The WOLF team in the Intelligent Systems Club lead by Professor N. Natarajan brought back three awards from the IGVC competition:

 

•   WOLF was placed second on the navigation challenge (ties for first  place but lost on time)

•  WOLF was placed second in the coveted Grand Award.

•  Wolf placed third in the autonomous challenge. This is the flagship event of the competition.

 

Professor natarajan pointed out that WOLF may be unique in winning more in prize money than what  it cost to built it! Most robots in the competition cost upwards of $15,000 and WOLF costs less than $2000.

For information about the Intelligent Systems Club, go to http://www.umd.umich.edu/intelligent_systems

The faculty and students at the ECE would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Dickert for their generous donation towards the purchasing of lab equipment.  Modern lab equipment is vital to EE education and many students in ECE will benefit from this gift.  Mr. Jack Dickert graduated from the ECE department in 1964.  He and his wife Jan currently reside in Redondo Beach, CA.