Please join us for our April 2025 CVT meeting.

We will again meet on the University of Texas at Dallas campus in the SPN.1 building.
Our meeting talk will be 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, lunch will be available starting around 11:30 AM.

Lunch: We continue to provide a lunch option for our meetings.

Prepay via the IEEE website,
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00
UTD ECE students: $5.00 (after the first 5 – which are at no cost to the student, provide you pre-register)

Pay in person:
IEEE Members $20.00
IEEE Life Members $15.00
Non-IEEE Members $25.00

Our lunch prices have increased significantly due to price increases from the vendor. We continue to supplement the cost for IEEE members.

April 15 meeting, UT Dallas SPN.1, registration opens at 11:30 AM, talk begins at 12:00 PM

Title:       “Raytheon Autonomous Vehicle Challenge 2025”
Speakers:  Thomas Arnett, Nital Schomaker, Kevin Paul 
Date:        April 15, 2025
Location: UTD Synergy Park North Building; 3000 Waterview, Richardson, TX
Directions: NE Corner Synergy Park Blvd and Steward Dr.
Lunch Cost:  see below.

Abstract: The Raytheon Autonomous Vehicle Challenge (AVC) is an intermural robotics challenge sponsored by Raytheon that challenges its participants to design a pair of autonomous vehicles that can complete a task without outside help. Our presentation will go over the design constraints of the challenge, our team’s process in designing a solution, and a few of our lessons learned in the process.

Bios:

Thomas Arnett (ECE Team Lead)
Senior EE major graduating Spring 2025. RF Engineering intern @ Southwest Airlines for 1 year, Network Engineering intern @ AT&T for 2 years. Mostly interested in RF design and embedded systems. Primarily responsible for development of ground rover + all administrative / project management tasks.

Nitai Schomaker (Drone Lead)
Fast Track B.S./M.S. Electrical Engineering student with a concentration in circuits, graduating this spring. Working on UAV systems for the RTX UXV Competition. Two-time 1st place winner in multiple categories at the University of Tulsa UAV Competition. Interested in mixed-signal chip design, embedded systems, and SOCs.

Kevin Paul (CS Team)
Senior studying CS, interested in network prog, works mostly on the drone and maintains code base.

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