ATLANTA, May 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Ohio State University has been named
The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year One champion, taking the lead in
the premier four-year collegiate engineering competition. Rounding
out the top three are Virginia Tech in
second place and the University of
Alabama in third place.
"American consumers and businesses rely on transportation every
day for jobs, schools, and commerce. We need advanced energy
technologies that enable affordable, reliable transportation
options, strengthen energy security, and grow our economy," said
Daniel Simmons, Assistant Secretary
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department
of Energy. "Students in the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge are our
future innovators and technology leaders that will keep America's
transportation sector moving forward."
The Buckeye's have taken the early lead in the competition
earning 887 out of 1000 overall points. For jumping to the top of
the leaderboard, Ohio State will take
home an extra $10,000 to further
support the university's advanced vehicle technology program.
EcoCAR – the latest U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Vehicle
Technology Competition sponsored by General Motors and MathWorks –
challenges 12 North American universities to apply advanced
propulsion systems, electrification, SAE Level 2 automation and
vehicle connectivity to improve the energy efficiency of a 2019
Chevrolet Blazer, all while balancing factors such as emissions,
safety and consumer acceptability. Teams have four years
(2018-2022) to transform their vehicles from design concept into
reality, building an energy efficient, connected and semi-automated
vehicle for the car sharing market.
Year One is for the big thinkers. Throughout the year, the
students strived to conceptualize and build the framework for their
redesigned Chevrolet Blazers. There are no vehicles yet, so it's up
to the teams to engineer solutions from scratch, research
user-interface components, powertrains and sensors to build around,
as well as write and validate new code.
"The knowledge and skills these students developed during a year
of vehicle architecture planning and design are highly coveted in
industry," said Dan Nicholson, vice
president, Global Electrification, Controls, Software and
Electronics. "Our GM mentors enjoy working with each team and
seeing the creativity and passion competitors have for creating
advanced, efficient, connected vehicles. We congratulate
Ohio State on their win, and we're
already looking forward to year two."
"It's always impressive to see the success students realize when
tasked with solving real world engineering problems with
industry-standard hardware and software," said Lauren Tabolinsky, academic program manager,
MathWorks. "Student competitions like EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
help to prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers by
providing hands-on technical experience, building collaboration
skills and offering a project-based learning opportunity."
Additional sponsors joining the U.S. Department of Energy,
General Motors and MathWorks, include NXP, National Science
Foundation, Intel, American Axle & Manufacturing, Bosch,
PACCAR, dSPACE, Siemens, Denso, Horiba, AVL, Delphi Technologies,
California Air Resources Board, tesa tape, Vector, Electric Power
Research Institute and Proterra.
For more information about The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, please
visit www.avtcseries.org.
About The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
EcoCAR Mobility
Challenge is a four-year collegiate engineering program that builds
on the successful 30-year history of Department of Energy Advanced
Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC) by giving engineering
students the chance to design and build advanced vehicle
technologies that explore affordable and highly efficient vehicle
solutions. General Motors provides each of the 12 competing teams
with a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer, as well as vehicle components, seed
money, technical mentoring and operational support. MathWorks
provides teams with a full suite of software tools, simulation
models, training, technical mentoring and operational support. The
U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory, provide
competition management, team evaluation and logistical support.
Other sponsors provide hardware, software and training. Through
this important public/private partnership, EcoCAR provides
invaluable hands-on skills to promising, young minds ready to enter
the workforce.
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