About Us

Hello! We are a multidisciplinary group of undergraduate students from the University of California, San Diego. Though every member from our team came from a very different background, we all share one trait together: our deep passion and drive to not only learn, but also advance the field of autonomous systems. Let’s meet the team!

Meet the Team

Left to Right: Shirley Han, Jason Ma, William Ma, Peter Mai

Software Team

There were four members on the software team whom each had distinct responsibilities. However, due to the small size of our team, these responsibilities oftentimes overlapped, so we will group the software tasks together. The software team was in charge of three primary tasks: (1) sensor interpretation, (2) spatial mapping and localization (SLAM), and (3) autonomous navigation algorithm. The four members are listed below.

Shirley Han
Cognitive Science - 2020

Jason Ma
Computer Science - 2018

William Ma
Math Computer Science - 2018

Peter Mai (Team Lead)
Computer Engineer - 2018

Hardware Team

Jason Kelley
Electrical Engineer - 2018
Primary Tasks: Designing custom power system, circuit breaker, and 360 LIDAR system

John (Jack) Wheelock
Aerospace Engineer - 2018
Primary Tasks: Designing custom 3D printed CAD designs for the custom 360 LIDAR system as well as ensuring the structural integrity of the vehicle