Solar car donation accelerates renewables education
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An electric car that became a Washington State University student project in solar power for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) is finding new life with its donation to WSU for use in a renewable energy course.
“We’re grateful to SEL for this generous donation,’’ said Behrooz Shirazi, Huie-Rogers chair and director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “It’s wonderful to see how our current and future students will benefit not only from SEL’s generosity but also from the hard work of our previous students.’’
Sponsored by SEL, a group of students in 2009 worked on the car as … » More …