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This week, we are featuring two more mentors from EcoCAR’s platinum sponsor, dSPACE. If you remember from last week, dSPACE is providing Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) support to 8 of the 17 EcoCAR teams.
Jim Hollowell working with EcoCAR students
Jim Hollowell is a senior applications engineer for dSPACE responsible for providing design, testing and customer support services for HIL systems. Jim is serving as a mentor to the Mississippi State University team during the EcoCAR competition.
“It’s a wonderful learning experience, for both the students and me. The future of the industry looks bright. Great young minds, with wonderful enthusiasm and new ideas.”
Tobias Eifler teaching EcoCAR students about HIL implementation
Tobias Eifler is a senior applications engineer for dSPACE responsible for the implementation of automotive simulation models on HIL systems. Since the kick-off of the EcoCAR Challenge in the fall of 2008, Tobias has been serving as a mentor to the University of Waterloo.
“I am training students on rapid prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop model-based implementation utilizing dSPACE hardware and software. The tools and technologies that the EcoCAR teams are using are very sophisticated. The students were faced with a steep learning curve and it is very satisfying and encouraging to see the fast progress they are making. It’s an honor for me to be able to play a role in educating the engineers of tomorrow. I am from Germany, but temporarily working in the dSPACE U.S. office, so the events associated with the EcoCAR competition have made it possible for me to see some extraordinary and exciting places in North America. It’s been a great experience!”
Mentor Monday is dedicated to the many EcoCAR sponsors that provide valuable time and insight to the teams through mentoring. This week, we are featuring a mentor from dSPACE, a platinum EcoCAR sponsor providing Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) support to 8 of the 17 EcoCAR teams – including The Ohio State University team which placed first in the HIL event at the Winter Workshop.
Shreyas Nagaraj is an applications engineer at dSPACE responsible for providing support and engineering services to engineers working on HIL simulation at General Motors. His interests include: test automation, plant modeling, vehicle dynamics, and developing new products that will assist engineers in testing and validating various electronic control units. Shreyas has been a mentor to The Ohio State University since the EcoCAR Challenge kick-off in 2008.
“EcoCAR has given me the opportunity to relive my college days. Working with students who are dealing with real world problems and coming up with new ideas to solve them is very exciting and rewarding. Great ideas are born through the EcoCAR program that could someday revolutionize the cars we drive. Serving as a mentor to such an innovative, creative and motivated team gives me great personal satisfaction and makes my job even more interesting.”
Shreyas Nagaraj talking to EcoCAR students at a training workshop at the dSPACE headquarters in Wixom, MI
Nicole Hard at Work
As a student in the EcoCAR competition, you never realize how much work goes into these workshops. All you really think about is when breakfast/lunch will be served, when the buses will come pick you up and what training course or session track to pick from.
After my first fall workshop as an organizer, I am awed by the amount of work it takes for these events to run smoothly. It really does take a village for these competition events to work effectively. Collaboration from so many sponsors like GM, DOE, the Government of Canada, A123Systems, The Math Works, dSPACE, NI, Woodward, EPA, Freescale and so many others make it possible for this program to become the success it always has been. It is really a great experience to be behind the scenes and help make the program a triumph.
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The Winning OSU Team
We are excited to be writing a blog as the EcoCAR Year 1 Champs! Here is a little information about our team and a reflection of what has contributed to our success this year.
How did OSU get involved in EcoCAR?
OSU has been a participant in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) competitions such as FutureCAR, FutureTruck and ChallengeX since 1992. Most recently, our biodiesel, parallel-through-the-road hybrid electric vehicle placed 3rd in the final year of Challenge X, along with multiple awards including the MathWorks: Crossover to Model-Based Design Award. In addition, the OSU team placed a significant emphasis on marketing and outreach efforts in Challenge X, paving the way for further sophistication of Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions through the increased Business and Outreach focuses in the EcoCAR Challenge Competition.
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The EcoCAR Challenge Year One Finals continue from Toronto, Canada. 17 teams are locked in heated competition, but you’ll see in this video that there’s also a fun side to aspiring engineers. Keep your eyes open for excessive energy drink consumption, team members hearing voices and pugilistic engineers. Also note the awards given out to The Ohio State and Embry-Riddle.
Welcome behind the scenes of the EcoCAR Challenge Year One Finals. Enjoy the sites and sounds from DAY THREE.
EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge today announced that three of the competition’s Platinum Sponsors, dSPACE, National Instruments and The MathWorks, are providing more than $2,300,000 of cutting edge hardware and software tools to help student teams design the green cars of the future. EcoCAR teams learn real-world automotive engineering practices through the use of Model-Based Design and graphical system design technologies that include hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL), which help to bring the students’ vehicle visions from concept to the road. Students will unveil their final designs at the competition finals in Toronto on Friday, June 12, 2009.
Read the full social media release here.
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