Day Four Competition Update

Yesterday morning the team went through two more presentations.  The last of the scored events was the Project Initiation Approval presentation, in which Katherine Bovee and Travis Trippel summarized the accomplishments of the team in the first year of the competition, presenting a complete account of the vehicle design and of all the simulation and [...]

Day Three Competition Update

Whew…what a day!!! It was a beautful day in LA- 75 degrees, warm and sunny, however, most of the team’s day was spent inside presenting and finishing up final presentations! Today, the  Outreach team presented their Final Year One Outreach presentation to nearly seven judges. During the presentation, the team highlighted some of the most successful [...]

Day Two Competition Update

It’s really official now!!! Year One EcoCAR 2 Final Competition is on a roll!! Presentations have started and the last 600 points that the team still has to earn is slowing starting to drop. Today, there were two presentations for the Ohio State Team: Tradeshow and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL). The tradeshow was presented by Katherine Bovee, Travis Trippel, [...]

Day One Competition Update

The team arrived yesterday in Hollywood for the 2012 Year One EcoCAR 2 Competition Finals!  But, the team has not been able to relax and see Los Angeles yet. All the students have been busy finishing final presentations, practicing presenting and setting up the tradeshow display and the Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) for the presentations that begin [...]