Bradley University

Meet the Team: 

     The 2013 team consists of two senior students, one junior students, and one freshman student.  All students are Electrical Engineering undergraduate majors.  Individual Bio's are listed below:

                                         Zackary Knoll, Senior Undergraduate EE
                                         Hardware/Software Engineer   

zackZackary Knoll is a graduated senior electrical engineering major at Bradley University from Amboy, IL. He worked as both hardware and software engineer, primarily focusing on sensor integration and algorithm development. Additionally, he assisted in high-level software architecture development. He will be attending the University of Virginia – Charlottesville as a MSEE student in Fall 2013, concentrating in control systems.

                                
                                        Steven Blass, Senior Undergraduate EE
    
                                    Software Architect

stevenSteven Blass completed his degree in Electrical Engineering at Bradley this year.  Last year he worked on many low level microcontroller applications for team NASTI, including interfacing, communication protocols and motor control. This year he primarily worked on high-level software architecture, including decision making processes. He also integrated the GPS and compass. Next fall he will be attending Carnegie Mellon University working towards a masters of science in robotics systems development. In his free time he enjoys biking, running, disc golf, and playing guitar.   


                                         Bradley Lan, Junior Undergraduate EE
                                         Microcontroller Software Engineer  

bradley Bradley Lan, a rising senior studying Electrical Engineering at Bradley University, was in charge of Team NASTI’s land rover autonomous subsystem. He developed programs for edge detection, search algorithms, navigation and motor control. He enjoyed the challenges that the competition presented and hopes to come back to compete another year. Bradley has a strong passion for robotics along with other interests such as dancing, making music, and giving back to his community.


                                
                                        Daniel Van De Water, Freshman Undergraduate EE
    
                                    Hardware Fabrication

daniel Daniel Van de Water has completed his freshman year at Bradley University in Electrical Engineering. He was brought on the team to convert the bread-boarded system that powered the LiDAR into a semi permanent board. He has been tinkering with small-scale electronics for a few years and wanted to pursue Electrical Engineering. Dan enjoys challenges that come with all engineering. He is very interested in autonomous vehicles and looks forward to working on them in the future. His summer free time consists of building a wireless lighting control system for his parents’ house and their barn.