Brian Fay is a senior
mechanical engineer from Rockaway, New Jersey.
He has completed internships in the electronics and chemical industries
focused on mechanical design and computer modeling work. After
graduation, he would like to start a career in the robotics field, with
the possibility of pursuing further degrees. Brian is responsible for
the implementation of the zero turning radius drive system, as well as
various miscellaneous mechanical systems. He is also the webmaster for
this year's site.
Jerry Wallace is a senior electrical
engineer from Coatesville, Pennsylvania. After graduation, he plans to
start his career in electrical engineering while working towards his
Master's Degree. A recipient of the TCNJ Full Merit Scholarship and
Fred O. Armstrong Scholars Award, he also heads the TCNJ chapter of the
IEEE. Jerry will be serving as the project manager this year, as well
as working on the image recognition and software systems.
Mike Ziller is a senior electrical engineer
from Millville, New Jersey. After graduation Mike plans on pursuing a
career in the field of electrical engineering. He would also like to
obtain a master’s degree in engineering and intents to take classes
while working. Mike will be working on the GPS navigation system of the
autonomous vehicle and also the steering controller board.
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.
