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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology graduate student Ashley
Erffmeyer has received a $10,000 stipend to support her academic activities
through a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy/General Motors’ EcoCAR:
The NeXt Challenge vehicle development program.
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Team Leader: Ashley
Erffmeyer has been a member of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
teams that have participated in the EcoCAR and Challenge X
collegiate vehicle design challenges. |
A native of Lemont, Ill., Erffmeyer is studying engineering management after
earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rose-Hulman in 2008.
She is striving for a career as an engineer or key support staff position in the
auto racing business.
Erffmeyer is the business manager and outreach coordinator for Rose-Hulman’s
EcoCAR team this year. She has made team presentations at national EcoCAR
competition events and has helped organize several events that allow team
members to educate others, especially youths, about the development of hybrid
vehicles, sustainability and eco-friendly technology. She is no stranger to
vehicle development, serving was a member of the college’s team for the
Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility national engineering challenge
that concluded in 2008.
Also at Rose-Hulman, Erffmeyer is a former resident assistant in the
college’s resident life operations and was Rose-Hulman’s 2007 homecoming queen.
EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge is a new three-year collegiate advanced vehicle
technology engineering competition established by the Department of Energy and
General Motors that’s being managed by Argonne National Laboratory. Rose-Hulman
has joined 16 other North American college and universities in modifying a
Saturn VUE into a hybrid-electric/hydrogen fuel cell/electric vehicle to create
an efficient and environmental-friendly vehicle for tomorrow.
More information about Rose-Hulman’s EcoCAR team can be found at
http://ecocar.rose-hulman.edu.
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