★ Year 1 Final Competition

May 21, Orlando, Florida.

Directly after a dizzying final week of presentation prep, the team flew down and showcased the culmination of the year's work in presentation to industry sponsors and judges until May 26th. McMaster EcoCAR is honoured to have received the following awards.

1st Place Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Program Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

1st Place Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Presentation (Mymoon Bhuiyan)

General Motors Women in STEM Rookie Award (Nilou Keshmiri)

Excellence in Leadership Award Runner Up (Nilou Keshmiri)

1st Place CAV (Connected and Automated Vehicles) Compute Design Technical Design Review Sponsored by NXP Semiconductors

1st Place #LikeABosch Award

4th Place Overall

With the effort of its 170+ members, the team has a solid foundation for the development and implementation of its electric powertrain architecture and CAV systems in Year 2. The team's powertrain architecture includes two rare-earth free electric propulsion motors: in the rear, a switched reluctance motor by Enedym Inc. and in the front, an induction motor by American Axle & Manufacturing.

McMaster EcoCAR is eager to jump into the next stage of competition! See the full list of award winners.