Members of the Penn State EcoCAR 3 team will participate in two separate outreach efforts Saturday, Jan. 31, volunteering at an event for middle school students on the University Park campus and presenting at a regional technology student conference at Park Forest Middle School in State College.
In assistant professor of marketing Karen Winterich’s spring 2014 Business Administration 497b Sustainable Behavior of Consumers, Firms and Societies course, Smeal College of Business students collaborated with the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team to develop ways for the team to enhance its opportunities for business sponsorship.
Early May 22, Penn State’s Advanced Vehicle Team co-leader Benjamin Sattler and controls leader Chris Monaco drove to Old Main in Penn State’s EcoCAR 2 competition vehicle to pick up Penn State President Eric Barron for a reception at the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute. For the drive from Old Main, it was Barron behind the wheel.
Penn State’s Advanced Vehicle Team, overall winners of Year Two of the North American engineering competition EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future will host President Eric Barron at a special send-off reception for the team from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, May 22, at the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute’s Hybrid Electric Vehicle garage, adjacent to the Larson Institute’ s administrative center at 201 Transportation Research Building.
Penn State’s Advanced Vehicle Team is giving the public a look at its award-winning EcoCAR 2 at a consumer event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 29, at Stocker Chevrolet on 701 Benner Pike in State College, Pa.
The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute is hosting the National Odyssey Day event from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, to show the community's dedication to a greener future and highlight the importance of the role of engineers in this process.
The public is invited to view the Penn State EcoCAR2, an experimental car designed by the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team as well as an alternative fuel car supplied by Pittsburgh Clean Cities, noon to 2 p.m., Monday, April 16, in Penn State Beaver's main parking lot next to the Nittany Lion statue.
Students from Penn State won fourth place and brought home a number of other awards at the EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge competition, held in Milford, Mich., and Washington, D.C. Sponsored by General Motors (GM) and the U.S. Department of Energy, the competition challenged university students across North America to re-engineer a GM-donated Saturn VUE, with goals to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions while retaining the vehicle's performance and consumer appeal.
More than a decade of strong finishes in advanced vehicle technology competitions has paved the way for Penn State to take on another three-year challenge. Organizers announced on April 13 that the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Technology Team is one of 16 teams selected to participate in EcoCAR 2: Plugging into the Future. EcoCAR 2 builds on the 23-year history of Department of Energy's (DOE) advanced vehicle technology competitions by giving engineering students the chance to design and build advanced vehicles that demonstrate cutting-edge automotive technologies.
Penn State's Advanced Vehicle Team's EcoCAR will feature custom titanium brake rotors crafted by students in Penn College's automated manufacturing technology department. Five Penn College students in a Fixture Design and Fabrication course played a role in the project.
Shawn Getty, a graduate student in engineering mechanics, has won a $10,000 assistantship as part of the EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge competition. The award, an EcoCAR Engineering Graduate Research Assistantship, is provided by Agonne National Laboratories.
The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Technologies (AVT) Team will hold an EcoCAR Year Three Kickoff and Odyssey Day from noon to 3 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute in celebration of National Energy Awareness Month.
Penn State engineering alumni who are returning for Homecoming are invited to march with the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society in the annual parade on Oct. 8. In addition to engineering alumni, Penn State's EcoCAR team will be marching in the event. For information or to register, contact Jennifer Theiss, alumni coordinator, at jaw34@psu.edu or 814-863-3384 by Sept. 24.
Penn State's entry placed third overall in the national EcoCAR: The NeXT Challenge's Year Two Finals, held May 17-27. The three-year competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM), challenges engineering students from across North America to re-engineer a GM-donated car to minimize the vehicle's fuel consumption and emissions while maintaining its utility, safety and performance.
