RIoT 2020-2021
Jacob Villanueva
My name is Jacob Villanueva and I am focusing on mechatronic systems design in mechanical
engineering. I became a mechanical engineer because I see it as an opportunity to
promote the health and safety of society through the things I create. I want to work
with HVAC systems to improve the quality of life for everyone and hope to take part
in the development of zero-net-energy buildings. As a freshman, joining the Society
of Automotive Engineers and participating in the Mini-Baja competition introduced
me to some of the challenges that I would face as an engineer. After becoming a co-coordinator
for the Engineering Ambassador Program, during which I coordinated outreach events
with K-12 schools in my spare time, I realized the work we do now is important to
expose students to engineering and possibly inspire the next generation of engineers.
Spartan Superway may seem to be far from my goal as an HVAC engineer, but I joined
the project because of my hope to improve the quality of life for everyone. I believe
the work we do in Spartan Superway is challenging but necessary to inspire the rest
of the world to push with us towards a healthier way of life.
Pedro Serenini
Pedro is a senior Mechanical Engineering student with a minor in Business at San José
State. Born in Brazil, he came to the United States of America to pursue his dream
of a higher education. The main reason he go into engineering was to help develop
and build the future. He believes the Spartan Superway project could help build the
future of public transportation.
Phuc Tran
Phuc is a senior studying mechanical engineering with a focus in mechatronics at San
José State University. The decision to focus in mechatronic design came from his interest
in robotics and automatic control systems. He joined the Spartan Superway project
because he has an interest in improving public transportation to achieve sustainability.
Phuc is determined to improve the Spartan Superway’s current work and design so that
the automated transit network system will benefit society and the environment.
Yit Voon Yap
Yit is currently a senior in the Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) at SJSU.
Yit specializes in 3D printing, Finite Element Analysis, and Mechatronics to resolve
design related problems. With his specialties on Mechatronics field of study, he urged
to contribute to the Spartan Superway project to design a functional dashboard, control
panel and data communication system. In this project, he also seeks to develop a better
understand on IoT related techniques and knowledge.