California State University, Northridge Volunteer Leadership Summit December 3, 2011 S. K. Ramesh and C. T. Lin College of Engineering and Computer Science

Challenges and Opportunities Global –Social Context of Engineering Practice –Evolving curricula –Workforce needs

Societal Grand Challenges Energy Environment Climate Change Sustainability Food, Water Healthcare Education Transportation

Partnering to Address the Challenges 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011 Industry Product development/ demonstration Business incubation Economic development Education/Training Research/Development Tech Transfer

Future Cars: Smarter and Safer Transportation Examples of Smart and Safe Features: -Active Self-Parking -Autonomous Lane Tracking -Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) -Pedestrian Detection and Auto-Braking 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Intelligent Ground Vehicle Major Components Power Motor Camera LRF GPS IMU

Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) A program being created by the AUVSI organization to promote for autonomous vehicle technology in collage education. “Design and construction of an Intelligent Vehicle fits well in a two semester senior year design capstone course.” “It is multidisciplinary, theory-based, hands-on, team implemented, outcome assessed, and based on product realization.” 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Autonomous Challenge Travel a Complicated Course –Avoid obstacles –Stay within boundary lines –Follow navigational waypoints 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Navigation Challenge Visit Specified Navigational Waypoints –Avoid obstacles –Determine most efficient path 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Design Challenge Present Design Objectives & Details –Systems and algorithms –Engineering tools and processes –Innovation and creativity 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011 Dr. Charles Volk Vice President and Chief Technologist Northrop Grumman Navigation Systems Division Industry Advisory Board, CECS Graduate Student Garrett Leonard works on the NovAtel IMU-LN200 Inertial Measurement Unit Donated by Northrop Grumman Corporation Meaningful Partnerships with Industry

Evolution of CSUN Participation in IGVC 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

History of CSUN Participation in IGVC 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Red RAVEN (Robotic Autonomous Vehicle Engineered in Northridge) 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

CSUN 2011 Red RAVEN Team Diversity of students from multiple disciplines of the College -Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering students More than 100 students over 6 years ( ) 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Composition of 2011 IGVC Contenders 57 teams registered 48 teams competed 40 vehicles qualified International teams: Japan, India, Jordan, Canada (5 teams), and United Arab Emirates Top Contenders: Virginia Tech., Hosei University (Japan), University of Delaware, University of Central Florida, University of Waterloo (Canada), Oakland University, Georgia Tech., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. Naval Academy, and Princeton University 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Intelligent Ground Vehicle: RED RAVEN Mohammed Alhadlaq, Omar Alshahrani, Pei- chun Chen, Rodney Cheong Ye Yeu, Mike Cowhick, Alfie Gil, Amiel Hartman, Manuel Hernandez, Joseph Horvath, Rome Kenmepol, Nicholas Robert Keyawa (Proj Mgr), Andrew Lee, Garrett Leonard, Ara Mekhtarian, Jimmy Mohan, David Prince, Michael Staudenmeir, Steve Valadez, and Po- Jen Wang. Advisor: Prof. C. T. Lin First Place National IGV Competition June /03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011

Red RAVEN Demonstration and Video Presentation When: Following the six CSUN Showcase presentations, starting at 4:20 pm. Where: In the Portal area of the Valley Performing Arts Center, outside of the Kurland Lecture Hall. Who: The Red RAVEN team. You are all invited! 12/03/11 Volunteer Leadership Summit_2011