Robot cars

Robot cars
Photo by Beth Newman Wynn

June 29, 2012

High school and community college students are at MSU this summer participating in a National Science Foundation-funded program titled "Broadening Participation in Computing." The program aims to significantly increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines. While taking the MSU course "Leadership in Computing," one project involved driving radio-controlled cars under computer control, based on feedback from a webcam. Class members included, from left, Josh Dowdy of Pontotoc and an Itawamba Community College student; Khalil Lofton of Isola and a Humphreys County High School student; and Ann Wims of Lake Cormorant and a Northwest Mississippi Community College student.