Today, I had a really unique opportunity.  Dr. Alfred Wicks of the mechanical engineering department here at Tech took my scholars and I on a tour of his lab – he works with the Autonomous Vehicle Team, which is a collection of all kinds of students but mainly graduate students who worked to develop a car that could drive itself completely on its own, in any environment.

We got to see all kinds of cool stuff, which was exceptionally interesting to me because I get to talk about Engineering majors all the time, thru campus tours and information sessions, but I love, even more, being able to see their work first hand.  A lot of the work they’ve done has won numerous awards, and I think it’s especially worth noting on my blog because they do a lot of great work for the military – such as being contracted by the Marines and the Army to build autonomous vehicles that can pick up causalities on the battlefield and bring them back to any given point. Impressive to say the least.

Enjoy a few pictures from today’s visit.