Formula Hybrid - 2009 Competition

2009 Competition

The 2009 Formula Hybrid Competition was held for three days from May 4 to May 6 with the first day dedicated to technical inspections by SAE, IEEE and industry officials. The number of registered teams increase to 30 teams, nearly four times the number of teams in the first year of the competition in 2007.

The student teams are coming from across the world like McGill University and University of Manitoba from Canada, MADI State Technical University from Russia, National Chiao Tung University from Taiwan, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology from India and Thapar University also from India. The returning teams are from the universities of Dartmouth College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Vermont, McGill University, North Carolina State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Drexel University, Florida Institute of Technology, University of California Irvine and Yale University. The new teams from United States are from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Arizona State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Colorado State University, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Texas A&M University and University of California San Diego, to name a few. Illinois Institute of Technology was the only team to register two cars with distinct hybrid drive-train systems - WISER Hawks I and Wiser Hawks II. They only ran the parallel-hybrid; the series hybrid was not finished due to the complex high-voltage electrical connections.

In the competition, 21 teams officially scored points in the various events - design, acceleration runs, autocross and endurance race. The total points possible were a 1000 (per team). For the static events, each team could score a maximum of 300 points and for the dynamic (racing) events, each team could score a maximum of 700 points.

The official results of the 2009 competition are as follows:

1st Place Overall – Hybrid: Texas A&M University 981 out of 1000 points
2nd Place Overall – Hybrid: Colorado State University 758 points
3rd Place Overall – Hybrid: Drexel University 689 points

There were also 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards for 'Hybrid-in-Progress'.
1st Place Overall – Hybrid-in-progress: Cal Poly SLO
2nd Place Overall – Hybrid-in-progress: Tufts University
3rd Place Overall – Hybrid-in-progress: University of California San Diego

Individual Event Results:
Static Events:
Presentation: Texas A&M University
Design: Texas A&M University

Dynamic Events:
Electric Acceleration: Colorado State University
Unlimited Acceleration: Colorado State University
Autocross: Texas A&M University
Endurance: Texas A&M University

Most Innovative Design: Brigham Young University
Best Hybrid Systems Engineering*: Brigham Young University
Special note * = Prize sponsored by Chrysler LLC