SOL of Auburn featured at Alabama Energy Day
Pictured above:
Dr. Sushil Bhavnani standing next to one of Auburn University’s  solar cars on display in front of the Alabama State House for Alabama Energy Day, January 22, 2008.
Dr. Bhavnani is one of the one of the AU faculty members in the Department of Mechanical Engineering associated with the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, as well as a faculty advisor to the AU Solar Car Team. His areas of expertise include: thermal management of electronics, phase-change heat transfer in microchannels, pool boiling, heat transfer enhancement, lost foam casting, gas turbines, solar energy, refrigeration, non-newtonian fluid mechanics, bio-energy, and hybrid vehicles.
What started as an idea for a Mechanical Engineering senior project to build a small remote-control solar-powered car has mushroomed into a the largest undergraduate engineering project ever undertaken a Auburn University: SOL of Auburn, the Auburn University Solar Car Team. In addition to competing in solar car races around the world, the team also makes appearances at events like Alabama Energy Day. To learn more about the solar car team and to see video of the teams and cars in action visit their website or contact Dr. Bhavnani at bhavnsh@auburn.edu.
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Filed under: Main on January 31st, 2008