 My name is Eric Nielsen. I'm an Ensign in the United States Coast Guard. I just recently graduated in May of 2007, and less than a month after graduation, I'm here on scene, an active Coast Guard operation. Currently I'm working on an underwater archeological research project at Minut's Ledge Lighthouse just south of Boston Harbor. I'm a mechanical engineer, and I, along with five of my classmates, designed and built an underwater remote-operated vehicle, which you see here. This ROV can dive to depths of 300 feet for an unlimited amount of time. It has an onboard video camera, lights, and three thrusters, which are used to control the ROV as it moves through the water. The Senior Capstone Design Project in Mechanical Engineering is a semester-long course spring of your senior year at the Academy. A group of five of my classmates and myself decide to design and build an underwater ROV for Coast Guard operations. Please come up and turn, whatever you want to turn. We built this ROV in under three months and are now on scene in an active archeological research site. I had a lot of fun building this ROV, but it was also, at the same time, a lot of work. I spent over 300 hours completing the project myself, and the five of my classmates did the same thing in under three months. We received a lot of help from University of Connecticut, Avery Point, the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, and other local agencies in Connecticut to help us design and build this ROV.