Sponsorship of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 ECO Car Faculty Awards

这笔赠款为EcoCAR 2：接入未来先进车辆技术大赛提供支持。NSF将为EcoCAR 2 NSF杰出教师顾问奖提供支持。EcoCAR 2是由美国国家科学基金会、美国能源部、加拿大自然资源部、汽车行业(通用汽车)和思科系统、Mathworks、A123、DSpace、飞思卡尔半导体、卡特彼勒等供应商联合主办的为期三年的大学先进车辆技术工程大赛，由阿贡国家实验室管理。这是美国和加拿大大学本科生非常成功的教育经验的延续。这次比赛挑战北美15所大学，在设计舒适、安全、商业可行的道路车辆的同时，探索最大限度地减少能源消耗和减少排放的解决方案。在每一年的EcoCar2结束时，所有15支队伍将聚集在一起进行为期一周的比赛，因为他们将争夺令人垂涎的第一名奖杯。

This grant provides support for the EcoCAR 2: Plugging into the Future Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition. The NSF will provide support for the ?EcoCAR 2 NSF Outstanding Faculty Advisory Awards?. EcoCAR 2 is a new three year collegiate advanced vehicle technology engineering competition jointly sponsored by the NSF, United States Department of Energy, Natural Resources Canada, the automotive industry (General Motors) and suppliers such as Cisco Systems, Mathworks, A123, dSPACE, Freescale Semiconductor, Caterpillar, etc.), and is managed by the Argonne National Laboratory. This is a continuation of the highly successful educational experience for undergraduate students at US and Canadian universities.This competition challenges fifteen universities across North America to explore solutions to minimize energy consumption and reduce emissions while designing comfortable, safe, road-vehicles commercially viable vehicles. At the conclusion of each year of EcoCAR2, all fifteen teams will get together for a week long competition were they will be competing for the coveted first place trophy.