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Tyler Folsom
Born (1948-11-10) November 10, 1948 (age 77)
Seattle Washington, U.S.
OccupationsEngineer, academic, and researcher
EmployerSperry Univac (1973–1976)
Parents
  • Tyler Cleveland Folsom Jr. (father)
  • Phyllis Emily Greer Folsom (mother)

Tyler Cleveland Folsom III (born November 10, 1948) is an American engineer, academic, and researcher known for his work on autonomous vehicles,[1] micromobility, and sustainable urban transportation systems.[2] He is an affiliate professor in Computing and Software Systems and Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington Bothell, where he leads projects integrating automation and lightweight electric vehicles.[3]

Early life and education

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Folsom was born in Seattle Washington, to Tyler Cleveland Folsom Jr. and Phyllis Emily Greer Folsom.[4] He earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Villanova University in 1970 and a Master of Arts in mathematics from the University of Maryland in 1972.[5] Folsom later pursued engineering, completing both a Master of Science (1980) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1994) in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington.[4]

Academic and professional career

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Folsom started working at Sperry Univac from 1973 to 1976, where he worked on real-time operations control systems for two unmanned NASA spacecraft programs, the Orbiting Solar Observatory and Atmosphere Explorer, at the Goddard Space Flight Center.[6]

Folsom transitioned into full-time academia in 2000, joining DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Washington. He taught there until 2006 and achieved the rank of full professor.[7]

In 2004, he served as a visiting professor at Northwest University in Xi’an, China.

In 2013, he joined the University of Washington Bothell as an affiliate professor in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM).[8]

At UW Bothell, Folsom directs student teams in the development of autonomous electric tricycles, vehicles that combine aspects of micromobility and automation.[9] His project began in his garage and grew into a multi-year research and development effort supported by an Amazon Catalyst Grant of $75,000 in 2016.[10]

Research

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Folsom's work centers on the convergence of micromobility, vehicle automation, and personal rapid transit, with the goal of creating environmentally sustainable transportation options.[11] Through the Elcano Project and its associated repositories on GitHub, he promotes open-source collaboration on autonomous vehicle design.[12]

His research emphasizes ultra-low energy consumption, seeking to achieve the equivalent of 1,000 to 2,000 miles per gallon of gasoline through lightweight design and low-speed operation.[11]

He has presented his ideas at international conferences including IEEE SusTech (2024),[13] Mobility Innovation Week Japan (Nagoya, 2024),[14] and EAI Future Transport 2025.

Folsom co-founded Cogneta Inc., a company dedicated to commercializing automated vehicle technology, and established Micro-AV Social Purpose Corporation, focused on developing small autonomous transport solutions for urban areas.[15]

Folsom is the author of Goddess at the Helm: Technology Taking Us Where Activists Wanted (2017), a book examining the social and ethical implications of technological progress.[16]

Selected publications

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  • Folsom, T.C.; Pinter, R.B. (1998). "Primitive features by steering, quadrature, and scale". IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 20 (11): 1161–1173. Bibcode:1998ITPAM..20.1161F. doi:10.1109/34.730552. ISSN 0162-8828.
  • Folsom, Tyler C.; Bondurant, Phillip D. (1999-10-06). "Non-Contact Internal Thread Inspection". SAE Technical Paper. SAE Technical Paper Series. 1 1999-01-3434. doi:10.4271/1999-01-3434.
  • Folsom, Tyler (2012). "Energy and Autonomous Urban Land Vehicles". IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 31 (2): 28–38. Bibcode:2012ITSMg..31b..28F. doi:10.1109/MTS.2012.2196339. ISSN 0278-0097.
  • Folsom, Tyler C.; Cotter, Rob (2017). "Automation of ultra-light vehicles". 2017 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech). IEEE. pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/SusTech.2017.8333514. ISBN 978-1-5386-0452-6.
  • Socha, David; Folsom, Tyler C; Justice, Joe (2013), SAE-China; FISITA (eds.), "Applying Agile Software Principles and Practices for Fast Automotive Development", Proceedings of the FISITA 2012 World Automotive Congress, vol. 196, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 1033–1045, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33738-3_8, ISBN 978-3-642-33737-6, retrieved 2025-12-11
  • Folsom, Tyler C. (2011). "An Invitation to a New Transportation Mode". Proceedings(743) 16th IASTED International Conf. Robotics and Applications. ACTAPRESS. doi:10.2316/P.2011.743-022. ISBN 978-0-88986-874-8.
  • Folsom, Tyler C. (2011). "Social ramifications of autonomous urban land vehicles". 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS). pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/ISTAS.2011.7160596. ISBN 978-1-4244-9149-0.
  • Folsom, Tyler C. (2007). "Non-pixel Robot Stereo". 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Image and Signal Processing. pp. 7–12. doi:10.1109/CIISP.2007.369285. ISBN 978-1-4244-0707-1.
  • Folsom, T.C.; Pinter, R.B. (1994). "An interpretation of image processing in striate cortex". Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Vol. 1. pp. 280–285 vol.1. doi:10.1109/ICSMC.1994.399851. ISBN 0-7803-2129-4.
  • Folsom, T.C.; Pinter, R.B. (1992). "Computational efficiency of the Gabor transform". [1992] Proceedings of the IEEE-SP International Symposium on Time-Frequency and Time-Scale Analysis. pp. 399–402. doi:10.1109/TFTSA.1992.274133. ISBN 0-7803-0805-0.

References

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  1. ^ Brustein, Joshua. "Self-Driving Cars Will Mean More Traffic". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  2. ^ Perkins, E. (2021-09-17). "Improved Bus Service on Ten Times less Energy" with Tyler C. Folsom, Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, Bothell". IEEE. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  3. ^ Stiffler, Lisa (2018-11-28). "Forget autonomous cars. How about an electric, self-driving tricycle for a cheaper, safer alternative?". GeekWire. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  4. ^ a b "Empowerment Workshop for Female Junior Faculty @ Hokkaido University, October 25-29, 2010 Tyler Folsom" (PDF). Hokkaido University.
  5. ^ "Folsom is a Professor in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Washington". learn.planning.org. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  6. ^ "Listings by Tyler Folsom – CONNECTED HUSKIES Folsom has been with UW Bothell since 2013". 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  7. ^ Miller, Madison (2018-08-15). "UW Bothell students work toward creating autonomous bicycles". Bothell-Kenmore Reporter. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  8. ^ Esser, Douglas (2018-09-06). "UW Bothell advances self-driving trike". News. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  9. ^ Esser, Douglas (2017-10-13). "Research opportunities for undergraduates". News. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  10. ^ "Amazon selects self-driving bike for $75K grant". News. 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  11. ^ a b Folsom, Tyler C. (2022), Improved Bus Service on Ten Times Less Energy, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol. 426, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 162–176, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-97603-3_12, ISBN 978-3-030-97602-6, retrieved 2025-12-11
  12. ^ Matthews, Todd (2018-07-16). "Pedal-less Power". 425Business.com/. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  13. ^ "Keynote 5: Tyler Folsom, University of Washington Bothell | IEEETV". ieeetv.ieee.org. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  14. ^ Suda, Yoshihiro. "Plenary Session 1 | Mobility Innovation Week Japan 2024". Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  15. ^ "Joint Symposium on Systems, Robotics and Aerospace". 2025 IEEE New Era AI World Leaders Summit. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  16. ^ Folsom, Tyler (February 4, 2017). The Goddess at the Helm: Where technology is taking us, and how activists can change the course. Cogneta Press. ASIN B01N9ZI9I2.
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