College of Science and Engineering
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| Automotive X-Prize Winners Share $10 Million For 100MPG Car Designs | One of those companies, I would like to add as a personal note, was one composed mostly of students from Western Washington University and led in part by my step-brother, Eric Leonhardt. Their Viking 45 gas-electric hybrid (second row, on the right above) made it all the way to the finals. I… |
2010-09-16 | |
| X Prize Marks Fuel-Efficiency Spot For Future Cars | Oliver Kuttner and his team of designers have seen the future of fuel-efficient cars topping the dreamed-of mark of 100 miles per gallon. This week, the Edison2 team is being rewarded for its vision with half of the $10 million X Prize. To get into the Edison2's four-seater gas-… |
2010-09-16 | |
| 3 Teams Win Fuel-Efficient Car Prize | Teams from Virginia, North Carolina and Winterthur, Switzerland, with roots in the world of auto racing have won the first Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, the $10 million competition aimed at advancing the technology for more fuel-efficient vehicles. |
2010-09-16 | |
| Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Award up to $10 Million on September 16 in Washington, D.C. Ceremony | Progressive Insurance, the country's fourth largest auto insurance group, and The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, will announce the winners of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE at a special awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Up to $10 million… |
2010-09-15 | |
| Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Award up to $10 Million on September 16 | Progressive Insurance, the country's fourth largest auto insurance group, and The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, will announce the winners of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE at a special awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. |
2010-09-13 | |
| Bellingham man's car goes from Canada to Mexico on one tank of fuel | Bellingham resident Craig Henderson has driven the car he built in the 1980s from Canada to Mexico on one tank of diesel, getting an average of 119.1 miles per gallon, he said, and shattering the old record the car set back in 1986. Henderson started his border-to-border drive Sunday, Aug… |
2010-09-08 | |
| MAX Update No. 57: The Avion Goes 100+ MPG from Canada to Mexico | Craig Henderson is my hero. He was an automotive technology student at Western Washington University when he and his friend, Bill Green, designed and built the Avion. Other than paint and graphics, it doesn't look much different than it did in 1986, when it first broke 100 mpg on the… |
2010-09-08 | |
| PBS chooses Bellingham to show sustainable economy | The crew filmed in a variety of locations: Lummi Island Wild, which practices sustainable reefnet fishing; the Willows Inn, a bed and breakfast that serves local fish and produce; a treetop office with a green roof that hangs over Chuckanut Bay; the Vehicle Research Institute at Western… |
2010-08-16 | |
| Seals rarely aggressive, says medical centre | Publicity surrounding the seal-pup swimming pool at the Ohau Stream waterfall has led one person to raise concern about aggressive seals. An online comment response at marlexpress.co.nz to a story on Wednesday suggests that divers are being bitten and harassed by fur seals along the… |
2010-08-13 | |
| Top Weird Science Stories of 2010 | Western Washington University geophysicists are making localized air-pollution maps by tracking the magnetism of tree leaves. Car and some industrial pollution contains particles of magnetic iron oxide that stick to the leaves, making them magnetic. |
2010-08-12 |