IEEE SouthEastCON 1999
Hardware Design Contest

INTRODUCTION

In 1999, the University of Kentucky's College of Engineering will be home for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ SoutheastCON. This paper describes the theme of and gives an overview of the rules for the proposed Hardware Design Competition that will take place as a part of that event.

Hardware Design Contest Theme

The 1999 SoutheastCON Hardware Design Contest has the theme, "A Grand tour of Kentucky." This theme highlights features that make Kentucky a unique state, presented in the form of a tour to be driven by an autonomous vehicle.

Theme: "A Grand tour of Kentucky"

The State of Kentucky contains a wide variety of landscapes and cultures, from large urban areas such as Louisville to the horse farms of Lexington and central Kentucky, from the mountains of Appalachia to the mines and caves in the western reaches of the state. In this contest, an autonomous vehicle makes a grand tour of these four regions of the Bluegrass State, and may choose to tackle the challenges of any or all of them.