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A Track Day Recap

October 03 2015

September 26th marked our first day back as a whole team. To celebrate this event, we held Track Day, a chance for our new members to see and test drive our returning competition vehicles. What was simply supposed to be a preview opportunity turned out to be a moment that inspired all new and returning members. “Just being able to start off the year with functional vehicles puts us in a far better spot than we were last year,” said Jonathan, a returning lead. Indeed Jonathan is correct, by having a working vehicle, the team is able to focus its energy on modifying, optimizing and finetuning rather than constructing cars from the ground up - turning a good car into a great one.

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Recruitment Info Session 2!

September 16 2015

If you missed out on the info session last Saturday, dont worry! Just make sure to come to the second session Wednesday Sept 16, 5:30 PM at the Engineering Design Studio, first floor. If you already attended the previous info/interview session, you do not need to attend the second one. Interview decisions will be sent out later this week.

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New Member Recruitment!

September 05 2015

Recruitment of new members is now open! If you are interested in being a part of the UBC Supermileage team, building award winning, highly fuel efficient vehicles, please fill out this form. Visit the Join the Team page for more information. Check us out during Imagine Day! We’ll be set up in the area across from Kaiser (Purple section on the map below). The purple section!

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ASEE Conference

June 26 2015

The UBC Supermileage team attended the American Society for Engineering Education conference this week in Seattle. Thank you to the Shell Eco-Marathon team for inviting us to attend this conference with Norman Koch, Shell Eco-Marathon Global Technical Director and Anne Buchanan, Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Teams Liaison. We had a chance to show off the Zoticus, explain our fuel efficiency innovations and encourage future participants of the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas.

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