In 1989, an Exxon oil tanker hit a reef, spilling more than 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, devastating the ecosystem. A moored profiler was placed in the sound to monitor the health of the ecosystem. Currently, the scientists must go out weekly to charge the profiler and download data. Our project is to design a prototype of a new profiler that includes an innovative way to charge the profiler and communicate the system over longer distances.
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