15 Oct '13
Students win Innovation Award with solar car
Summary
Engineering students from the University of Leuven have won the Technical Innovation Award at Australia’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
Leuven students win solar-powered car championship
Seventeen engineering students of the University of Leuven’s campus Group T won the Technical Innovation Award at Australia’s Bridgestone World Solar Challenge last weekend, the unofficial world championship of endurance racing with cars powered by solar energy. The prize, awarded by the Australian research institute CSIRO, rewards the team with the most innovative component in its car.
The Flemish Punch Powertrain Solar Team received the award for its exceptionally safe and lightweight battery pack. The compact pack consists of 429 battery cells and was created through 3D printing, with the help of specialised company Materialise from Leuven. The car (pictured), assembled completely by the students and dubbed “Indupol One”, reached the finish line in Adelaide sixth out of 42 participants from 23 countries. It raced 3,000 kilometres in six days.
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University of Leuven
Established almost six centuries ago, the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) is one of the oldest universities in the Low Countries. International rankings consistently place it among the best universities in Europe.
Papal founding - It was founded as a Catholic university by Pope Martin V in 1425.
Bright minds - Over the centuries, it attracted famous scholars like Justus Lipsius, Andreas Vesalius, Desiderius Erasmus and Gerard Mercator.
Micro and nano - KU Leuven is home to the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec), a world-class research centre in micro- and nanoelectronics.
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