Team of 22 undergraduate engineers drive future of sustainable urban transportation

July 26,2023 , Dubai UAE: A team of undergraduate engineering students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD)is driving the future of urban transportation with the creation of an autonomous car powered exclusively by solar energy. The innovative vehicleis the culmination of a year’s worth of teamwork across a multi-disciplinary group of 22 senior students from the university’s School of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology.

Developed as part of theirgraduation program, five separate technical groups collaborated in the project, each responsible for a particular aspect of the manufacturing process. The first team engineered the steering and braking of the car, while a second team led the bodyshell design, material selection, and the suspension system development.  The third team was tasked with the central processing design, managing the vehicle’s controls, as well as handling the inputs received from the camera and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system sensors, which serve as the car’s core intelligence. 

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