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Community College Innovation Challenge
North Texas innovators on a national stage: The Dallas College AVIADAR team and their mentor at the 2025 Community College Innovation Challenge in D.C. (left to right) Khai Huynh, Mang Cin, Professor L. Taylor Starr, Chris Zuniga, and Taylor Hill. [Photo: Dallas College]
Dallas College Engineering Team Wins Third in U.S. Innovation Challenge With LiDAR-Based Aviation Safety Tech
by Lance Murray | Jun 18, 2025
The student-built startup concept aims to reduce aircraft fatalities—and caught NASA’s eye.
by David Seeley |
May 7, 2025
The Dallas College team's solution is AVIADAR, a LiDAR-based system that provides pilots with real-time alerts about their surroundings. The four team members will head to Washington, D.C., next month for a boot camp, a Capitol Hill poster session, and a pitch presentation against 11 other teams from around the U.S.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 30, 2024
A team from Dallas College reached the finals for its AMBER autonomous fire-detection system, which uses drones to alert farmers and local authorities about fire risks. The team will join 11 other finalists at an "Innovation Boot Camp" in Washington, D.C. before a final pitch decides who's No. 1.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
