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Motorsports Engineering Degree Approved at IUPUI
IUPUI’s unique new program will be offered in the fall of 2008

INDIANAPOLIS- The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has approved a bachelor’s degree program in Motorsports Engineering at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

The program, which had previously been approved by the Purdue University board of trustees, is now set to be offered to students beginning in the fall of 2008. More...

Photo by Tom Stalding, ©2008 IndyStar.com. All rights reserved.

PHEV: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
If record-high fuel prices have you salivating over the estimated 40 miles per gallon of a hybrid electric compact car, you should see what they are working on over at IUPUI.

A pair of baby-blue painted 2008 Toyota Prius sedans are being souped up with new equipment and a type of battery that promise to add an additional 60 miles between charges.

"It is very real," said Sohel Anwar, a researcher and engineering professor at the Lugar Center for Renewable Energy at IUPUI, speaking about the prospect of a 100-mpg car.

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IUPUI  Motorsports Team Wins Purdue Grand Prix

The two IUPUI Motorsports Club entries stunned the thirty-one West Lafayette campus entries in the 51st running of the Purdue Grand Prix on April 19, 2008.  Jon Laski, an IUPUI Mechanical Engineering Technology major, led much of the race on his way to winning the race.  Lynsey Tilton, another MET major, was running a solid third until a serious crash on the next to last lap.  On the verge of giving IUPUI a first and third finish, Tilton suddenly encountered a spinning kart on lap 158 of 160, crashing into the other kart while traveling at full speed.  The race was red flagged so that medical personnel could get to Tilton, who was transported to Lafayette’s St. Elizabeth Hospital, before being released Saturday night. ...More