Wednesday, May 7, 2014
A
smarter,
more
intuitive
car?Ìý
That's
whatÌýthree
electrical
and
computer
engineering
doctoral
candidatesÌýare
competing
to
design
inÌýthe
Valeo
Innovation
Challenge,Ìýa
global
contest
open
to
engineering
students
around
the
world
to
create
a
product
or
system
that
willÌýproduce
betterÌýcars
by
2030.ÌýÌý
The
team
of
Hassan
Omar,
Sailesh
Bharati,
and
Ning
Lu,
known
asÌýThe
Three
VeMAColleagues,Ìýis
one
of
only
20
out
ofÌý969
from
455Ìýuniversities
around
the
worldÌýto
advance
to
theÌýprototyping
phase
ofÌýtheÌýchallenge.
TheÌýstudents
are
members
of
the
Broadband
Communications
ResearchÌýGroupÌýare
supervised
by
electrical
and
computer
engineering
professors
Weihua
Zhuang
and
Xuemin
(Sherman)
Shen.
Ìý
Ìý
The
challenge
was
launched
in
September
2013
by
Valeo,
an
independent
industrial
groupÌýfocused
on
the
design,
production
and
sale
of
components,
integrated
systems
and
modules
for
the
automotive
industry,
mainly
for
CO2
emissions
reduction.ÌýOut
of
the
20
teams,
sixÌýwillÌýbe
selected
to
present
their
project
to
the
jury
at
theÌýParis
Motor
Show
in
October
2014.
The
winning
team
will
receive
a
€100,000
prize
and
the
second
and
third-place
teams
will
each
receive
€10,000.