{"168711":{"#nid":"168711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Panasonic\/Georgia Tech Team Take Third Place in Freescale Cup, USA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Panasonic\/Georgia Tech team took third place in the Freescale Cup autonomous vehicle race event at SAE Convergence, held at the Detroit Cobo Center in Detroit, Mich. on October 17. (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B7PCU49D85oseHQtSER0c2Vocm8\/edit?pli=1\u0022\u003EView video of the PIC Jackets in action \u003C\/a\u003Eand \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B7PCU49D85osSzF1dlpzM29VSlk\/edit?pli=1\u0022\u003Etheir final score in the competition\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKnown as PIC Jackets\u2013short for Panasonic Innovation Center-Jackets, the team was made up of students from Tech\u2019s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), led by Fulbright scholar Adeel Yusuf, a computer engineering Ph.D. student who works with ECE Professor Vijay K. Madisetti. Joining Mr. Yusuf on the team were Jeffery Kuo, a senior computer engineering major, and Vince Li, a junior majoring in both computer engineering and mechanical engineering; both undergraduates are co-op students working at the Center this semester. The team was sponsored by Panasonic Automotive Systems of America (PASA) and mentored by Georgia Tech alumnus John Avery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SAE Convergence event featured 10 teams, including automotive original equipment manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers, and was modeled after the Freescale Cup competition, which includes over 25,000 students, 9,500 teams, and 600 colleges and universities in 18 countries. The teams build, program, and race a model car around a track for speed, and the winning car is the one that completes the track in the fastest time without derailing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, PIC Jackets was the only student team in the event, competing against professional engineers from the automotive industry and placing behind teams from Chrysler and Ford, respectively. Designing this autonomous car requires embedded software programming and basic circuit creation using Freescale parts included in the entry kit. Students then create motor control hardware and software to propel and steer their intelligent car, and they must also interface to a camera to navigate the car through the race course by following the guide line in the middle of the track.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe PIC Jackets began working on their car at the beginning of September and accelerated their efforts as the competition date drew closer. Mr. Kuo worked on coding and testing different mathematical concepts, including the final code, and Mr. Yusuf handled the mathematical modeling and optimization of the steering and speed of the car. Mr. Li was responsible for the test track and the mechanical aspects of the vehicle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team was not able to use the actual track until the day before the finals, so in practice runs the team innovated by sticking black tape over sheets of paper prior to the event. \u201cEven after tireless efforts and careful mathematical calculations, we had to take the leap of faith to reach the podium,\u201d said Mr. Yusuf. \u201cAs we were the only student team among the finalists, we are very proud of our finish in this competition.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Panasonic\/Georgia Tech team\u2013known as PIC Jackets\u2013took third place in the Freescale Cup autonomous vehicle race event at SAE Convergence, held at the Detroit Cobo Center in Detroit, Mich. on October 17.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Panasonic\/Georgia Tech team\u2013known as PIC Jackets\u2013took third place in the Freescale Cup autonomous vehicle race event at SAE Convergence, held at the Detroit Cobo Center in Detroit, Mich. on October 17."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2012-11-05 17:39:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:06","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"168681":{"id":"168681","type":"image","title":"PIC Jackets","body":null,"created":"1449178968","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:48","changed":"1475894809","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:49","alt":"PIC Jackets","file":{"fid":"195653","name":"pic_jackets.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic_jackets_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic_jackets_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1432914,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pic_jackets_0.jpg?itok=sIAWeXlF"}},"168691":{"id":"168691","type":"image","title":"PIC Jackets on competition day","body":null,"created":"1449178968","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:48","changed":"1475894809","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:49","alt":"PIC Jackets on competition day","file":{"fid":"195654","name":"pic_jackets_on_competition_day.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic_jackets_on_competition_day_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic_jackets_on_competition_day_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5879296,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pic_jackets_on_competition_day_0.jpg?itok=zKVj_Fqv"}},"168701":{"id":"168701","type":"image","title":"PIC Jackets - Engineers at Play","body":null,"created":"1449178968","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:48","changed":"1475894809","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:49","alt":"PIC Jackets - Engineers at Play","file":{"fid":"195655","name":"pic_jackets_-_engineers_at_play.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic_jackets_-_engineers_at_play_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pic_jackets_-_engineers_at_play_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2614524,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pic_jackets_-_engineers_at_play_0.jpg?itok=Lg8JyNzb"}}},"media_ids":["168681","168691","168701"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.freescale.com\/webapp\/sps\/site\/overview.jsp?code=UNIV_SMARTCAR_HM","title":"Freescale Cup"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.panasonic.net\/","title":"Panasonic"},{"url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B7PCU49D85oseHQtSER0c2Vocm8\/edit?pli=1","title":"PIC Jackets compete in final round of Freescale Cup, USA"},{"url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B7PCU49D85osSzF1dlpzM29VSlk\/edit?pli=1","title":"Conclusion of the final round of competition for the PIC Jackets at Freescale Cup, USA"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"49161","name":"Adeel Yusuf"},{"id":"49191","name":"Freescale Cup"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"49171","name":"Jeffery Kuo"},{"id":"49201","name":"Panasonic"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"9725","name":"Vijay Madisetti"},{"id":"49181","name":"Vince Li"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}