Building Better with Brandon Bartneck

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Student Spotlight - Shreshta Rajakumar Deshpande Dec 10, 2020

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Shreshta is a PhD candidate at Ohio State, working with the Center for Automotive Research in the domain of optimization and simulation of electrified propulsion systems in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#29 - Richard Steiner | Gatik - Automating the Middle Mile Dec 07, 2020

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Richard Steiner is Head of Policy and Communications at Gatik. Gatik is developing autonomous vehicles for B2B short-haul logistics with the mission of delivering goods safely and efficiently using autonomous vehicles.

Gatik has an existing partnership with Walmart and has recently announced a partnership with Canada’s largest retailer, Loblaw. As you’ll hear, Gatik is focused on the “middle mile,” as opposed to the more popular long haul truck or last-mile applications. During this episode, you’ll hear why this was selected as the focus, and what this focus has meant for the way Gatik develops and implements their solution.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Student Spotlight - Media Sina Dec 03, 2020

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Media Sina is currently an R&D Engineer Intern at Coreshell Technologies with a background in Chemical ad Biomecular Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#28 – David Oord | Lilium – eVTOLs and Regional Air Mobility of the Future Nov 30, 2020

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David Oord is Head of Regulatory Affairs Americas at Lilium, which is a German company developing a revolutionary air taxi service. As David and I discussed in this episode, Lilium has recently announced that a brand new vertiport will be constructed in Orlando, Florida, as a major development in the US for this new era of air mobility.

https://lilium.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/lilium-aviation-gmbh/?originalSubdomain=de

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-oord/

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#27 – Çetin Meriçli | Locomation – Automated Driving for Semi-Trucks Nov 23, 2020

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Çetin Meriçli is CEO and Co-founder of Locomation, which is a Pittsburgh-based startup with the goal of making trucking safer and transportation more efficient through automated driving technology.

They’re already showcasing the benefit of the first manifestation of this technology, their Autonomous Relay Convoy (ARC), and Locomation has a longer term vision of progressing this into full-self driving technology. We spent much of this conversation focused on Locomation’s approach, and the challenges associated with automating semi-trucks.

https://locomation.ai/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/locomation/

https://twitter.com/LocomationAI

https://twitter.com/cmericli

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cetinmericli/

#26 - Nat Ford | Ultimate Urban Circulator, Leadership, & the JTA Nov 16, 2020

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Nat Ford is CEO of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (or JTA). Mr. Ford’s storied career includes tenures as CEO of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

He has received an incredible list of accolades, including the American Public Transportation Association’s Outstanding Public Transportation Manager for 2020, as well as the White House Champion of Change award.

This forward-looking conversation focused on the role automated vehicles can play in public transportation, as well as the different ways in which a transportation authority (and specifically JTA) can have a significant impact on its community.

JTA website: https://www.jtafla.com/

During the conversation, we discussed JTA's approach to hiring and developing their culture. Mr. Ford highlighted the Leadership Characteristics that the JTA has developed, which are shown in the show notes.

#25 - Dr. Anita Sengupta | Aircraft Propulsion Systems & Urban Air Mobility Nov 09, 2020

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Dr. Anita Sengupta is a rocket scientist and aerospace engineer with over 20 years of experience developing technologies that have enabled the exploration of Mars, Asteroids, and Deep Space. Some of her roles include responsibility for the supersonic parachute system for the Curiosity Rover that landed on Mars in 2012, leading and managing the development of the Cold Atom Laboratory, and serving as Senior Vice President of System Engineering at Virgin Hyperloop.

Her research at USC now includes eVTOL, hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft, supersonic boom mitigation technology, and in space power and propulsion systems.

Dr. Sengupta’s personal site: https://anitasengupta.com/

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#24 – Ryan Duffy | Emerging Tech Brew – Key Technology Trends Affecting Mobility Nov 02, 2020

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Ryan Duffy created and writes Emerging Tech Brew. If you aren’t familiar with the newsletter and you like anything that’s been covered in this podcast so far, I recommend you check it out. Emerging Tech Brew is under the Morning Brew umbrella and is one of the world’s largest tech newsletters. https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech

This discussion is a fun journey through the key technology trends that are affecting mobility, as well as several other related topics along the way. We also spent some time at the beginning talking about what makes Morning Brew so special.

Ryan’s personal site : https://xn--8p9h.fm/
Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#23 - Liza Dixon | Trust in Assisted/Automated Vehicles & Autonowashing Oct 26, 2020

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Liza Dixon is a PhD Candidate at RWTH Aachen University, focused on the human-machine interaction in automated driving and trust in advanced driver assistance systems.

Our discussion centers around education and communication for assisted and automated driving systems, including a dangerous practice Liza has labeled as autonowashing. Overall, an incredibly important, and I think timely, discussion.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#22 - Jim Adler | Toyota AI Ventures - AI, Autonomy, Mobility, Robotics, Data, & Cloud. Oct 19, 2020

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Jim Adler is Founding Manager Director at Toyota AI Ventures.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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