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Sponsorship plays a key role in our ability to compete. Our
sponsors have provided us with the raw materials and rare services
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Our main sponsor is,
of course, our school. The Purdue School of Engineering and
Technology (at IUPUI) has provided us with funds to purchase
non-sponsored components, and also funded our competition
expenses. In addition, the Mechanical Engineering Technology
Lab, with the help of Ron Kelly, supports all our mechanical
manufacturing.
Furthermore, we received financial assistance from the Engineering
and Technology Alumni Association for the purchase of new
motor controller components. We are grateful to Mrs. Bepko
as well for her generous donation to the team. And we certainly
could not forget to mention the special efforts of the Dean's
Office and esp. Paula Jenkins on our behalf in procuring sponsorships.
Thanks especially to Patrick Baxter (Digital Media Manager,
Digital Media Services) for setting us up with this great
web address! Many thanks as well to Aaron Gold (Multimedia
Development Manager, Student Life and Diversity Programs)
for his invaluable assistance with the new website. His Photoshop
and Dreamweaver expertise helped turn a collection of ideas
into reality. |
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| Cummins,
Inc. |
Next, the formed cylinder
was sent to Cummins Engine Company Technology Center in Columbus,
IN. There the cylinder and outer housings were turned to size.
Thanks to Brett Barnhart, Mike Bowling, and Greg Prewitt for
helping us turn such large diameters. |
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We also would like to thank Dennis
Walsh, Rolls-Royce, and Larry and Rusty Scutt of Scutt Machine,
Inc. for help finishing the inner cylinder to press fit the
bearings. |
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Major
Tool &
Machine, Inc. |
Major Tool and Machine is one of
our most recent sponsors. They manufactured a spring bumper
for the front of Paydar to absorb the impact of a spinning opponent
and maintain steering control. On short notice, they turned
around this project in a day's time and had it ready for us
to take to our spring 2003 competition. Thanks to Steve Weyreter
and Carl Northam for their flexibility and quality work. |
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| ATA
Airlines, Inc. |
ATA Airlines, headquartered right
here in Indianapolis, is the largest carrier from Indianapolis
International Airport and has generously donated tickets for
five team members to travel to our next event. We are very grateful
to ATA and excited about the fantastic convenience and savings
that this affords us. |
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U.S.
Liner Company |
We have new armor! Thanks to the
generosity of U.S. Liner, Paydar will be wearing new Bulitex
composite armor in his next official battle. Exceptionally tough,
but weighing in with a density comparable to aluminum, the Bulitex
material is a major upgrade designed to give Paydar the protection
necessary to neutralize the blades of a spinbot. Special thanks
to Mike LaRocco of U.S. Liner for agreeing to the donation,
Sharon Prince of U.S. Liner for her patience and persistence
in getting the material, and Kenneth Baranowski of Structural
Composites of Indiana, Inc. for setting things up.
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Mouser
Electronics |
Mouser has been an incredible
supplier of electrical parts for our recent electrical engineering
projects. Whether it be discontinued and difficult to find
microcontrollers or ultra fast, high voltage, high current
diodes for our latest motor controller design-they have provided
us with the parts we needed at no charge. This tremendous
savings has made a key difference in enabling us to pursue
new ideas with the resources necessary to build and test.
We are very grateful for their support.
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