Though the bill was passed less than a week ago, it’s already begun addressing the concerns with roll call for transgender students. Even now, the real-world implications for UH’s present and future transgender community have been starting to take hold, and LGBT Resource Center Director Lorraine Schroeder said she feels “very pleased” with the impact it will have in both sustaining and expanding UH’s diversity. “I just got an email today from an incoming freshman for the fall who identifies as a trans man. He was asking me what the procedure is for getting his preferred name on his Cougar card, and he was concerned with having to come out to professors,” Schroeder said. “Being able to change the gender just makes sense … (The bill) is a really a positive step for UH in making transgender people feel more welcome and safer on campus,” Schroeder said. While the bill certainly addresses the long suffering of UH’s transgender community, it has also raised questions regarding its implications. Many have vocalized concerns with how the bill will affect gender-segregated organizations

and gender-specific areas, like restrooms, locker rooms and Greek organizations. “I think letting trans people (change their name and preferred gender on UH documents is) great for class purposes to make them more comfortable, but I think it becomes tricky when it comes to gender-based clubs,” Blevins said. SGA Undergraduate-at-large Senator Alan Garza, a vocal opponent of the bill, spoke on his belief that the bill will force all students, not just trans-friendly ones, to comply with measures they aren’t comfortable with. “Moody Towers has the communal restrooms, and (proponents of the bill) have said that they will only pair (transgender students) up with a student that’s trans-friendly — but what about the communal restrooms?” said Garza. “We have to consider the rights and make sure that transgender students are comfortable students, but we also have to be fair and ask ‘what about everyone else as well?’” Garza also said he feels there was a double standard with how the bill’s opponents were perceived by the public. Despite taking every measure to approach the bill in a “reasonable, open-minded way,” Garza expressed his “disappointment” with students assuming he has closed-minded ideologies simply because he disagrees with the semantics of the bill. “I’ve spoken with my constituents,

and I’ve spoken with people on both sides,” said Garza. “I’ve spoken with people that are transgender to try and understand what it’s like, trying to see where they’re coming from. ... People were quick to assume that just because I disagree, I was … intolerant and closed-minded.” Though there will rarely be a unified consensus on LGBT issues, the bill was passed by an organization that “exists to serve as the official voice through which student opinion may be expressed and empowered” in UH policy and in services offered by the University, according to the SGA website. As an organization that exists to serve and implement the will of the students, SGA’s core purpose — student advocacy — remains unaltered in the midst of controversy and conflict. Schroeder said she sees the passing of the Josephine Tittsworth Act as one that illustrates the changing nature of the student body — a myriad of differing ideologies, ethnicities and creeds, linked together by an empathy toward the needs of their fellow students. “I do (think that SGA) represented the student body well. There’s still prejudice on campus from students, but I think that it’s more than a 50-50 split,” Schroeder said. “I think that most people lean on the side of a more welcoming, more LGBTfriendly environment.” news@thedailycougar.com

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tandardized testing is a waste of time — for the most part, anyway. While there is some credibility behind standardized testing, there’s too much emphasis placed on it. Universities across the United States are starting to realize this. Currently, 800 Julie colleges and Nguyen universities out of roughly 3,000 use a test-optional or test-flexible policy, according to the National Center for Fair and Open Testing. This means that these institutions allow students to choose whether they want to send in their SAT or ACT scores. In 2009, William Hiss, former dean of admissions for Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, released his study “Defining Promise: Optional Standardized Testing Policies in American College and University Admissions.” The study concluded that there are no significant differences in the grades and graduation rates between students that chose to submit their scores and the students that did not. According to the study, “just 0.05 percent of a GPA point separated the students who submitted their scores … and those who did not. And college graduation rates for ‘nonsubmitters’ were just 0.6 percent lower than those students who submitted their test scores.” “SATs and ACTs should be viewed as extracurriculars in the sense that they give one aspect of a student’s ability,” said Hotel and restaurant management junior Mary Ann Chou. Hiss agreed that there are too many different components to human intelligence and that we can’t expect standardized testing systems to capture it. However, standardized testing is a good way to capture one aspect of intelligence. The SAT started out as an army IQ test that grew in popularity after Ivy League schools adopted it as

David Delgado/ The Daily Cougar a standard in the late 1930s. After that, schools nationwide saw it as a way to attract students who would normally have been noticed only because they came from a prestigious background. However, the SAT then became overused in the college admission process. It discourages students from applying to a particular school if they believe their scores aren’t good enough. The scores can definitely help spot a talented student, but they often prevent applications instead of encouraging them. Business junior Paulo Pham said he saw the flaw in accepting students on a numerical basis. “You can’t judge someone strictly based on numbers,” Pham said. “You already have the student’s GPA for that. Why would you

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need another number?” Concerning GPA, the study did show that high school grades matter — a lot. For students who submitted their test results and those who didn’t, high school grades were the best predictor of college success. Standardized testing does help round out a student’s academic profile, but submitting standardized test scores should be an option, not a requirement. “The SAT shouldn’t be used as acceptance unless a student willingly sends their scores in,” Pham said. “If a student chooses to send in their test scores, then there’s an off-chance of it counterbalancing a potentially horrible GPA.” The SAT and ACT are often criticized for measuring only how well a student can take these tests

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and how they favor students that can afford test preparation. According to the officials at The College Board, the test is always evolving, as shown by the changes enacted earlier this year. A previous study showed that both SAT scores and high school grades strongly predicted how well students did in their first year of college. College Board officials believe that the SAT is a valuable tool in determining how eligible a student is for college. Officials working for the ACT also believe that in terms of deciding whether or not to admit a student to a university, the more information the students give, the better their chances. However, high school grades still seem to be the stronger indicator of how well a student does in

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college. They’re more consistent during a longer period of time and show more dedication and motivation than a four-hour test taken in one morning. For UH to adopt such a policy, the state of Texas needs to loosen up its mandated admission policies. However, Director of Student Recruitment Jeff Fuller doubts that test-optional admissions will be in the near future for southern universities. “Test-optional is a phenomenon at northeast and eastern universities. The south of the southwest, particularly Texas … will not find public universities with testoptional admission policy,” Fuller said. The requirement to be considered for admission to any public university in Texas is either to successfully complete the required high school curriculum set forth by the Texas Foundation; get at least a 1500 out of 2400 on the SAT; or get 18 in English, 22 in math, 21 in social sciences and 24 in science on the ACT. UH requires SAT or ACT scores to be sent in, asking for a minimum score of 1000 for the top 11 to 25 percent and 1100 for the top 26 to 50 percent. The top 51 percent and under go through individual review, while the top 10 percent have no minimum score required. It would be great if UH became part of the growing list of Tier One universities to adopt a test-optional policy, such as Arizona State University and Texas A&M university at College Station. Becoming testoptional opens up the admission pool to even more diversity. As the second-most diverse school in the nation, we want to maintain that status and show that people won’t be be judged only by their test scores. Quality education is available for all, no matter the score on a one-time test. Opinion columnist Julie Nguyen is a communications junior and may be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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Leading Clutch rallies clinch series victory scorers’ options limited Harrison Lee

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The Daily Cougar news services UH’s public clash over two star basketball players’ transfer requests has come to a close. The Cougars’ two top scorers, forwards TaShawn Thomas and Danuel House were granted conditional releases to transfer, according to the Houston Chronicle. Both were previously denied transfer requests on April 4 before separate hearings with a special committee overturned the earlier ruling on Friday. “As part of the releases’ stipulations, the players will not be allowed to transfer to another school in the American Athletic Conference... nor to another school in the state of Texas or any opponent on the Cougars’ schedule during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons,” according to the Chronicle. If a petition to the NCAA to play immediately is not granted, Thomas and House will need to sit out next season. Thomas has one season of eligibility left while House has two. sports@thedailycougar.com

UH’s Easter was buoyed by a 5-3 comeback victory in the rubber match of a three-game series against USF. The Cougars’ first win of the series followed in a similar vein. UH scraped its way to a 3-2 win behind a rally of singles, sacrifices, walks and relief performances by junior Jared Robinson and senior Chase Wellbrock. “We have good players,” said head coach Todd Whitting. “We just need our good players to show up every day and play.” With the 5-3 Saturday win, UH (2910, 6-6) seems to have taken strides to right its ship for a potential postseason journey. After taking the Thursday through Saturday series against USF (22-17, 8-7), UH is on a more rapid pace that last year’s 36-win season. The only blip was a 4-3 Friday loss that still saw sophomore Jake Lemoine strike out seven and senior first baseman Casey Grayson go 3-5 from the plate. Shaking off a sweep by Louisville and aided by a Tuesday win in Huntsville against Sam Houston, UH held USF to nine runs through the three games, something that both Whitting and his players thought was much needed for the benefit of team morale.

Two eighth inning comebacks helped the Cougars secure their seventh series win of the season against the Bulls this weekend. | Justin Tijerina/The Daily Cougar “Really, every win is huge,” said senior closer Chase Wellbrock. “Coming off of the sweep from Louisville, it’s a big win.” With numerical performances such as Grayson going 5-10 for the series and continued high performances from the bullpen, UH is falling into a form that is

sometimes dramatic but often effective. “Us being able to come back and win shows that we never give up,” said sophomore designated hitter Justin Montemayor, who had the gamewinning hit on Thursday night. “It doesn’t matter if we’re down by a run or 10 runs, we’re always going to battle

until the ninth to get the win.” The Cougars’ pitching, which continues to be the best frontline weapon for their march to Omaha, racked up still more numbers. On Thursday, junior Aaron Garza got a no-decision but allowed only one earned run in 6.2 innings of work. The bullpen recorded both UH wins with Robinson moving to 3-1 after Thursday and Wellbrock going to 3-0 after Saturday. “It was a big situation, but I’m used to these now, with the pressure being on at the end,” said the undefeated Wellbrock on Saturday. “We kind of backed ourselves into a corner with these past few weekends. You can’t take anybody lightly in this conference, no matter who you’re playing. You have to always come with your best stuff and just hope for the best.” With a rematch against Sam Houston on Tuesday at Cougar Field before a road swing to the Midwest, Whitting is alert to the possibilities and pratfalls of the remainder of the season. “Cincinnati is a huge road series for us. We’ve put ourselves in a position where we’re back in a little bit of a corner,” Whitting said. “We need to come out next weekend and play really well.” sports@thedailycougar.com

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Bremer’s success sets up program for future wins Khristopher Matthews-Marion Sports editor

Raegan Bremer, whose stock is rising after transferring from the University of California—Davis to join UH’s upstart women’s golf program, could be the program’s first star after earning the Cougars’ initial win. The sophomore joins up-andcoming golfers Courtney Ferguson, Emily Gilbreth and Kelli Rollo as the participants in the first women’s golf program in UH history. The quartet is competing at the American Athletic Conference championships at Hammock Beach Resort and Golf Club in Palm City, Fla., until Tuesday. Through 18 holes, Bremer leads all UH competitors and stands in ninth place. She did not come to UH seeking golf immortality, though; she traded the sunny shores of Anaheim for sweltering Texas summers for a specific reason — head coach Gerrod Chadwell. “I knew him originally in high school during the recruiting process,” Bremer said. “I was really comfortable with him, and I had decided to leave

Sophomore Raegan Bremer won the first golf tournament in program history on April 1. | Courtesy of UH Athletics UC Davis because of a coaching issue. So I wanted to make sure that I had a really good situation with my new coach.” Bremer said her former coach, Anne Waker, took a head coaching position at Stanford University, and replacement coach Anna Temple had opposite theories. Temple was a

professional and accomplished amateur golfer who had spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Cal before being named the head women’s golf coach at UC Davis. Bremer had a celebrated career as a prep star at Canyon High School and earned All-County First-Team honors as a junior in 2010-11. She was

a four-time All-Century League Team honoree, served as team captain as a senior and guided the program to three consecutive undefeated seasons in her final three years. Since arriving at UH, Bremer’s conference play has been strong. In April, she earned medalist honors at the Houston Baptist University Husky

Invitational at Sugar Land’s Riverbend Country Club as the only competitor to break par in the final round. She also led the Cougars and tied for seventh after she opened the Dallas Athletic Club/SMU Invitational last weekend with an even-par 72 on the 6,257-yard course, where she finished 36 holes with a score of 147. She was also named the American Athletic Conference’s women’s golfer of the week for the second straight week. The men’s golf team members have begun to take notice of their female counterparts. “All the guys are excited that they got their first win,” said senior golfer James Ross. “It just shows they’re moving in the right direction.” Bremer said it is an honor to represent UH as the first-ever women’s golf team here and that she sees UH winning multiple national championships — starting next year. “G’s a great coach,” Bremer said. “He can definitely lead us to a national championship.” sports@thedailycougar.com

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Guest panel to discuss new meaning of marriage Sonia Zuniga Contributing writer

Marriage was a traditional institution in the past, a top priority for young adults in a time when a growing family was the main goal of life. The definition of marriage then isn’t the same as the definition of marriage now.With the growth of attention to and recognition of the diversity of sexuality across the nation, this has become a hazy area for many. The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Friends of Women’s Studies guest panel will discuss this complex issue on Tuesday in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. “Marriage has served as a primary means to acquire or transmit wealth, to form alliances, to legitimize and identify heirs and as a signal of romantic love or commitment,” said associate professor of sociology Amanda Baumle; “but there has been a shift toward an emphasis on marriage as a love-based commitment between two persons.” Baumle researches centers on legal contexts of same-sex parenting. She is one of the guests speaking on this subject along with two other sociologists and a recently married lesbian couple. The panel tackles the presumption that people marry to have children, when couples are now commonly having children without getting married or deciding to live together. “Rather than trying to limit access to marriage and all of its protections, we should instead question why so many legal, social and economic benefits are linked to marriage,” Baumle said, exemplifying how some people argue what the marriage documents should actually signify. S a m e -s e x m a r r i a g e s h av e g a i n e d

A guest panel is discussing the shift of marriage among couples during “The Marriage Question: Do You?” hosted by the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies on Tuesday. | Izmail Glosson/The Daily Cougar worldwide support, Baumle said, including in Texas, where a federal judge ruled lack of recognition of union in other states to be unconstitutional. “Once legalized, we will then have to see whether same-sex couples largely embrace the institution of marriage,” Baumle said. “The right to marriage means the right to marry — and the right to decide not to marry.” The age-old tradition of marriage has been revolutionized dramatically over the years since 1970, when 72 percent of American

adults were married compared to 2011, when only 51 percent of adults were married, according to the Pew Research Center analysis of United States Census Bureau data. Rules have changed and softened, and what was once a simple formal union of man and woman has become a complex dilemma that the Barbara Karkabi Living Archives Series features through interviews of Houstonian women. Karkabi, a former Houston Chronicle journalist and longtime member of the Friends of

Women’s Studies board, developed the panel in 1997. “Barbara, a passionate teller, built a community through sharing the stories of immigrants and of women’s lives,” said WGSS director and English professor Elizabeth Gregory. “The Living Archives series was endowed in her memory by her many friends after her death in 2012.” Students are encouraged to attend and share their ideology as well as learn about alternatives they haven’t considered. “The changing dynamics of marriage affects women directly, and is of especial interest to young women planning their lives,” Gregory said. “This is an opportunity to think about their options and choices as well as get a sense of the changing national scene.” Friends of Women’s Studies Program Coordinator Ayanna McCloud said she looks forward to the panel discussion and how it will affect the UH campus. “We sense that things are changing, so we’ll be interested to see what students who attend will say and their take on this topic and see how the panel responds,” McCloud said. “The whole idea is to have people rethink marriage and revisit their definition of it and to think about this shift in diverse perspectives.” Years have transformed the meaning of marriage. Now, the question is whether we look for a commitment to a more concrete definition or if this new meaning will serve us, for better or for worse. “The future of former unions is dependent, however, on how marriage is ultimately redefined,” Baumle said. “What does marriage mean, or what should marriage mean?”” arts@thedailycougar.com

TECHNOLOGY

Students engineer solar-powered robot Diana Nguyen Senior staff writer

Mechanical engineering students from UH visited Discovery Green on April 12 to share their innovative projects, including a remotely operated vehicle known as an “underwater robot,” while educating passers-by on how today’s technology plays a role in sustainability. Among those students was senior design team AquaForce, which includes mechanical engineering and technology seniors Santos Ortiz, Christopher Munoz and Vicente Mora. Team AquaForce designed and built a remotely operated underwater vehicle that it will enter in the Regional Marine Advanced Technology Education ROV Competition at the NASA Sonny Carter Training Facility. “We’ve been working on it for two semesters,” Ortiz said. “The

first semester, we designed it, we did all our research, and the second semester we actually fabricated it. We’ll be competing in the competition, which is our Underwater Robot Competition on April 26 at the NASA pool.” An ROV is a tethered underwater robot made to perform specialized tasks in oil and gas, commercial shipping, salvage and ship industries, among others. Munoz said Team AquaForce designed its ROV to withstand 30 feet underwater and be able to visually inspect the water. “It’s going to go 30 feet underwater, and it’s going to pick up debris, like assimilated debris from shipwreck,” Munoz said. “We have two cameras placed on here so we can visually inspect the water. It can take pictures and video.” The ROV is just a prototype for 30 feet, Munoz said. “There are some advanced

ROVs that are this size, but it would be more detailed and technical,” Munoz said. “It would take years to engineer.” When asked whether AquaForce would be nervous about the upcoming MATE ROV competition, Mora said he feels confident. “I’m pretty sure we can make a good tournament. We’re competing against A&M and San Jacinto College,” he said. The MATE competition is judged upon the completion of the tasks — explore, document, and identify an unknown shipwreck, collect microbial samples, measure conductivity and remove trash and debris from the pool bottom. Finance senior Dilip Gerba said he enjoyed conversing with the engineering students about solar energy and oil and gas. “They know their stuff,” Gerba said. “I was impressed with their projects and the dedication they put

Three mechanical engineering and technology seniors from design team AquaForce innovated a solar-powered underwater robot and toy crickets to promote the role of technology in sustainability. | Diana Nguyen/The Daily Cougar into it. You wouldn’t naturally think of a connection between the engineering department and business, but they often interrelate. Solar PV

is now cheaper than oil and gas, so it raises competition.” arts@thedailycougar.com

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