Graham Apgar is a senior Computer Engineering major from Hightstown, NJ. He intends to persue a career in the semiconductor industry, with a primary interest in VLSI design and computer architecture.
He is a 3 time recipient of the Fred O. Armstrong Scholars Award, and is currently vice president of the TCNJ IEEE chapter. His focus on the NJAV project will be improving the software systems for processing image and range finder data.
He hopes to provide the vehicle with a more reliable ability to detect and avoid obstacles.
Rick Moser is a senior electrical
engineer from Millville, NJ. After graduation, he plans to
start his career in electrical engineering while working towards his
Master's Degree. Rick will be serving as the project manager this year, as well
as working on the electrical component integration and hardware systems.
ADVISORS
Orlando
Hernandez received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering
from Southern Methodist University in 2002. He is currently an Assistant
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The College of New
Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey. His research interests include color image
segmentation and retrieval, computer vision, image processing, and high
performance specialized VLSI architectures to perform these tasks. From
1993 to 2003, he was with Texas Instruments and Maxim in Dallas, Texas
where he held positions in Design and Design Management. He is currently
the Director of the National Science Foundation sponsored Image Processing
& Understanding Lab, and the Computer Architecture & VLSI Lab
at the College of New Jersey.
Yunfeng Wang
received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tiajin University, Tianjin,
China in 1992, as well as a M.S.E. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2002, both from John
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. She is currently an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey.
Her research interests include hyper-redundant manipulators, mechatronics,
and biorobotics.
