ASM Orange Coast Chapter

Jointly with UC Irvine ASM Student Chapter

 

Dr. John Porter,

Assoc. Professor UC Irvine

“DARPA Grand Challenge III”

Robotic Vehicles in an Urban Environment

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

University of California at Irvine

California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)

 

 

 

The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for driverless cars sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Teams from academia and corporate America challenge each other to see whose autonomous vehicle can complete a previously unknown course in the shortest amount of time. The DARPA Urban Challenge will feature autonomous ground vehicles executing simulated military supply missions safely and effectively in a mock urban area. Safe operation in traffic is essential to U.S. military plans to use autonomous ground vehicles to conduct important missions.

Dr. Porter is currently the senior microscopist at the Carl Zeiss Center for Excellence at the University of California, Irvine's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) and an expert in metallurgy.

Parking for the meeting will be FREE at the engineering parking structure on Anteater Way. Just tell the attendant that you are here for the UCI Matsci / ASM –OC meeting.

                                                            http://matsci.eng.uci.edu/index.html   

For more details regarding the event, call Steven Schroeder at (562) 404-8510

 

405 Freeway

5 Freeway

From the North:

  • Exit at Jamboree Rd.
  • Right on Jamboree Rd.
  • Left on Campus Dr.
  • Right on West Peltason into UCI
  • West Peltason turns into East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into Engineering Parking Structure

From the South:

  • Exit at University Dr.
  • Left on University Dr.
  • Left on Campus Dr.
  • Right on West Peltason into UCI
  • West Peltason turns into East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into Engineering Parking Structure

From the North:

  • Take 5 South to 55 South to 73 South
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into Engineering Parking Structure

From the South:

  • Take 5 North to 405 North
  • Exit at University Dr.
  • Left on University Dr.
  • Left on Campus Dr.
  • Right on West Peltason into UCI
  • West Peltason turns into East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into Engineering Parking Structure

73 Freeway / Toll Way

55 Freeway

From the North:

  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into parking structure

From the South (toll):

  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Right on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into Engineering Parking Structure

From the North:

  • Take 55 South to 73 South
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into parking structure

From the South:

  • Take 55 North to 73 South
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into Engineering Parking Structure

91 Freeway / 261 Tollway

Parking

From the North:

  • Take 91 West to 241 South to 261 South (portions toll)
  • 261 becomes Jamboree Road
  • Left on Campus Drive
  • Right on West Peltason Drive into UCI
  • West Peltason turns into East Peltason
  • Left on Anteater Way into Engineering Parking Structure

Parking for UCI MatSci / ASM-OC general meetings is free, tell parking attendant you are there for the UCI MatSci / ASM-OC meeting and they will allow you to park.

Directions to Calit2

From the engineering parking structure you exit the west side of the building and follow the walking trail down to the North end of the NFCRC (white building with a crane outside). There is a wooden stairway that leads up between the NFCRC and the Engineering counceling trailors. Keep walking straight past the Engineering Gateway on your left and IERF on your right until you see a building with a 4 story glass front on it to your left. That is Calit2.