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Educational driving simulator to monitor driver’s eye movement and hear rate via a capstone project in Engineering Technology

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Conference

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Publication Date

August 23, 2022

Start Date

June 26, 2022

End Date

June 29, 2022

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Page Count

11

DOI

10.18260/1-2--41689

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https://peer.asee.org/41689

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313

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Byul Hur Texas A&M University

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Dr. B. Hur received his B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University, in Seoul, Korea, in 2000, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. In 2016, he joined the faculty of Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. USA, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. He worked as a postdoctoral associate from 2011 to 2016 at the University Florida previously. His research interests include Mixed-signal/RF circuit design and testing, measurement automation, environmental & biomedical data measurement, and educational robotics development.

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Ryan Conway Texas A&M University

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Aaron Gonzalez Texas A&M University

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Alberto Rodriguez Texas A&M University

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Jacqueline Bunyavong Texas A&M University

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Abstract

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) recognizes that more than 90% of vehicle accidents might have been caused by human factors. In this aspect, autonomous driving, in some cases, could save lives. For the safety and functionality of autonomous driving, there have been active R&D (Research and Development) projects in academia and industry. To target autonomous car research, a capstone project with four undergraduate engineering students at Texas A&M University was created in Fall 2020. By the motivation of creating a capstone project that is related to the development of an educational autonomous car simulator. As a phase 1, four Engineering Technology (ET) students have formed a team in Fall 2020 and one ET faculty member advised this team, they concluded their work in Spring 2021. The task for this capstone project was to develop a driving simulator that can investigate how an autonomous driving experience might affect the passengers of a vehicle. This measured data can be used to understand how autonomous driving affects the passenger of the vehicle through this autonomous car simulation system. For the software side, the main components consist of the car simulation, eye tracker software, and sensor data processing. The car simulation software was created using Unity 3D platform. The car simulation receives the control data from the steering wheel and pedals. The results of the heart rate and eye tracking are stored, and they can be retrieved after the simulation is completed. In this paper, the details of the integration of the driver simulator hardware and software as well as the educational values via this capstone experience will be presented.

Hur, B., & Conway, R., & Gonzalez, A., & Rodriguez, A., & Bunyavong, J. (2022, August), Educational driving simulator to monitor driver’s eye movement and hear rate via a capstone project in Engineering Technology Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41689

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