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Shell Ecomarathon - Team 1

Company: Shell

Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: EE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

Shell Eco-marathon (https://www.shellecomarathon.com/) is a global student engineering competition focused on automotive energy optimization. The goal is to design and build a crazy fuel-efficient vehicle that meets all the competition rules and then compete against nearly 100 other North and South American schools to see who did the best. The competition will be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and winners in our category routinely achieve > 500 mpg. Penn State’s Ecomarathon club (https://sites.psu.edu/pennstateecomarathon/) has performed well for over 20 years, and we’re now leveling up our game. In collaboration with the PSU student club, these capstone teams will integrate recent competition lessons learned into the ground up design of a brand-new vehicle. This project will design, build, and test that vehicle, first at our Penn State Test Track and ultimately at the Shell Ecomarathon competition. Ya, we actually drive our car on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway! Some cool things you may do to create our winning car include mechanical design using CAD modeling, finite element analysis, and computational fluid dynamic aero analysis; automotive electrical system design and construction; steel tubing and aluminum sheet metal cutting, bending, and welding; carbon fiber fabrication; small displacement engine powertrain implementation and optimization; and many others. If you want a hands-on experience where you will design and build a real car; have a competitive spirit and want to see Penn State win; are into sustainable automotive technologies; or want the chance to compete on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, then this is the project for you!