{"312331":{"#nid":"312331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech competes in EcoCAR 3","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of about 35 undergraduate and graduate students is about to embark on an ambitious four-year project to redesign a Chevrolet Camaro into a hybrid-electric car.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology is one of 16 universities participating in the Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition,\u0026nbsp;EcoCAR 3. The U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Company are among the sponsors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe teams are tasked with developing and implementing an innovative vehicle powertrain that will lower emissions by incorporating alternative fuels. They must keep the Camaro\u2019s body design, retain safety standards and maintain consumer satisfaction with performance and cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is a great opportunity to develop our own vehicle based on our own innovation,\u201d said Justin Wilbanks, a graduate research assistant in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. \u201cThis is real-world experience while we\u2019re still in school. And it\u2019s exciting to know we\u2019re going to work on a Camaro.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWilbanks was among a group of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty who worked on Georgia Tech\u2019s application for the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the fall semester starts later this month, students will begin work on their overall design concept. They will receive a new Camaro during fall 2015 and continue to work on the car through 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents applied for membership on the team through Georgia Tech\u2019s Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP). The program allows undergraduate and graduate students to work on multidisciplinary projects that can last for years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree advisors will work with the team: Tom Fuller, professor in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering; Michael Leamy, associate professor in mechanical engineering; and David Taylor, professor in the School of Electrical of Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe other 15 competing institutions are: Arizona State University, California State University (Los Angeles), Colorado State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, McMaster University, Mississippi State University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Tennessee (Knoxville), University of Alabama, University of Washington, University of Waterloo, Virginia Tech, Wayne State University and West Virginia University.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is one of 16 universities participating in the automobile engineering competition"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent teams are tasked with developing and implementing an innovative vehicle powertrain that will lower emissions by incorporating alternative fuels.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students will spend four years redesigning the Chevrolet Camaro into a hybrid car."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2014-08-04 11:29:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:52","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"312321":{"id":"312321","type":"image","title":"EcoCAR challenge","body":null,"created":"1449244929","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:02:09","changed":"1475895022","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:22","alt":"EcoCAR challenge","file":{"fid":"199874","name":"img_1371.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1371_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1371_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8221977,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_1371_0.jpg?itok=HQecAriE"}}},"media_ids":["312321"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ecocar3.org\/","title":"EcoCAR 3"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1850","name":"alternative energy"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"11852","name":"hybrid-electric vehicles"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}