Dear
student government leader,
I
will be the faculty advisor for the new “Robotics and Machine Intelligence
Club.” Over the past five years I have supervised over 100 Etown students in
various robotics and AI student research. Most of these students have been
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering majors. However, I
have also had interest from many other Etown majors. To date, three students
have published related conference papers at international conferences – two
outside of the
The
present members of the club will consist of 21 students, upper and
underclassmen, from five different countries, male and female. I anticipate the
membership could grow to as much as 50 over the coming years. The most recent
major project is a mobile robot to be entered in a national robotics
competition. The students have already raised many thousands of dollars for
this project. The students also plan to establish a student mentoring program
to help underclassmen get involved.
As
faculty advisor for this club, I will:
1)
Oversee all
related equipment fund-raising.
2)
Oversee all
related equipment spending.
3)
Coordinate all
related National Grant Proposal writing.
4)
Help raise funds
to send students to related conferences and competitions.
5)
Edit all related
publications.
6)
Coordinate all
media coverage of related events.
7)
Manage all web
related postings (e.g., see http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt/weblab.htm).
8)
Coordinate a
yearly presentation of club activities at our annual student conference of CS
and Engineering projects.
9)
Integrate future
efforts of the club into the official “Robotics and Machine Intelligence
Laboratory” to be constructed on the second floor of the new science building.
Please
feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this club.
Sincerely
Dr. Joseph T. Wunderlich
Computer Engineering Program
(717)361-1295
http://users.etown.edu/w/wunderjt