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Formula Hybrid Conference

May 3, 2006
Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, New Hampshire

Formula Hybrid racecar

This conference was intended for faculty advisers, industry experts, and others with an interest in Formula Hybrid. Participants discussed safety issues, configuration of specific events, and technical aspects of scoring, and shared information on how to get started in this program.

Agenda

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

6:00-8:00pm Reception

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

8:15-8:45am Registration and continental breakfast
8:45-9:00am Keynote address-Joe Helble, Dean of Thayer School of Engineering and Douglas Fraser, P.E., Director, Formula Hybrid Project
9:00-9:30am Presentation: The evolution of the Dartmouth Hybrid race car (Thayer students)
9:30-10:00am Steve Daum - SAE Collegiate Programs Manager: "Philosophical and organizational considerations of student design"
10:00-10:30am Dr. Robert Wills P.E., Technical Director - American Tour de Sol
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45-11:15am Michael Royce, Chair of the Formula SAE Rules Committee: "The technical challenges facing a student Hybrid competition"
11:15-11:30am Announcement and selection of panels (moderators and secretaries)
11:30-12:30pm Panels meet
12:30-1:30pm Lunch (provided)
1:30-1:40pm Professor Li-Guang LI, Vice Dean of TongJi University of Shanghai and Wayne State University
1:40-2:45pm Panels meet
2:45-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:15pm Panels meet
4:15-5:00pm Panel Presentations
5:00pm Closing remarks
5:30-7:00pm Dinner in Thayer School's Great Hall

Thursday, May 4, 2006

8:00-10:00am Conference wrap-up and Continental Breakfast at the Hayward Lounge, Hanover Inn
11:30-3:30pm Demonstration Formula-Hybrid Event at the New Hampshire International Speedway

Recruiting poster (PDF file)

Formula Hybrid SAE International Thayer School of Engineering IEEE