The DHS Principles of Engineering Class placed third in their division of the Shell Eco-Marathon competition last weekend in Detroit, Michigan.
Photo of the Darien High School team (from Shell Eco-Marathon on Flickr)
Thanks to a grant from the Darien Foundation which provided funding for a hydrogen fuel cell, the team was able to compete with hundreds of colleges, universities and high schools from the U.S., Canada and South America. […]
The announcement above is from the Darien Foundation for Technology & Community on Facebook. Darienite.com has more information below:
“Shell Eco-marathon challenges student teams around the world to design, build, test and drive ultra-energy-efficient vehicles,” according to the website for the competition.
The Darien High School team competed against a team from Queen University in Canada and the Wheat Ridge High School team, from Colorado in a division for hydrogen-fueled prototype vehicles.
This Canadian video (below) which explains a lot about the event doesn’t mention Darien High School’s entry, but — wait a minute, what’s that vehicle in the background at the 2:09 mark in the video? Looks familiar ….
In this screenshot from the YouTube video below, that vehicle in the background looks awfully familiar. Is it the Darien entry?
Here’s the video itself: