DocumentCode :
1816197
Title :
AVANTI: An Intelligent Vehicle Project as a Catalyst for Education and Business Collaboration and Regional Economic Regeneration
Author :
Lopez, Juan Manuel ; Sánchez, Adriana ; Zamudio, Victor ; Callaghan, Vic
Author_Institution :
Div. of Prof. Studies, ITESM, Guanajuato, Mexico
fYear :
2010
fDate :
19-21 July 2010
Firstpage :
360
Lastpage :
363
Abstract :
Avanti is an international and multidisciplinary project, were undergraduate students, from different backgrounds, have the challenge to design an intelligent vehicle for the Mexican elderly in 2020. This venture is motivated by the convergence of a set of different initiatives: the creation of a new Technology Park, the desire to create a new technology-based businesses and the to need to attract students, innovators and entrepreneurs to propose new solutions to global needs. In this work we are assisted by a group of experts from different geographical regions (Mexico, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom) who help teams of students address this challenge. This short paper presents our work-in-progress by introducing the concepts, people (some 23 teams of students) and challenges associated with this project.
Keywords :
automotive engineering; engineering education; geriatrics; innovation management; mechanical engineering computing; social aspects of automation; Avanti; Mexican elderly people; business collaboration; education; intelligent vehicle project; international project; multidisciplinary project; regional economic regeneration; technology innovation; technology-based business; undergraduate student; Biological system modeling; Companies; Government; Intelligent vehicles; Senior citizens; Technological innovation; elderly; intelligent vehicles; technology innovation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Environments (IE), 2010 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7836-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4149-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IE.2010.73
Filename :
5673755
Link To Document :
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