#SoCaltech: Gilchrist Johnson
Jon Nalick
“My interest in autonomous vehicles began with my undergraduate robotics research at the University of Virginia. It also comes from my personal experience during that time. My first semester, I was struck by a car in a hit-and-run. During my recovery, I had this realization that vehicles capable of detecting hazards and responding autonomously could prevent incidents like that. Fully healed and motivated to pursue that interest, I joined Professor Soon-Jo Chung’s lab and shared my previous exper