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Back2School Supermileage Gets Off to Early Start in the Year by Connecting with Alumni at Woodward Dream Cruise What began as a fundraiser to raise money for a soccer field for students has turned into one of the largest automotive events held over the course of a day in the world. The Woodward Dream Cruise is said to attract 1.5 million visitors and 40,000 classic cars from all over the world. Among them this year? Last year’s vehicle Son of Cypress. MConnex, a University program whose goal is to keep Alumni engaged with Engineering students, approached various design teams with the opportunity to attend the Dream Cruise and connect with Alumni. MHybrid, Baja, and Formula SAE attended in addition to Supermileage. UM Supermileage September 2015 Editor: Morgan Freeby

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Back-­‐2-­‐School  Supermileage  Gets  Off  to  Early  Start  in  the  Year  by  Connecting  with  Alumni  at  Woodward  Dream  Cruise  

What  began  as  a  fundraiser  to  raise  money  for  a  soccer  field  for  students  has  turned  into  one  of  the  largest  automotive  events  held  over  the  course  of  a  day  in  the  world.    The  Woodward  Dream  Cruise  is  said  to  attract  1.5  million  visitors  and  40,000  classic  cars  from  all  over  the  world.  Among  them  this  year?  Last  year’s  vehicle  Son  of  Cypress.    

MConnex,  a  University  program  whose  goal  is  to  keep  Alumni  engaged  with  Engineering  students,  approached  various  design  teams  with  the  opportunity  to  attend  the  Dream  Cruise  and  connect  with  Alumni.  MHybrid,  Baja,  and  Formula  SAE  attended  in  addition  to  Supermileage.    

 

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Editor:  Morgan  Freeby  

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New  this  year  on  Body  Team?  A  division  of  leadership.  This  year  Body  is  co-­‐led  by  Diego  Montano  and  Lucas  Mata-­‐  collectively  known  throughout  the  team  as  ‘Ducas’.  Lucas  hopes  that  sharing  the  responsibilities  between  leads  will  allow  for  greater  productivity;  “On  body  team,  we  will  have  weeks  where  there  won't  be  too  much  to  do,  but  then  another  week  we'll  have  three  or  four  projects  or  objectives  to  accomplish,  and  instead  of  having  a  concrete  division  of  leadership,  it  will  be  a  more  fluid,  divide  and  conquer  method.”  Currently  featured  on  the  To-­‐Do  List  for  the  2015-­‐2016  vehicle,  Acacia,  is  to  make  the  top  mold  (see  bottom  mold  in  upper  left),  the  canopies,  the  windows,  and  finally:  to  paint  the  car.  Because  of  improvements  to  Son  of  Cypress’  body  design,  the  Body  team  will  not  have  to  spend  time  repairing  ribs  that  supported  the  sides  of  the  vehicle.  In  Acacia’s  design  the  ribs  were  eliminated  allowing  for  more  time  to  be  dedicated  to  materials  research  so  as  to  improve  the  design  of  the  car.    

Sponsor  Highlight:  Michigan  Fiberglass     With  a  new  car  and  a  new  strategy  this  year  (electric  instead  of  gasoline),  Supermileage  also  revamped  the  project  timeline.  This  means  having  a  car  ready  by  the  end  of  first  semester.  Michigan  Fiberglass  has  played  an  integral  role  in  helping  us  reach  that  goal-­‐  our  bottom  mold  is  complete  and  ready  for  action.  Not  only  does  that  help  us  with  our  timeline,  but  it  also  provides  a  point  of  interest  for  potential  members  as  we  enter  recruitment  season.       Michigan  Fiberglass  is  a  fiberglass  and  composite  materials  supplier  based  in  St.  Clair  Shores,  MI.  In  addition  to  building  our  carbon  fiber  shell,  they  also  answer  technical  questions  we  have  related  to  the  layup  process  and  epoxies.  The  carbon-­‐fiber  shell  is  key  to  achieving  a  high  mileage  as  it  has  an  ideal  strength  to  weight  ratio.  The  fact  that  a  high  strength  of  material  cannot  be  compromised  was  made  clear  after  last  year’s  roll-­‐over.  Thanks  to  a  sturdy  body,  our  driver  was  unharmed.      We  have  worked  with  Michigan  Fiberglass  for  many  years  now  and  are  looking  

forward  to  many  more!  

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Subteam  Highlight:  Body  Team  

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