Mission

Yonder Deep provides students with experience that will allow them to make positive change and become tomorrow’s innovators and change-makers. The team pursues projects in oceanographic research, developing a strong aptitude for engineering and robotics along the way. Through our work, students from all disciplines foster collaborative relationships and develop platforms for social good. Our team’s innovations directly contribute to the exploration of our world’s most defining feature—the ocean.

We have established a partnership with Dr. Grant Deane of the Innovative Marine Technologies Lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In addition to providing Yonder Deep with access to expertise and the tools available in a research laboratory, this alliance will also result in an opportunity for the deployment in the field of Yonder Deep’s technology.

Based in UC San Diego, Yonder Deep is founded upon one mission: “To empower students to make tangible differences in research and inspiring life-long learning through underwater robotics.”

Innovation

Our goal is to be the first undergraduate group of students to design a 3D printed, low cost, modular, and fully Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for oceanographic and climate change research.

Research

Now more than ever, oceanographic research is incredibly important, but certain equipment is not affordable for researchers. We are here to change that.

Education

Provide students with experience that will allow them to make positive change and become tomorrow’s innovators and change-makers.

Meet the Team

Advisors

Provide insight and oversee other teams.

Grant Deane

Project Advisor
Research Oceanographer

Hayden Johnson

Project Advisor
Graduate Student

Alex Smith

Project Advisor
Flight Software Engineer @ JPL

Research Mentors

Work with Yonder Deep on its research subprojects and provide guidance.

Aditya Arun

Research Mentor, 5G Base Station Project
Graduate Student Researcher @ WCSNG Lab
https://wcsng.ucsd.edu/aarun/

Ushasi Ghosh

Research Mentor, 5G Base Station Project
Graduate Student Researcher @ WCSNG Lab
LinkedIn

Dinesh Bharadia

Research Mentor, 5G Base Station Project
Principal Investigator @ WCSNG, Assistant Professor in ECE Department
Website

Executive

Coordinates and directs Yonder Deep's projects and sub-teams.

Chloe Prieto

President and Business Lead
Structural Engineering, 2025
LinkedIn

Satchin Narasimhan

Mechanical Lead
Mechanical Engineering, 2025
LinkedIn

Abijit Jayachandran

Software Lead
Computer Engineering, 2025
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Tiffany Chen

Electrical Lead
Electrical Engineering, 2027

Current Members

Business

Mozelle Monzon

Member
Ecology, 2027

Austin Kinnear

Member
Computer Science, 2026
LinkedIn

Electrical

Jacob Brown

Member
Electrical Engineering, 2024
LinkedIn

Mechanical

Benjamin Tarver

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2025
LinkedIn

Konrad Stromayer

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2025

Tin Nguyen

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2025

Hanxiao Shi

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2028

Tigran Grigoryan

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2027

Adabhav Singh

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2026

Vic Lopez

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2026

Carlo Barocio

Member
Mechanical Engineering, 2028

Ethan Dauz

Member
Electrical Engineering, 2028

Software

Pranav Mehta

Member
Computer Engineering, 2026
LinkedIn

Kazuya Miyata

Member
Computer Science, 2027

Anya Chernova

Member
Computer Science, 2026

Yanis Herne

Member
Biophysics, 2028

Logan Wong

Member
Computer Engineering, 2028

Sofina Yang

Member
Computer Engineering, 2028

Austin Kinnear

Member
Computer Science, 2026
LinkedIn

Alumni

Coming soon!