As part of a growing number of individuals attending college in the United States, members of this group are aware of the negative impacts that can come with driving under the influence of alcohol. Whether this impact is driven by physical injury or legal concern DUI prevention is behind where it should be in many aspects. It is intended that with education from the University of Central Florida the members of this team would contribute to DUI prevention by creating a handheld device that would act as a barrier between vehicle owners and driving under the influence of alcohol.
To ensure that this device effectively prevents users from DUI this device is designed to include verification criteria before allowing the user to enter their vehicle before embarking on a trip behind the wheel. Primarily this device must be able to recognize the user is under the legal limit of intoxication before driving. This will eliminate the possibility of legal prosecution and significantly decrease the physical consequences cause by accidents involving intoxicated drivers.
Nam Ngo is a senior in electrical engineering at the University of Central Florida and will be receiving his bachelors in May 2017. His main interests are system level integration and analog signal processing. Furthermore, his extracurricular activities include being a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and of the Robotics Club at the University of Central Florida. In the future, Nam plans on receiving his professional engineering certification and may go onto continuing education later in life.
Nicholas Fraser is an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student at the University of Central Florida graduating in May 2017. During his undergraduate education, he held a risk manager position and was an active member in the UCF kiteboarding club. He completed two summer internships conducting tests and developing hardware for Blackberry’s handset team in South Florida. Originally from South Florida, he sought out work in that region and has accepted an electrical engineering position with Magic Leap in Sunrise, Florida. Nicholas excels and enjoys many fields within electrical engineering such as circuit analysis and design, signal processing, and some software development. He hopes to become stronger in these fields and develop a greater understanding of software development while working in the field. He may go on to receive further education after working for some time.
Charles Taylor is a senior at University of Central Florida and will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (CpE) in May 2017. During his undergraduate studies Charles worked in IT for Siemens until he accepted an internship with NASA. In July 2017, he will begin a career in Houston, Texas working at NASA Johnson Space Center in the Spacecraft Software Engineering Directorate developing technologies such as Core Flight Software (CFS), and the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)