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Driving into the future
Aa the automotive induatry rebounds
from the receaaion and responda to
demanda for more fuel-efficient vehi-
cles, University students and fatuity
are helping to create an environmen-
tally friendly car of the future.
Formed to participate in the EcoCar
2 Collegiate Advanced Vehicle Tech-
nology Competition, members of the
University's EcoCar Team are work-
ing to design and build s car that mini-
mizes gas emissions while maintaining
performance and utility, according to
Heath Hofmann, an associate professor
of electrical engineering and computer
science and the team's co-adviser.
Sponsored by the US. Department
of Energy and General Motors, the
three-year competition features 16 cho-
sen teams from various universities in
North America.
According to Hoffman, the first
year of the competition is devoted to
the design, modeling and simulation of
the vehicle. The team will then receive
a stock vehicle and spend. the next
two years bringing its design to life by
utilizing components and hardware
either donated by the competition's
other aponsora, such as A123 Systems
and dSPACE, or obtained by the team
through fundraising.
Ultimately, the EcoCar team will
bring its finished product to the Gener-
al Motors proving grounds to compete
against universities in various tests
including miles per gallon, consumer
acceptability and acceleration.
According to Hoffman, the Ecu-
Car team provides opportunities for
students from all backgrounds to get
involved, especially those interested in
marketing and public outreach.
"A lot of the competition of course
focuses around engineering, but there's
also a sort of abusiness aspect to it and
also an outreach aspect to it," Hoff-
man said. "We're not only interested in
recruiting engineers to the team, we're
also interested in business majors and
communications majors."
Rackham student Michael Woon,
the team's student leader, said General
Motors has often hired students who
participated in the competition.
"To get hired might be the initial
incentive, but the reason you would
want to stay in it is because you love
what you're doing, the work is exciting,
the people that you're with is a good
group and you want to succeed," Woon
said.
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CRIME NOTES
People pegged Witness spots
for possible pot hit and run
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
WHERE: Bursley Resi-
dence Hal
WHEN: Tuesday at about
11:15 p.m.
WHAT: A student and
guest were found in pos-
session of suspected mari-
juana, University Police
reported.
Driver reports
day-old damage
WHERE: 800 Block of East
Washington
WHEN: Tuesday at about
S p.m.
WHAT: A woman reported
her parked car had been
damaged at some point
in the last day, University
Police reported. There are
no suspects.
WHERE: M-18 Carport
WHEN: Tuesday at about
11 a.m.
WHAT: A witness reported
a vehicle bump a parked'
vehicle, causing minor dam-
age before fleeing, Univer-
sity Police reported. There
are no suspects.
Vehicle has a
bad weekend
WHERE: Lot SC-7, Eipke
Drive
WHEN: Tuesday at about
7:30 am.
WHAT: A University
vehicle woo damaged while
it was parked during the
weekend, University Police
reported.
LGBT student
round table
WHAT: A meeting to create
unity between more than
20 LGBTQ-related groups
on campus. Student orga-
nizations interested in net-
working with these groups
are also invited. The group
meets on the third Thurs-
day of each month.
WHO: Spectrum Center
WHEN: Today at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
room 3200
Conversation
about Europe
WHAT: A lecture by Uni-
versity of Toronto Prof. Jeff
Kopstein will address anti-
Jewish riots in Poland.
WHO: Center for European
Studies, Department of
Judaic Studies
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social
Work Building, room 1636
Spirituality
club meeting
WHAT: The first meet-
ing of a club chat aims to
explore diseases of the
heart and strategies to bet-
ter oneself.
WHO: Purification of the
Heart Spirituality Club
WHEN: Today at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
Parker Room
CORRECTIONS
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day's edition of The
Michigan Daily ("'1U'
faculty retirmen tplan
changes to save costs")
incorrectly identified
retirees' health care
premiums as pensions.
. Please report any
error in the Daily to
corrections@michi-
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featured insa parade coiled Festifsols.
I Despite thousands of
new people moving into
the Portland, Ore. every
year, the city has not been
able to significantly increase
its racial diversity, National
Public Radio reported. Port-
land continues to be made
up of about 80 percent white
residents.
2 The University of
Michigan's Health
System has a program
tailed Gifts of Art that pro-
vides healing arts and music
for bedridden patients at the
hospital.
s FOR MORE, SEETHE B-SIDE, INSIDE
3Violence broke out
between hundreds of
anti-government pro-
testers, police and govern-
ment supporters in Benghazi,
Libya, BBC reported. Dozens
of peole were injured dem-
onstrations that took place
yesterday.
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