Robot on the SoutheastCon competition course

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SoutheastCon

Building a fully autonomous vehicle for IEEE’s 2027 “Stock Car Race” challenge.

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About SoutheastCon

Focused on end-to-end robotics development, our SoutheastCon team is currently engineering a fully autonomous vehicle for the IEEE SoutheastCon 2027 Hardware Competition. Set in Daytona Beach, this year’s "Stock Car Race" challenge demands precise autonomous navigation and high-speed obstacle avoidance.

The SoutheastCon team

Leadership

  • Joshua Smith

    Chief Engineer

    Spring 2029

Members

  • Aarnav Kawadkar

    Spring 2028

  • Adharrsh Ganesh Kumar

    Spring 2030

  • Aiden Mathai

    Spring 2030

  • Daksh Gupta

    Spring 2028

  • David Correa Cabrera

    Spring 2030

  • Evan Goenner

    Spring 2027

  • Grant Wittmann

    Spring 2030

  • Jake Kerns

    Spring 2028

  • Kayleigh Harney

    Spring 2029

  • Kunii Aono

    Spring 2029

  • Melinda Telford

    Spring 2028

  • Noah Kitatani

    Spring 2029

  • Olivia Watt

    Spring 2027

  • Reshmitha Rajagopal

    Spring 2030

  • Ruiqian Zhang

    Spring 2028

  • Tyler Thach

    Spring 2029

  • Zachary Mason

    Spring 2027

Awards & achievements

  • 1stOpen Design Competition

    IEEE SoutheastCon · Atlanta, GA

    2024

  • 1stOpen Competition

    IEEE SoutheastCon · Atlanta, GA

    2024