Conference Session

Eco-Car Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel van Lanen, University of Waterloo

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Eco-Car Poster Session

organizations, these teams often rely principally on their university’s or college’sguidelines to develop a set of standard operating procedures. Though these set a base for theteam, the guidelines are no substitute for training that is specific to the safety risks associatedwith work the team is doing. At times, there is limited faculty supervision for such teams in theactual work bays and laboratories, unlike a lab associated with a class which will have onsitestaff, teach assistant or faculty oversight when the physical work is being executed. It is alsodifficult to convince student team leaders to invest time into training team members who may notparticipate on an ongoing basis. In this work a safety training system was implemented at auniversity

Conference Session

Eco-Car Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn Midlam-Mohler,, Ohio State University ; Jason Linger, Ohio State University ; Jack Slavinski, Ohio State University ; Lisa Fiorentini, Ohio State University

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Eco-Car Poster Session

techniques. 14. Scale project processes to small, low risk projects as well as large, complex projects. 15. Understand how to appropriately leverage project management tools. 16. Handle projects in a state of chaos or damage control. 17. Managing project execution with the right level of discipline and rigor. 18. Understand effective leadership and team management. 19. Implement organizational change in the context of corporate culture.Application of Project Management in EcoCAR 3Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors and managed by ArgonneNational Laboratory, EcoCAR 3 is a university-level competition to develop an energy-efficientand high-performance Chevrolet Camaro. The Ohio State University EcoCAR 3 Team is