ASME | VIRTUAL AUTONOMOUS COMPETITION

The ASME virtual autonomous car competition is a unique challenge — you design a car in CAD, then program its control logic to navigate a virtual track without any human input. It combines mechanical design intuition with control systems thinking. As team lead, I'm responsible for both the vehicle architecture and keeping our three-person team on track.

The key to fast lap times isn't just raw speed — it's finding the optimal path around the track. I spent hours analyzing corner geometries, calculating the fastest racing lines, and translating that knowledge into control logic. Every tenth of a second matters in competition.