University of Tennessee Team Wins Visteon Award at FutureTruck Competition
June 17 2004 - 1:21PM
PR Newswire (US)
University of Tennessee Team Wins Visteon Award at FutureTruck
Competition DEARBORN, Mich., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC), a sponsor of the FutureTruck 2004
competition, salutes the team from the University of Tennessee,
winner of the Visteon Award, given to the team that demonstrated
the most innovative use of electronics in its FutureTruck vehicle.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO )
FutureTruck challenges teams of engineering students from 15 top
North American universities to re-engineer 2002 Ford Explorers to
reduce emissions and achieve at least a 25 percent improvement in
fuel economy. Managed by the Argonne National Laboratory's Center
for Transportation Research and led by Ford Motor Co. and the U.S.
Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, FutureTruck helps develop hundreds of highly skilled
engineers. The competition builds the students' awareness of
fuel-saving technologies and prepares them to lead the auto
industry in the 21st Century. After months of work, the teams took
their vehicles to Ford's Michigan Proving Ground in Romeo,
Michigan, on June 15 and 16 for a comprehensive safety evaluation,
and a battery of static and dynamic testing. The Visteon Award was
created specifically to evaluate the innovative application of
electrical systems and electronics in the vehicles. A team of
judges, including Visteon engineers Tom Gioia, Greg Gumkowski and
John Quigley, as well as Randy Visintainer and Prasad Prasad of
Ford, selected the University of Tennessee team after inspecting
the vehicles and questioning the teams over the last two days. Penn
State University finished second and the University of Wisconsin
came in third. The judges used a variety of criteria. Among these
were marketability, originality, ease-of-use, the cost of
electronics compared to the improvement in fuel economy, ability to
diagnose things gone wrong and efficiency of design and minimal use
of wires. Universities competing for the Visteon Award were
Virginia Tech, Texas Tech, Michigan Tech, Penn State, Tennessee and
Wisconsin. Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier
that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive
manufacturers worldwide and through multiple channels within the
global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has about 72,000 employees
and a global delivery system of more than 200 technical,
manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25
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DATASOURCE: Visteon Corporation CONTACT: Media Inquiries: Robin
Pannecouk, +1-313-755-9121, , or Greg Gardner, +1-313-755-0927, ,
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