{"69168":{"#nid":"69168","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Excels in EcoCAR Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents and faculty from\nGeorgia Tech\u2019s schools of electrical and computer engineering, mechanical\nengineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering placed seventh out of\nthe 16 competing universities in the third and final year of the EcoCAR\nChallenge. Georgia Tech also placed fourth in lifecycle greenhouse gas\nemission reductions, fifth in lifecycle petroleum use reduction and won the\nBest Vehicle Appearance award.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA total of 16 universities\nacross North America took part in this competition and were challenged to\ndesign, re-engineer, and then test a sports utility vehicle in order to\nminimize fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining\nvehicle performance and consumer appeal. The competition was held June 5 - 16\nat General Motor\u2019s Milford, Mich., proving grounds and at locations throughout\nWashington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team\nentered a hybrid electric vehicle with a power-split architecture featuring a\nbiofuel powered 1.6L engine, GM\u2019s 2-Mode hybrid transmission and a lithium-ion\nbattery pack provided by A123 Systems. Georgia Tech placed first out of the six\nuniversities that chose to use this prototype power split architecture.\u0026nbsp;EcoCAR: The Next Challenge\nis a three year collegiate advanced vehicle technology engineering competition\nsponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors, and managed by\nArgonne National Laboratory. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents were given carte\nblanche to design and build their unique advanced propulsion\nsolutions in order to meet the array of vehicle performance targets set by the\ncompetition. Teams explored a wide variety of technologies and strategies that\nhelped their vehicles achieve these goals, such as hybrid electric, plug-in\nelectric, range-extended electric and fuel cell electric architectures, along\nwith a combination of gasoline, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hydrogen\nfuels and energy carriers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETeams were directed to\nfollow the real-world approach modeled after GM\u2019s global vehicle development\nprocess, providing students with hands on engineering experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe EcoCAR Challenge gives\nus an unparalleled venue to work together with the top of their industry to\napply what we\u2019ve learned in the classroom to make a genuine difference in the\nreal world,\u201d said founding team leader Ryan Melsert.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team included over 60 students with team\nleaders Carlos A. Cubero-Ponce and Ryan Melsert and faculty advisors including\nProfessor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tom Fuller, Assistant\nProfessor of Mechanical Engineering Michael Leamy and Professor of Electrical\nand Computer Engineering David Taylor.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Georgia Tech Communications \u0026amp;\nMarketing Student Media Member Ayesha Patel.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students placed seventh out of\nthe 16 competing universities in the third and final year of the EcoCAR\nChallenge. Georgia Tech also placed fourth in lifecycle greenhouse gas\nemission reductions, fifth in lifecycle petroleum use reduction and won the\nBest Vehicle Appearance award.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students placed seventh out of the 16 competing universities in the final year of the EcoCAR Challenge."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-08-04 11:58:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:52","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69169":{"id":"69169","type":"image","title":"EcoCAR Challenge","body":null,"created":"1449177239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:59","changed":"1475894604","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:24","alt":"EcoCAR Challenge","file":{"fid":"192723","name":"teampic-1024x447.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teampic-1024x447_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teampic-1024x447_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":154144,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/teampic-1024x447_0.jpg?itok=1caqnuwB"}}},"media_ids":["69169"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ecocar.gatech.edu\/","title":"EcoCAR by Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13885","name":"College of Engineering; ECE; ME; ChemE; EcoCAR challenge"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}