Year Two Reports
This page provides a list of all our outreach events from Year Two of the EcoCAR competition. You will find a short description listed as well as a more detailed report available for download as a pdf. Event photos are posted on our Facebook Fan Page.
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Date |
Event |
Number of Attendees |
Highlights |
Report File |
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6/26/2009 |
Science-U Summer Camp |
40 |
Talked to summer camp students from Penn State’s Science-U about Hybrid technologies and EcoCAR |
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7/12/2009 |
Tesla Event |
100+ |
Community members were able to talk with the Penn State Team and view the Tesla events. Featured in the State of the University Address |
N/A |
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9/2/2009 |
Green Careers Initiative |
500+ |
The team took part in the University’s first effort in providing green careers and organizations for students to join. |
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10/5/2009 |
Vehicle Debut |
40 |
The team debuted its GM-Donated Vehicle to the public for the first team. It received a lot of media attention as well. |
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10/6/2099 |
AIChE Presentation |
30 |
Members of the team attended the Penn State Chapter of AIChE’s October General Meeting to attract chemical engineers. |
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10/8/2009 |
Energy Club Presentation |
20 |
Members explained the reasons why EcoCAR is important in alternative energy today. |
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10/10/2009 |
Eastern Illinois Tailgate |
500+ |
Team was on-hand during a tailgate before the Penn State game. Both the Vue and Equinox were available to look at. |
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10/15/2009 |
Engineering House Presentation |
15 |
Team members talked to engineering underclassmen in hopes of gauging interest in the senior design class. |
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10/24/2009 |
Auto Club Auto Show |
100+ |
The team took part an Auto Show to display the vehicle. |
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10/25/2009 |
PowerShift Conference |
The team took part in the PowerShift conference at Penn State |
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11/7/2009 |
PSU v OSU Tailgate |
50 |
The team welcomed members of the OSU team for a sustainable tailgate |
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11/10/2009 |
ROTC Event |
20 |
NROTC members were able to talk about sustainability and automobiles. |
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11/13/2009 |
Mountaintop Elem. Presentation |
40 |
Sixth grade students were able to build and race K’NEX kits and learn about alternative fuels and emissions |
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11/14/2009 |
PSU v Indiana Tailgate |
15+ |
The team cooked out by the garage and talked to tailgaters about EcoCAR |
