OSU EcoCAR: Who says smart can't be fun?

The Ohio State University recently hosted its annual Parents Weekend.  As participants in the event, parents of several university students took a tour of the Center for Automotive Research.  EcoCAR members took advantage of the opportunity to discuss the advantages associated with being on a motor sports team as well as the competition itself.

Weekly work meetings are beginning again for team members to get a break from classes and get some experience working with OSU hybrid vehicle projects. Weekly meetings will be held on Thursdays at 5:30pm or Saturdays at 10am, but the schedule will vary often and you should watch the mailing list for updates on meeting times.

 Meetings are held at CAR:

OSU Center for Automotive Research
930 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212

If you need a ride, we wiill shuttle people to CAR from Scott Labs on campus 15 minutes before meetings. So we can know how many people to expect, send an email if you need a ride. 

The hybrid vehicle work area is clean and ready for a new year of projects!! >> 

The single largest recruitment event on campus, the Student Involvement Fair, was held recently.  Current team members had the chance to talk with incoming freshmen about becoming a part of the EcoCAR team.  71 email addresses were collected and several people joined the team as a result of the event.

Honda employees got the chance to mingle with OSU EcoCAR members.  At the event, EcoCAR hosted a booth and displayed the Center for Automotive Research's electric motorcycle. 

Even though Ohio State's course instruction began only on Wednesday, the OSU EcoCAR team is already getting back into the swing of things at the EcoCAR Fall Workshop at the Renaissance Center in Detroit. At the workshop, competition organizers are locating resources and components to help university teams with their hybrid architectures while the teams present their business strategy plans for Year 1 and review the scoring of  Report #1 – "Production Vehicle Modeling."

The EcoCAR team set up an exhibit located in the conservation area of an agricultural trade show and discussed alternative energy with student and community attendees.