Major: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Congratulations to MSOE's SAE Formula Hybrid Team! As their senior design project, members of the team designed, fabricated and tested a Formula 1-inspired electric-hybrid race car. They repurposed 48 M28™ LITHIUM-ION Battery Packs from Milwaukee Electric Tool (the same battery packs found in many household tools) to power their car.
The students competed at the SAE Formula Hybrid International Competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2011 and won first place in the Hybrid-Electric Class and the second place GM Best Engineered Hybrid Systems Award. They also stopped in Indianapolis to participate in the Indy 500 Emerging Tech Day. While there, they took first place in the "Hybrids in Progress."
To read the team's blog and see more photos, visit the SAE Formula Hybrid team website.
Team Members: Blake Buvid (ME), Daniel Ertl (EE), Adam Hassig (EE), Sven Krause (EE), Ryan May (EE), David Paton (ME), Kristin Tiarks (ME)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steve Williams
Sponsors: Alltrax, American Acrylics, Bender, Cooper Power Systems, CORE Consulting, DigiCOPY, electricmotorsport.com, Fastenal, GraybaR, HB Performance Systems, IEWC, Milwaukee Electric Tool, Omron, Rockwell Automation, Speaker, Speedy Metals, StanekTool, West Coast Magnetics