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The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts goes for a test drive in Monterey Bay. Source: MBARI (http://www.mbari.org/news/homepage/2009/rov-ricketts.html)

Hurray for the Engineers!

 The otters our class saw on our field trip to Monterey Bay were awfully cute.  But I have to admit there was a piece of my former engineer’s heart that was touched, not by the furry faces, but by the antennas, radio transmitters, temperature and depth recorders, and GPS computers the scientists showed us. The sensors were…

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