AUK’s ECE Department Students Participate in Five-Continents Drive
04th Mar 2019 | by the Department of PR & Marketing
The ECE Department received an invitation, from Toyota and Al-Sayer Group, to participate in the international Five-Continents Drive (5CD). This event was organized by the Toyota GAZOO racing team members and Toyota engineers to explore and discuss the most recent technologies employed in racing cars, and their state-of-the-art equipment; it was held in the Multi-Purpose Hall Ardiya (Toyota Delivery Center Building). Five engineering students participated in this event; they were:
- Hind Al-Amiri
- Nasser Dashti
- Fay Sharar
- Batool Hasan
- Salem AlSaif
They were carefully chosen to represent both the Computer Engineering (CPEG) and the Electrical Engineering (ELEG) programs, in addition to the IEEE student branch. During this event, AUK student Fay Sharar conducted a presentation to highlight the quality of the capstone design projects in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department, which are relevant to the automotive industry, with some illustrative projects that included:
- Solar car (Dr. Seyed Esmaeili)
- Car platooning (Dr. Mohammed El-Abd)
- (3) IoT-based car communications (Dr. Mounib Khanafer)
- (4) Adaptive cruise control (Dr. Ashraf Zaher)
In addition, the presentation explored other research topics, proposed by faculty members in AUK’s ECE Department that included:
- Enhancements to ZigBee MAC Protocol to Support Vehicle-to-Roadside Communications in VANETs
- Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology to help balance the loads for power stations
- Solid State LIDAR for Self-Driving Vehicles
- Li-Fi Technology for Rapid Emergency Response in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs)
- Car Parking Management Systems
The participation of AUK students was well-received by the audience and it is a reflection of the high-quality projects done by the combined efforts of the engineering students and faculty members. Al-Sayer group expressed its interest to further collaborate with the ECE Department via offering internships and field training.
Group photo of the event participants