BAER Welding has come on board and have sponsored us with aluminum for the drivetrain. They have been awesome to work with! Thanks you guys!
Mar/Apr Biodiesel Magazine Cover
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Build Semester Updates
The teams have been working hard to keep the car going forward as we zip along through the semester.
BAER Welding has come on board and have sponsored us with aluminum for the drivetrain. They have been awesome to work with! Thanks you guys!
The new ceramic bearings for the rear axle are absolutely awesome. Even with no weight on the axles right now they spin super freely and keep spinning. Huge advantage over the previous bearings, one of those bearings from the original setup ended up actually failing, luckily it wasn't enough to stop us but looks to have been a factor in us just missing resetting the record at the World Finals event where we weren't able to overcome the wind and back up our previous record breaking run. We missed by a hair so we are going all out to make sure that the little things won't add up to hold us back! Looking forward to the World of Speed event in September!
BAER Welding has come on board and have sponsored us with aluminum for the drivetrain. They have been awesome to work with! Thanks you guys!
USU goes to NBB Conference in Las Vegas
From Monday through Thursday of last week USU was well represented by three of its students and one faculty member. Graduate students Robert Willis and Alex McCurdy and undergraduate Mike Morgan from the Biochemistry department each received scholarships from the NBB to attend the conference and present posters on their research. (Shown below, Robert Willis, Mike Morgan, and Alex McCurdy)
We will upload their posters in the future so you can check out what's going on at USU!
The team was extremely well received in their presentations and the three posters together allowed for people to understand the research at USU and where we are headed. The conference was a great networking opportunity with collaborators in research and industry interest. Quite a bit to follow up on! The conference was extremely well attended and included sessions in which the US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and former North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan spoke to the group about where biodiesel has been and where it is headed.
USU was also represented by Dr. Dallas Hanks from the USU Extension Center for Agronomic and Woody Biofuels. He is an Ambassador to the NBB and spent time with the Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel which gave the scholarships to the 3 students.
The conference was an awesome opportunity and Alex and Mike look forward to possibly attending next year in San Diego.
The team was extremely well received in their presentations and the three posters together allowed for people to understand the research at USU and where we are headed. The conference was a great networking opportunity with collaborators in research and industry interest. Quite a bit to follow up on! The conference was extremely well attended and included sessions in which the US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and former North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan spoke to the group about where biodiesel has been and where it is headed.
USU was also represented by Dr. Dallas Hanks from the USU Extension Center for Agronomic and Woody Biofuels. He is an Ambassador to the NBB and spent time with the Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel which gave the scholarships to the 3 students.
The conference was an awesome opportunity and Alex and Mike look forward to possibly attending next year in San Diego.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
A New Sponsor and other updates!
Our Amsoil sponsor, Rick and Holden Fillmer of H&R Services, brought us some more product yesterday for our new transmission and for the engine! For all your lubrication needs give them a call!
We also have a new sponsor on board! TMI Composites (Technology Marketing Inc) in Salt Lake City is helping the team out with product for the carbon fiber body. Excited to have them as part of the team!!
Our new transmission, a Harley Davidson 5-speed, arrived at the shop last week. The clutch and everything else for the car has arrived as well. The team is working on their layout and getting excited to put it all together!
The transmission and axle sitting in place for a test layup as parts arrive.
We also have a new sponsor on board! TMI Composites (Technology Marketing Inc) in Salt Lake City is helping the team out with product for the carbon fiber body. Excited to have them as part of the team!!
Our new transmission, a Harley Davidson 5-speed, arrived at the shop last week. The clutch and everything else for the car has arrived as well. The team is working on their layout and getting excited to put it all together!
The transmission and axle sitting in place for a test layup as parts arrive.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
500 Views!!
We have finally surpassed 500 views! Thanks for checking in on us and following us! The teams have ramped up as the build semester is here upon us now. Parts are being ordered and the car is taken apart currently and ready to begin being setup for all of the new designs! The body team has been working hard to try and finalize items and their updated design so they can get cracking on putting together the body plug etc. Here are some updated visuals of the car design! Also don't forget to like us on Facebook with our new page for the car, check us out by looking up Utah State University Land Speed Project or follow this link! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Utah-State-University-Land-Speed-Project/127301590768365
2013 is here, lets go racing!
2013 is here, lets go racing!
Monday, January 7, 2013
We have a new Facebook page up and going and will be getting it up to date over the next little while. Go check it out and like us on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Utah-State-University-Land-Speed-Project/127301590768365
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Utah-State-University-Land-Speed-Project/127301590768365
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