Missed Opportunity

We realized we never posted some of the coolest pictures that came out of the World of Speed event!  At the event there were three other schools in their respective classes.  Furthest to the left is of course our car with myself (Michael R. Morgan), my Dad (Michael D. Morgan), and Jon Snyder as representatives for USU.  The second car from the left is the Brigham Young University (BYU) team with their electric streamliner that is the current land speed record holder in its class.  Following that is one of the Fox Valley Technical College cars out of Wisconsin and they also have the other car that is the furthest to the right in the photo.  Second to last in the photo is the el Camino running a turbocharged big block chevy out of Utah Valley University (UVU).  The were running in the 180's for much of the event.  It was pretty awesome to see the other schools there and hopefully we will see more. Sadly this was the last event for the BYU car as there is no longer a faculty member who is willing to take over the project now that the professor previously in charge has retired.  Best of luck to you guys and hopefully someone will pick it up in the future!

Someone from the  BYU group also talked about the event here: http://dailyderbi.com/world-of-speed-at-the-bonneville-salt-flats/

First page of our publication!

Biodiesel Publication in Energy and Fuels

Our recent publication is now formatted and up live as the final form.  It's available to everyone to download so check it out!  This research is what sparked the salt flats project.  Read it and share it!

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef3012382

Time to post some more pictures!

Above is an awesome photo compliments of "Burly" Burlile! Taken during the World of Speed 2012

These 4 awesome shots were also taken at the World of Speed 2012 event by professional photographer Terry D. Call

Some other great shots taken by Karamatullah Danyal, a graduate student in Dr. Lance Seefeldt's lab, during our media event at the Logan airport between the World of Speed and World Finals events.

These are some cool shots that came from the World Finals event and are taken by various members of the Morgan family.

We will have plenty more photos of the car as we get more time.  Hope you guys are excited for next year as we prepare for our A-Salt on the salt at the 2013 Speed Week event!

Huffington Post article about the car 11-14-12

Today this story was published on the Huffington Post today! Check it out!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/lance-seefeldt/alternative-biofuel_b_2130758.html

Congrats team!

Biodiesel Manuscript Accepted!!

Earlier today our biofuels group accomplished another awesome achievement! Energy and Fuels accepted our manuscript detailing engine performance and emissions using our algae biodiesel, yeast biodiesel, and bacterial biodiesel respectively! Way to go team!

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef3012382