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Week 0: Intro Post

My name is Bryan Christopher Oyan. I am a 5th-year Mechanical Engineering student here at San Jose State University. Back in 2015, I was a part of Spartan Superway and I worked with Ron and Dr. Furman on the 1/12 scale team. Unfortunately, due to my living situation at the time, I was only able to work part time and helped with the manufacturing and fabrication of the track parts that were already designed by my colleagues. However, this upcoming year, I would like to be a part of the whole process and contribute my experiences in previous internships and completed classes to the success of the project. In addition, I come from a very heavily populated metropolitan area of Los Angeles and during Dr. Furman's presentation he really pointed out the problems with public transportation. Dr. Furman also spoke about the advancements with autonomous vehicles and how if everyone had them then the roads would still be congested. These two points really resonated with me and since I am asp