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June 28 AERO Demo Letter
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UVM's AERO Hybrid Racing Car

“GreenSpeed” is the 1^st UVM hybrid racing car created by a team of energetic UVM students from the University of Vermont College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences new student organization called Alternative Energy Racing Organization (AERO).
VSGC was one of the first supporters of this club; providing funds which enabled the team to eventually garner several awards at last year's Formula Hybrid International Competition (FHIC: http://www.formula-hybrid.org/history/2008-competition.php).

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While the car did not run at last year's competition, students have redesigned the control electronics and have been testing it around Votey these past few weeks (see some recent video here: www.uvmaero.org ). In parallel, the team is working on their second generation design and it is time to purchase a new electric motor and controller unit for it. This is a dedicated group of students who have not only done well in their design but have served as mentors, student leaders, and ambassadors for UVM.

The UVM AERO made its inaugural participation in the International Formula Hybrid Competition with other teams from as far away as Russia, Canada and Taiwan at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, NH May 5-7, 2008, and has received Second Place in Technical Design (behind Embry-Riddle) as well as awards for:

Best Hybrid-in-Progress
Chrysler's Best Hybrid System Engineering Award
Thayer School Dean's Award: Most Innovative Design

This was not strictly an engineering challenge, but included managing time, funds, and participants. UVM AERO promotes Green Technologies and advocates for research and development of alternative energy systems for mobility engineering. The AERO Constitution states:

“The purpose of AERO shall be to mitigate the environmental and political detriments of traditional energy systems by research, development, and advocacy of alternative energy systems useful for mobility engineering.” The UVM hybrid car is designed to run on gas as well as electric with a small 250 cc four cycle dirt bike engine along with a powerful electric motor.

Dr. Matthew Pointer, a UVM lung specialist and racing enthusiast, says, “Dirty engines have a negative impact on human health. Hybrid vehicles could change the air quality surrounding racing.”

Student team video can be viewed on UTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9iQZ4D51dI

For more information visit: www.Formula-hybrid.org

Aero web site: http://www.www.uvmaero.org

Team officers contacts:
Brian Leach, Mechanical Enginering, UVM, AERO President, 802-999-4657 bleach@uvm.edu
Christopher Farmer, Team Leader, Battery System
Ed Johns, Team Leader, Electrical
Thatcher Friant, Treasurer tfraint@uvm.edu

Advisors:
Jeff Frolik ,Assistant Professor, UVM CEMS School of Engineering
Phone: 802.656.0732 jfrolik@uvm.edu
Paul Hines, Assistant Professor, UVM CEMS School of Engineering
Phone: 802-656-9660 Paul.hines@uvm.edu

Technical Assistant:
Floyd Vilmont, UVM CEMS Prototype Lab, 122E Votey Phone: (802)656-4673 fvilmont@cems.uvm.edu

Sponsorships and donations for the UVM Hybrid Car

The UVM AERO’s cost is currently approximately $30,000 which has been made possible by generous donations from a variety of sponsors.

Financial Support: APR (Anderson Power Products), Mr. Ronald Brand, CTS Corporation, Hazelett Strip-Casting, IEEE Green Mountain Section, ITherm Technologies, MicroStrain, PowerStream Technology, Tyco Electronics, Vermont Space Grant Consortium, UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, and the UVM Transportation Center.

Individual donors: Carrie and Nathan Stahler, Charles Lohe, James C. Iatridis, Jeff Frolik, Karyn Roberts and Saiyid Abu Rizvi.

In-Kind Support: Clarkson University, Capitol Steel, Hazelett Stri-Casting, Midtown Machine & Tool Supply Company, NSA Industries, Lyndon, VT, Omron, Tri-Angel MetalFab, and the UVM Instrumentation and Model Facility (IMF).

Technical Support: eVermont, iTherm Technologies, and SBElectronics.

Dawn Densmore, Director, Outreach & Public Relations
UVM, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Phone: 802-656-8748

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AERO project archive
"Green Speed"

Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is one of a network of 52 university-based Space Grant Consortia representing every state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Through this national network, over 963 affiliate organizations are funded to support science and engineering students, to provide public service, and to offer K-12 science education programs.

	National Fellowship and Scholarship Program		National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program		The NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
“The State Space Grant Consortium is funded through a NASA Training Grant”

For more information, please contact Laurel Zeno: e-mail: zeno@cems.uvm.edu

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