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It is hard to believe that it snowed in Daytona Beach this weekend, but the Winter Workshop was a great success nonetheless.
Below, the teams shared a few highlights with the Inside the Green Garage blog:
Not only did the University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team (UWAFT) win first place for best technical poster, their most memorable moment came at the Daytona 500 Experience. One of UWAFT’s outreach coordinators, Eric Mallia, managed to successfully operate the air wrench to execute a full-speed NASCAR pit-stop in 16 seconds!
UWAFT's Eric Mallia at the NASCAR pit-stop
The Missouri S&T team was thrilled to be able to watch the Le Mans Racing Series time trails from the infield stands of the Daytona 500 race track. The team was excited to see and hear the race cars as they drove around the track and they were close enough to see the red light on the tachometer as the drivers were shifting!
The Ohio State team took home third place in the technical poster competition, ending their week on a high note! The poster represented the vehicle architecture and simulations that were used to develop the team’s Hardware in the Loop (HIL) designs. Ohio State enjoyed taking a break from working on their car to spend time with the other teams and remember the work they’re doing to advance green technology.
- The Texas Tech team on their way home from Daytona!
Earlier this month, Dr. John Sheffield, the Missouri S&T EcoCAR faculty advisor and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, gave a presentation to the Rolla Rotary Club. Dr. Sheffield discussed the team’s participation in the EcoCAR competition, the future of the automobile industry and hydrogen fuel-cell technology.
Listen to his presentation below!
The Missouri S&T EcoCAR attracted a lot of attention during the school’s homecoming weekend. The EcoCAR was prominently displayed during the alumni reception and the Missouri S&T team was on hand to discuss its participation in the EcoCAR Challenge with visiting alums. The team also attended a tailgating party at Fairgrounds Auto Plaza, the local GM dealership in Rolla, Missouri. Bill Peach, owner of Fairgrounds, grilled free hamburgers and hotdogs for over 75 hungry Miners fans.
The MS&T team would like to thank Mr. Peach for his support!
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- The Missouri S&T EcoCAR at Homecoming 2009
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- Homecoming tailgate at Fairgrounds Auto Plaza
This video features the Missouri S&T EcoCAR team kicking off Energy Awareness Month at ”GM Day.”
Enjoy!
Click on Brochure to Register for EcoCAR Camp
At Missouri University of Science and Technology, we’ve developed a new “equation”, i.e. E³= C, which stands for Energy, the Environment and Education equals Civilization. That formula is more than a clever play on Einstein’s theory of relativity. It also forms the foundation of our energy and sustainability initiatives at Missouri S&T. And, just as Einstein’s equation E=MC2 radically changed the way we view the universe, so too is E³= C is altering the way Missouri S&T approaches matters of energy production and conservation and environmental sustainability, i.e. “Green.”
Currently, Missouri S&T is building a renewable energy facility “E³Commons” which includes a hydrogen fueling station, a renewable energy power park (solar PV / wind / hydrogen fuel cell) and a student EcoCAR Team garage for the Missouri S&T EcoCAR team’s vehicle. The EcoCAR Challenge is a three-year collegiate competition that challenges universities across North America to build a sustainable vehicle utilizing different advanced technology solutions—each team will eventually integrate their plans into an actual vehicle, a 2009 Saturn Vue. The team was selected to design a cutting-edge hydrogen fuel cell plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (FC PHEV).
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