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                        Tom Pittenger - Project Manager

 

 

                     Major:                              Computer Engineer

                     Year:                                Senior

                     Specialties:                    Robotics, AI

                     Previous Projects:       LED Sign, Micromouse, SumoBot

 

 

 Responsibilities: 

 

·              Overseeing/ Programming vehicles basic movement functions

·              Programming of AI for CPU Control Network

·              Overall Systems Integration

·              Project Account Management ( funding, parts and supply orders etc.)

·              Website Development

 

 

 

 

                    Brian Ankeny - Project Manager

 

 

 

 

                    Major:                               Computer Engineer

                    Year:                                 Senior

                    Specialties:                     Motion Control, Automation, Data Transfer

                    Previous Projects:        Sonar/IR Guided Robot, SumoBot

                                                               5 bit ALU Design Project,  

                                                                                                    IR Detection/ Warning System   

 

Responsibilities: 

 

·              Design and construction of the vehicle sensor system

·              Algorithm development for vehicle motion control

·              Handling data transfer for CPU Control Network

·              Overall Systems Integration

·              Project Account Management ( funding, parts and supply orders, etc.)

·              Fabrication of any custom parts needed for the project

·              Website Development/ Administrator

                                 

                                                                                                                                                 

 

 

 

 

                     Ben Hawkins

 

 

                     Major:                             Electrical Engineering

                     Year:                               Graduated Spring ‘05

                     Specialty:                      Electromagnetics

                                                           Previous Projects:      LED Sign

 

 

Responsibilities:

 

·              Design and construction Inductive Charging System

·              Contacting companies for parts donations

·              Website Development

 

 

 

 

 

                    Hubert Daniel

 

 

                    Major:                            Electrical Engineer

                    Year:                              Senior

                    Specialty:                     RF Communications

 

Responsibilities:

 

·              Design and construction of GPS System

·              Design and construction of RF Communications System

 

 

 

                     Sean Kraus

 

 

 

                     Major:                            Computer Science

                     Year:                              Graduate Student

                     Specialty:                     Application Programmer

                     Previous Projects:     Micromouse

 

 

Responsibilities:

 

·        Design and creation of application for visual interpretation of the

           Object Detection/ Collision Avoidance System

·        Internet connectivity and server application development