On Campus, August 2011

The World Solar Challenge in Australia will take place in October this year. Stanford University is unveiling their entry, “Xenith,” to show off what they feel will be the fastest solar car ever.

The article, profiles the solar car challenge, where 30 teams traverse the Australian outback for ten days and 1,800 miles. You can also visit the Stanford Solar Car Project blog, here

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School starts back for most engineering students soon. Tau Beta Pi’s reigning R.C. Matthew’s Outstanding Chapter California Psi, at the University of California San Diego, is beginning preparations for another year of activities and outreach.

The CA Psi chapter offers free tutoring for math, science, and engineering courses to all students through the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering. Click here, to visit the chapter’s website for more information on their annual community service projects and other events.

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The UCLA Newsroom is reporting on research and development being done at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science related to “harvesting and recycling energy for electronic devices.” Read the article

The findings of the researchers related to “a new type of energy-harvesting polarizer for LCDs called a polarizing organic photovoltaic” can be seen in the current online edition of the journal Advanced Materials.

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