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1. A short overview description of the team and what you hope to achieve and/or promote. Tell us why you think the Dean would be a beneficial sponsor to your group.

   1. The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group (WARG) is a team of passionate students developing autonomous aerial vehicles capable of performing various tasks.
      

   2. With WARG our main priority is student learning. Two of our current projects are Project VANGUARD and ZeroPilot. Project VANGUARD involves students in a multitude of tasks such as protoyping, designing both the physical aircraft and the code that runs it. ZeroPilot is our own custom-built autopilot system. This great experience for students gives them hands-on experience on how to set up a first-person autopilot system, which isn't something that every student gets to say about their university experience. Our ZeroPilot system is reinforced by a Computer Vision system that provides perception to our drone, allowing us to detect objects and read QR codes to provide autonomous flight. Our computer vision system gives our team members experience with industry-standard computer vision software.
      

      With the university opening back up, we are looking to take advantage of this opportunity to work with our team in -per than we have been able to over this past yearan in-person environment, providing our students a better expi. During this season we will need money to fund our various activities. We are currently in the process of creating our 2022 Aircraft, as WARG will be competing in the annual Unmanned Systems Canada Student Competition this May. We intend to bring 10-15 members from our various sub-teams to the competition - we are asking for sponsorship in order to cover the costs incurred from our team competing on a national level. This term, we are currently prototyping and staging test runs in preparation for the competition. Whether we fail or succeed in the competition, we want to ensure that our students have memorable experiences that they can be proud of, and be able to take gain lifelong skills from this club that can be applicable to the future.

2. A profile of the team membership/makeup - i.e. number of participating students by their department.

   1. TRON - 10
      SE - 3
      ECE - 10
      CS - 2
      SYDE - 2
      MECH - 2
      CFM - 1
      BME - 1

3. A budget, all sponsorship sources and amounts secured elsewhere (e.g. department). What would be your fair estimate of the Dean's contribution?

   1. Other sponsors:
      Asana - 1000
      VectorNav - 5000
      Keysight - 10000
      Cisco - 1000
      Solidworks - 5000
      EngSoc - 2000
      WEEF - 10000

      Budget:
      Competition Expenses - 7500

1. We're hoping that the Dean will contribute the portion of our budget relating to competition costs, and we're asking for 7500 to cover the costs of competing in the Unmanned Systems Canada Student Competition this May.

   Cost Breakdown of Competition Expenses:
   Competition Fee - 500
   Cost per Team Member - 285 (x14, so 3990)
   Meals - $30 per day per team member (roughly 2200 for the entire team for the duration of the ompetition)
   Misc expenses (licensing due to TC for competition, gas, unforseen expenses) - 810

   Total : 7500

2. If your request is granted, arrangements will be made immediately for your group to receive the Dean's
   contribution. The contribution can be handled in one of two ways i) transferred into a departmental account [please include the account number and/or the department contact person], or ii) a cheque can be made payable to the team, and must include the full on-campus mailing address. Please indicate your preference.

   1. pending

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