Some time ago, the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) made news as it was named among the 150 best young universities worldwide. The varsity certainly deserves its place on the list, with its students having built Pakistan’s first electric-powered formula racing car.
In a ceremony at Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi, earlier yesterday, a team of undergraduate engineering students from Pakistan Navy Engineering College, a constituent college of NUST, unveiled a formula electric racing car entirely designed and manufactured in-house.
Also, they have been selected as the only team from Asia to participate in the FSAE Electric competition in the electrical category to be held in Lincoln, NE, USA, this year from June 15 to June 18.
“It’s an amazing feeling and a great honor for all of us to be a part of the team and represent Pakistan on such a big stage,” Danial Thebo is part of the communications and management team.
He added that the car was made considering the rigorous standards laid out by SAE International and is set to compete with universities worldwide.
The team is certainly geared up to put up a good show at the international event after spending 16 months planning, researching and manufacturing the car.
“Bank Alfalah is on board with us now as part of their rising talent campaign and is sponsoring us to raise the green flag for the first time in the USA,” Thebo said.
Another team from the same university, NUST Formula Student Team, was also selected for an international design competition in Germany.
The Formula Student Germany competition is part of the Formula SAE series and will be held from 9-14 August 2016.
“We are NUST FS Team, and we have been developing a combustion-type race vehicle every year for the past four years, and have been participating at FS UK earlier and FS Germany later, as the only team from Pakistan,” Muhammad Umer, team manager.
“Last year at Formula Student UK, we stood at 49th rank among 106 teams from 28 different countries of the world, surpassing two teams from India,” he added.
Formula Student is an engineering design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The competition aims to inspire and develop enterprising and innovative young engineers. It challenges universities across the globe to conceive, design, build and test a small-scale formula-style race vehicle every year. Each student team builds a prototype based on a series of rules, ensuring on-track safety and promoting clever problem-solving.
The event takes place at several different locations around the globe every year, including the UK, Germany, Lincoln, Michigan, Australia and Japan. Many leading automotive and engineering firms back the competition worldwide.
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