Mentor Kevin Schantz, EDV members Jake Moghtader and Kevin Noronha, Progressive Director of Education Mitch Aiken (Credit: Baron Spafford)
After tallying over 10,000 online votes and scores from expert judging panels, a team of three high school students from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, CA, has been named the Grand Prize winner of the DASH+ student contest.
The winning team’s futuristic dashboard design incorporates technology that continuously calculates maximum fuel economy based on previous performance of other vehicles on similar road conditions. The dashboard alerts the driver of environmental impact and awards GreenPoints, creating an eco-friendly competition.
Two robots face off at last year’s RoboCup in Austria
While soccer fans around the world are energized about the start of the World Cup, engineers are preparing for the RoboCup world championship, which begins June 19 and takes place in Singapore.
Carnegie Mellon University students, who have been strong competitors in the RoboCup soccer tournament in years past, are especially confident in their robot soccer players this year, thanks to a new algorithm based on physics principles.
As you probably know already, today (Thursday, April 22) is Earth Day, which means it’s time to celebrate the achievements of environmental engineers everywhere. So here’s a collection of news items highlighting the efforts of engineers to improve the state of our home planet. For more information about Earth Day events in your area, check the official Earth Day Network site.
Mentor Kevin Schantz, EDV members Jake Moghtader and Kevin Noronha, Progressive Director of Education Mitch Aiken (Credit: Baron Spafford)
