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UCL MechEng students head to Rotterdam with a Euro vision
22 May 2015
Never mind Eurovision.
There is another big European
competition coming up and UCL has a very stylish looking entry.
Team Hydrone, a group of fourth year UCL mechanical engineering
undergraduates, Aadil
Johnson, Abdullah Majali, Omar Gharaibeh, Saif Siddiki, Yomna Farouk Supervised
by Professor Richard Bucknall, are in Rotterdam this week, preparing to compete in the Shell
Eco marathon Europe.
The Eco marathon is a competition of vehicles from all around the world, specifically designed for extreme fuel efficiency. In a massive showcase of environmentally-friendly engineering, teams compete on how far their vehicle could travel on a single litre of fuel.
Batman-style vehicle
Team Hydrone's entry 'AB2' into the European competition which they designed and built from scratch this academic year, is a single seater fibre-glass vehicle, powered by a Hydrogen fuel cell. Named for a former UCL MechEng professor, Alvin Blackie, the striking Batman-style vehicle is also their final year project.
Getting AB2 ready in time, in the middle of exam season, caused some drama. Supplier problems meant the team had to work with UCL Racing Team Principal Dr Tim Baker and UCL MechEng technicians late into the night this week, assembling the car in only two days.
A relieved Omar Gharaibeh said, "Hydrone is a project which gives us hands-on experience of what we've been studying these last few years. Everything is ready, we are putting our final touches on the car and now we're very excited and looking forward to the competition."
You can meet the team, view the car and find out how they performed at the UCL MechEng Summer Session next week. The event is a showcase of diverse engineering designs, with drinks, live music, dj's and more.
The Shell Eco Marathon Europe will be held in London next year.
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