Dallas IEEE Communication and or Vehicular Society member,
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.
Pre-registered and paid via the IEEE website:
IEEE Members $15.00
IEEE Life Members $10.00
Non-IEEE Members $20.00
UTD ECE students: $5.00
Pay in person and pre-registered but not yet paid:
IEEE Members $20.00
IEEE Life Members $15.00
Non-IEEE Members $25.00
Anyone not pre-registered will be charged the ‘Guest’ rate.
There is No charge for 'No Lunch, just attending the talk'.
Thanks in advance, and all the best.
Larry
Anyone without a Pre-registration for lunch will be asked to wait until all pre-registered have had a chance to go through the buffet line.
Dallas IEEE CVT Board members emails:
larryjhorner@gmail.com
andrewsilver@ieee.org
jimgunn@ieee.org
shmuel.hovav@gmail.com
eb0549@att.com
ed.hightower@iotandbeyond.com
dinesh@utdallas.edu
Agenda:
Food/Lunch:
Lunch is available only to those who pre-register prior to the meeting. Sorry, we have to pre-order and consider the costs of meals.
Cost for lunch:
Level of Membership Prepaid Pay at Event
UTD student with ID $5.00 $10.00
IEEE Member $15.00 $20.00
IEEE Senior Member $15.00 $20.00
IEEE Life Member $10.00 $15.00
Non-member $20.00 $25.00
Please look for your specific Member type in Payment portion of Registration process (Life, Senior, Regular Member, etc.).
(First 5 Students who have registered in vTools as recorded within vTools date/time stamp on the registration will be given their $5 back at the event, provided they attend), also all students must show UT Dallas ID at the desk the day of the meetings.
Room: 2.220, Bldg: SPN 1, 3000 Waterview Pkwy, Richardson, Texas, United States, 75080