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HOUSTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ — While most high school and college
students are busy writing papers and preparing for exams, a select group from
across the Americas are taking what they’ve learned in the classroom and
putting it to practical use – building high-mileage, fuel-efficient vehicles
for the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas(R). After months of coordinating
designs and constructing vehicles, 52 student teams – including nine high
schools and 32 universities — are in the final stretch as they work to
complete their vehicles for the 2009 challenge taking place April 16-18 at the
Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. Not only are these students looking to
break the nearly 3,000 miles per gallon (1,275 kilometres per liter) record set
in 2008, they are providing the world a glimpse into the fuels, technologies
and transportation of tomorrow.
"By
participating in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, we have the opportunity to
study new fuel-efficient technologies in automotive applications and gain
practical experience for the future," said Andrew Ritter, student team
leader of the Mater Dei High School team, who set the Shell Eco-marathon
Americas record in 2008 with an astonishing 2,843 miles per gallon, equivalent
to 1,208.6 kilometers per liter. "Last year, we didn’t think our team
could compete with such elite colleges, but we ended up breaking the 2007
record in our first run. And that motivated our team to keep pushing the limits
of fuel efficiency, both on the track and in the classroom."
This year, student
teams will participate in either the "Prototype" or
"UrbanConcept" categories. For the Prototype category, teams will
enter futuristic prototypes — streamlined vehicles that focus on maximizing
fuel efficiency through innovative design elements, such as drag reduction. For
the UrbanConcept category, new to the Americas event this year, teams will
enter more "roadworthy" fuel-efficient vehicles. Aimed at meeting the
real-life needs of drivers, these vehicles are closer in appearance to the
higher-mileage cars seen on roads today. For both categories, teams can use any
conventionally available energy source — including fuels such as diesel,
gasoline and liquid petroleum gas (LPG), as well as alternative fuels such as
hydrogen, biomass and solar.
The Shell
Eco-marathon(R) is a global mileage challenge and forum for current and future
leaders who are passionate about finding sustainable solutions to the world’s
energy challenge. The event challenges students to design, build and test
eco-friendly vehicles that travel further using less energy. From vehicle
design to financing, student teams manage their projects from start to finish.
The winning teams in both the Prototype and UrbanConcept categories receive a
grand prize of US$5,000 for their school. And this year, Shell will also have
several "off-track" awards, including the "Safety Award,"
"Technical Innovation Award" and "Eco-friendly Award" among
others.
The 2009 Shell
Eco-marathon Americas roster contains 52 teams from nine high schools and 32
universities from North and South America — including Brazil, Canada, Mexico
and the United States. The Prototype entries include 35 vehicles powered by
combustion engines, five by fuel cell/hydrogen technology, three by LPG, three
by solar power, two by diesel fuel, and one by ethanol gas. The UrbanConcept
entries include two vehicles powered by combustion engines and one by solar
power.
The complete 2009
Shell Eco-marathon Americas roster is:
Prototype Category:
Combustion Engine
Entrants:
School Location Team Name Vehicle
Name
Barstow High
School Barstow, Calif. AZ-TECHS Stingray
806
California
Polytechnic San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Black
State University Calif.
Supermileage Widow
California
State Chico, Calif. Suffrage One
University, Chico
California
State Los Angeles, Calif. CSULA Super
University, Los Angeles Supermileage Eagle II
Cedarville
University Cedarville, Ohio Jackets Slipstream
Racing II
Cedarville University Cedarville, Ohio GL4 GL4
Centennial High
School Corona, Calif. Huskies El Nino
Centro de
Investigaciones Mexico City, Mexico
Nemesis CLRT
de Diseno Industrial
(CIDI) / Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico
(UNAM)
Chitkara Institute
of Punjab, India TEAM STEALTH STEALTH
Engineering &
Technology /
Punjab Technical
University
Colorado School of
Mines Denver, Colo. Colorado Blaster
School of
Mines
Dalhousie
University Halifax, Nova Dalhousie Maritime
Scotia Supermileage Mileage-
machine
Design School/
State Belo Horizonte, Team Sabia Sabia 6
University of Minas Minas Gerais
Gerais
East Los Angeles
College Monterey Park, Calif. Huskies Phantom
George M. Schurr
High School Montebello, Calif. Spartans R7
Grand Rapids
Technical Grand Rapids, Minn. G-Rock Fastest
School Indian
Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. Tiger Racing Chitty
University Chitty
Bang
Bang
Louisiana Tech
University Ruston, La. LA
Tech De
Bulldogs Donderhond
Loyola
Marymount Los Angeles,
Calif. Gen2 Gen2
University
Loyola
Marymount Los Angeles,
Calif. Team RAMROD Tip of
University the Spear
Mater Dei High
School Evansville, Ind. Mater Dei Next Gen
Supermileage II
Team
Monrovia High
School Monrovia, Calif. Team Green The Green
Machine
Northern
Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Team SAE@NAU Ragnarok
University
R. L. Turner High
School Carrollton, Texas Turner Microsquirt
Rochester
Institute Rochester, NY RIT X1
of Technology Greenvehicle
Team
Rose-Hulman
Institute of Terre Haute, Ind. R-H RHEV
Technology Efficient 74
Vehicles
Rose-Hulman
Institute Terre Haute, Ind. R-H Efficient RHEV
of Technology Vehicles 74++
Summit High
School Fontana, Calif. Skyhawks Skyhawk
University of
California, Berkeley, Calif. Cal
SMV Care Bear
Berkeley
University of
California, Los Angeles, Calif.
Supermileage The
Los Angeles Enterprise
Universidad
Nacional Mexico City, Mexico Escuderia Ahuicyani
Autonoma de Mexico – Puma
Facultad de Ingeniería
University of
California, Santa Barbara, Calif. UCSB
Gauchos Gaucho
Santa Barbara Mileage
Universite
Laval Laval, Quebec Alerion NTF 3.0
Supermileage
University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colo. CU-L.A.T.E.R F-CAT
Boulder
University of
Houston Houston, Texas Team SAECO Phoenix
University Of Texas,
El El Paso, Texas Miner Dilema Orochi
Paso
Fuel Cell Entrants:
School Location Team Name Vehicle
Name
Cicero North-Syracuse Cicero, N.Y. Performance Pure
High School Engineering Speed
Team
Lamar
University Beaumont, Texas Rebel 1602
Alliance
Los Altos High
School Hacienda Heights, Hacienda La Infusion
Calif. Puente
Unified
School
District
North Carolina
A&T Greensboro, N.C. Aggie Aggie
State University
Penn State
University University Park, Pa. Blood Sweat Penn State
& Gears HFV
LPG Entrant:
School Location Team Name Vehicle
Name
George M.
Schurr Montebello, Calif. Spartans Spartan
High School
George M.
Schurr Montebello, Calif. Spartans Destiny
High School
George M.
Schurr Montebello, Calif. Spartans Mach 1
High School
Solar Entrants:
School Location
Team Name Vehicle
Name
Centennial High
School Corona County, Calif. Huskies
The Blur
Purdue
University West Lafayette,
Ind. Purdue Racing
Solar Pulsar
Ohio State
University Columbus, Ohio OSU Solar Red Shift
Firefly 2
Diesel Entrants:
School Location
Team Name Vehicle
Name
College of the
Redwoods Eureka, Calif. Diesel Diesel
Corsair Corsair
Wright State
University Dayton, Ohio Raider Eco-Raider
Engineering
Ethanol Entrant:
Los Altos High
School Hacienda Heights, Hacienda La HICE
Calif. Puente
Unified
School
District
UrbanConcept Category:
Combustion Engine
Entrants:
School Location Team Name Vehicle
Name
Louisiana Tech
University Ruston, La. Tech EcoCar
Urban Car
Mater Dei High
School Evansville, Ind. Mater Dei Street Buggy
Supermileage
Team
Solar Entrant:
School Location Team Name Vehicle
Name
The University
of Tucson, Ariz. Arizona SolarCat
Arizona Solar Racing
Team
To help ensure the
2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas is a successful event for all the student
participants, Shell is pleased to welcome the 2009 event sponsors, including
Autodesk, Michelin, Pennzoil and SKF USA Inc.
With many successful
years in Europe, the Shell Eco-marathon came back to the U.S. as the Shell
Eco-marathon Americas in April 2007. The Shell Eco-marathon concept started as
the Shell Mileage Marathon in 1939 between employees of Shell at a research
laboratory in Wood River, Illinois. Today, the Americas event extends to
student teams from across North and South America.
In Europe, the 2009
Shell Eco-marathon project will take place at the EuroSpeedway in Lausitz,
Germany. The 2008 European event attracted teams from 20 countries, with the
winning teams hailing from France, the Netherlands and Sweden. Plans are also
underway to bring the Shell Eco-marathon to Asia in 2010.
For more information
on the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, please visit http://www.shell.com/ecomarathon
.
Shell Oil Company, including its consolidated companies and its share
in equity companies, is one of America’s leading oil and natural gas producers,
natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers.
Shell, a leading oil and gas producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, is a
recognized pioneer in oil and gas exploration and production technology. Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the
Shell Group, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing
approximately 104,000 people and operating in more than 110 countries and
territories.
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