for the average consumer. My hope is that a student perspective on such problems may produce a breakthrough in this area. What’s new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful? The approach is simple. The leading institutions currently researching this technology are made up of working engineers, most of whom have long since ended their academic careers. If anything, a student perspective on the problem should provide a fresh viewpoint from the minds of those who have very recently been trained in both the fundamentals and detailed aspects of electrical and computer engineering. Sometimes the most effective solutions are the simplest, and tend to stem from a relapse to the fundamental components of the solution. I believe allowing a student body to attack the problem from scratch could provide an interesting angle on the research and development of autonomous vehicle technology, and possibly even produce meaningful and innovative results. Who cares? As one of the questions that guided me in my decision, it was imperative that my answer to this question be thorough. Technically anybody who drives a car should care about this research, considering vehicle related deaths rose by 10.5% last year. However, as stated previously, this research has significance not just to the students, faculty, and administration from an academic perspective, but also to the Lafayette Community as a whole. From an academic standpoint, the students and faculty get the opportunity to work in an immersive and
for the average consumer. My hope is that a student perspective on such problems may produce a breakthrough in this area. What’s new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful? The approach is simple. The leading institutions currently researching this technology are made up of working engineers, most of whom have long since ended their academic careers. If anything, a student perspective on the problem should provide a fresh viewpoint from the minds of those who have very recently been trained in both the fundamentals and detailed aspects of electrical and computer engineering. Sometimes the most effective solutions are the simplest, and tend to stem from a relapse to the fundamental components of the solution. I believe allowing a student body to attack the problem from scratch could provide an interesting angle on the research and development of autonomous vehicle technology, and possibly even produce meaningful and innovative results. Who cares? As one of the questions that guided me in my decision, it was imperative that my answer to this question be thorough. Technically anybody who drives a car should care about this research, considering vehicle related deaths rose by 10.5% last year. However, as stated previously, this research has significance not just to the students, faculty, and administration from an academic perspective, but also to the Lafayette Community as a whole. From an academic standpoint, the students and faculty get the opportunity to work in an immersive and