Philip Smith

Projects

Things I've built, companies I've worked with, and experiments I've shipped.

1st place at CYVL's Physical AI Hackathon. Automated tool that audits dangerous blind corners at every stop-controlled intersection in a city overnight, using LiDAR infrastructure data, crash history, and AASHTO sight triangle standards.

LiDAR GIS Python Vercel Autodesk API AASHTO Hackathon Computer Vision

Designed and ran Mining Mayhem, a robotics hardware competition that ran at IEEE Southeastcon 2025 in Charlotte and IEEE Region 5 2026 in Boulder, CO.

Competition Design Robotics Event Organization IEEE Hardware

Competed in the IEEE Southeastcon 2024 Hardware Competition in Atlanta, GA. Designed a custom PCB using KiCAD with CAN-FD communication between an Nvidia Jetson and Teensy 4.0 — the work that became the ROSCon 2024 presentation.

Robotics Hardware Competition PCB Design KiCAD CAN-FD ROS2 Micro-ROS Nvidia Jetson Teensy IEEE C++

Competed in the IEEE Southeastcon 2023 Hardware Competition in Orlando, FL as part of Gold Rush Robotics, UNC Charlotte's IEEE RAS student branch.

Robotics Hardware Competition Embedded Systems Arduino IEEE C++