By: Julie Scott
MC3 Engineering Team INNOVA
Montgomery County Community College’s MC3 Engineering
Team INNOVA is designing and building a hydrogen fuel cellpowered
urban concept vehicle named INNOVA. The vehicle will
compete in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas Challenge in Detroit,
MI in Apr. 2016.
The Shell Eco-marathon is a major educational project that
encourages and fosters innovation through students working
together to explore potential solutions to both current and future
transportation and energy needs. This project provides engineering
students a valuable opportunity to develop and apply these skills
in a real-life scenario. Free and open to the public, the Shell Ecomarathon
also benefits from both local and national media coverage.
MC3 Engineering Team INNOVA has recently been selected
to move on to Phase II of the challenge. Phase II involves advancing
the vehicle from the software design phase to practical drawings and
then moving on to fabrication. Before Jan. 25, 2016, the team will
be submitting its technical schematics of the power and driveline
configuration to Shell Eco-marathon.
Donations are being sought and accepted through the College’s
Foundation office as well as via a gofundme.com site(gofundme.
com/projectinnova). Your donation would not only have a positive
impact on future engineers, but it will also promote a grass-roots
effort to increase energy efficiency in the transportation sector.
MC3 Engineering Team INNOVA has many hurdles to
overcome including raising the appropriate funds to build the
vehicle, transport it to the competition, as well as travel and lodging
expenses for the twelve team members.
For further information and to support the team’s efforts, please
visit our GoFundMe campaign at gofundme.com/projectinnova.
You can also follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/mc3.innova
Image courtesy of MC3 Engineering Team INNOVA. MC3 Engineering Team INNOVA is designing a hydrogen fuel cell-powered urban concept vehicle that will will compete in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas Challenge in Detroit.
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