Partners

Help us put it on the water.

V3 is in build now, and we've reached the limit of what a student team can fund and make on its own. We're looking for funding, a mentor in the field, and places to machine and fabricate what we design.

01 · What we need

Three things would get V3 on the water.

We've designed and built the boat ourselves so far, on student budgets. These are the gaps we can't close alone.

Need 01 · FundingMost needed

Funding

We're looking for funding to keep building. Every dollar goes into hardware on the boat and getting V3 onto the water.

Help fund the boat →
Need 02 · Mentorship

A mentor in the field

We're looking for someone who's done this before, in marine robotics, environmental monitoring or water quality, to guide our design and field work.

Offer to mentor →
Need 03 · Fabrication

Places to make the parts

PCBWay now sponsors our circuit boards. We're still looking for shops and services that can make what we can't, like machined metal parts.

Offer fabrication →
02 · Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors.

Their support goes straight into hardware on the boat.

03 · In conversation

Shaped by the people who sample water.

We're designing V3 around real field needs, starting with these conversations.

In conversation

Charles River Watershed Association

CRWA · Data collection

We're talking with the CRWA team about how D.R.E.A.M.S could collect water-quality data for them.

In conversation

Port of Oakland

Sediment sampling

Our conversations with the Port of Oakland, and with the CRWA, showed us that sediment samples are still collected by sending divers down. That's shaping our long-term plan for a sample-collection arm.

04 · Ways to partner

Where you come in.

Three kinds of partners will shape the next stage. Each gets a direct line to the founders.

For research labs & faculty

Make the data count

Help us make our survey data scientifically useful.

  • Validate our probes against lab-grade instruments
  • Advise on sampling methods and data quality
  • Co-develop research uses for the survey data
For sponsors & industry

Put hardware on the water

Support goes straight into the boat.

  • Funding
  • Fabrication and machining
  • Engineering mentorship
For watershed groups & test sites

Survey your water

Have a pond, lake or reservoir you'd like to understand better?

  • Host supervised field trials
  • Receive the survey data we collect
  • Tell us what your watershed needs measured
05 · What partners get

A team that ships, and shows its work.

We're students building this from the ground up, so every contribution has a visible effect on the boat. Founding-partner places are open now.

Start a conversation →
  1. 01

    Regular progress updates

    Build logs, test results and what we change because of them.

  2. 02

    The data

    Access to the survey data from the work you're part of.

  3. 03

    A direct line

    You talk to the two people designing and building the boat.

  4. 04

    Recognition

    Sponsors are acknowledged on this site and in our project updates.