UW ERIS

06/03/2018

Hey guys, check out the updated ERIS page on the Oceanography website!

05/05/2018

UW Ocean tech students at Opening day event

04/18/2017

ERIS is BACK! And this year we have aprons! Stay tuned for all of the news and updates about this year's students and projects, because it's going to get really crazy cool, really fast!

09/12/2016

Join us this weekend (9/17-9/18) at EMP for the Seattle Mini Maker Faire! The ocean tech program will have a booth featuring two different interactive underwater technology projects and a bunch of cool, very passionate oceanography students. Ch-ch-check it out! https://makerfaireseattle.com/attend/2016-makers/

The best thing about Maker Faire: there’s something for everyone. Whether it’s DIY, STEM-related, woodworking, robotics, 3D printing, laser cutting, fabrication, or anything in between, more than 1…

05/17/2016

YOU'RE INVITED!... to this year's Throw It Off The Dock event! Come join us Saturday, May 21st at the Ocean Technology Center as we attempt to deploy and operate sensors built by students this year. Check out our official video invite below!

The Students, Faculty and Staff of the ERIS Cabled Observatory invite you to the 3rd annual "Throw Things (primarily underwater sensors) Off the Dock" event....

03/25/2016

OceanGate Foundation is sponsoring a Hack-a-thon on Friday, March 25th in the Ocean Tech Space (OTB). Come all day or for as long as long as you can.

You're invited to come find out what OceanGate does and how you can get involved in some cool tech stuff. Folks from Microsoft, Loook.io (hololens), Foundry10 and Tableau will be coming to showcase various VR stuff and brainstorm how we can use it in the OceanGate submersible.

Please sign up to attend (*Friday*, 3/25, 8:30-5, no real prep needed):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-the-oceans-challenge-3-ocean-tech-discovery-day-tickets-22798700527

Help us Open The Oceans! The mission of Open The Oceans is to ignite curiosity, passion and lifelong learning by diving into the deep. One of the fundamental challenges we face in exciting humans about the ocean is that it is difficult to visit and see the wonders of the ocean with our own eyes.   O…

10/12/2015

The Ocean Technology Center (OTB 051) will be holding an Open House on Monday 10/19 at 4:30pm! Come for info, activities, and fun! Everyone is welcome. Get your questions answered and learn about Ocean Technology at UW. 🔨🔩🔌💻😄

10/02/2015

“A good idea without ex*****on is a hallucination.” Thomas Edison
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/story/A+Reflection+of+ERIS

This quarter I had the privilege of being a part of the OCEAN 497B class, the ERIS Observatory. ERIS stands for Exploration and Remote Instrumentation by Students and is a class dedicated to discovering how anthropogenic processes mediate natural processes in the aquatic environment through the crea…

10/02/2015

The Ocean Technology Center (home of ERIS) has undergone a facelift and is a much more use-able space. Check out the ERIS website to see a calendar of current events in the OTC, and let us know if you would like to use the space!

https://www.ocean.washington.edu/story/ERIS

The ERIS (Exploration and Remote Instrumentation by Students) cabled observatory is a student designed and built underwater learning facility at the University of Washington. This is a “hands-on” style course in ocean technology which focuses on the technological challenges and potential solutions…

07/20/2015

Jessica Noe, a member of the ERIS Junction Box building team, is out on the Visions cruise and has created a blog to share all of the awesome things she is doing. Check it out!

http://www.interactiveoceans.washington.edu/story/Jessica_Noes_Blog

I am sitting on a ship, in the Pacific Ocean, included in a pioneering venture of science, engineering and exploration. This is a lifelong dream come true...

07/01/2015

Starting to reorganize the Ocean Tech Center for summer projects and Fall Quarter. We have implemented a student sign in sheet so please use it if you are ever in OTC. We're excited to transform the place!

05/30/2015

ERIS students explaining to the guests what each sensors purpose was and how they made it all happen!