MMU Grune Welt 2012

After the official race day, most of the team members are in their final year and had graduated. Kelvin Lau, the team manager of MMU Grüne Welt 2011 had passed the post to Jude Leornard. Congratulation Jude!

It's quite a weird to have a "hammer" to symbolize the ceremony. 

Jude as the leader for the team had started recruit more members to enter Shell Eco-marathon 2012 competition. Of course, the 2nd driver, Joshua had also been promoted and become the 1st driver. So far there are only 3 members have not graduated yet and are still doing their 2nd year of mechanical engineering studies. They are Jude, Joshua and Meng How. These 3 guys are the veteran for the team.

The recruitment was starting from early of August and the response was quite good. As the number of members are restricted to 20 pax by the organizer. The team needed to have interview session. The interview was carried out by Dr. Dirk Rilling, Mr. Lim B.K on 5th of August 2011. Finally the new  MMU Grüne Welt 2012 was officially formed on 8th of August 2011!!

Team Supervisor:  Mr. Lim Boon Kian

Team Manager:     Jude Leornard

1st Driver:              Joshua Chu Sze Hua

2nd Driver:            Tee Wan Jvin

Division Leaders:  Yap Ming Han (engine)

                               Lee Chin Kwang (transmission)

                               Pavarit Wetsandornphong (body shell & chassis)

Team Members:    Amir Zahin Bin Asmadi

                               Beh Ping  Sheng

                               Chua Sin Ya

                               Goh Chia Han

                               Kong Hao Jie

                               Lau Soon Fong

                               Lee Jun Yang

                               Ong Chii Han

                               Sockalingam Sharven

                               Jerry Tan Weng Yang

                               Tee Teck Yong

                               Wong Sze Tong

                               Yap Chia Wei

                               Yong Meng How

Supporting Lecturers:  Dr. Dirk Gerhard Rilling

                                     Dr. Kok Chee Kuang

                                     Mr. Sim Hock Kheng

                                     Mr. Liew Kia Wai

                                     Mr. Jee Kian Siong

                                     Mr. U Than Htay

                                     Mr. Saijod Lau Tze Way

                                     Mr. Umar Nirmal

For the current team, there are 3 divisions which are engine division, transmission division and body shell chassis division. They've decided to name their vehicle as "Eco V-2"!

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Race Day no.4

Last day of the event, it's the time to try our best to get the best result!!

A photo of Eco-V speeding on the track!

Time for a group photo right before the closing ceremony.

Group photo again!!

You can view the results and team members of
 MMU Grüne Welt
 through the following official website.

http://ecomarathon.shell.com/asia/team/32

MMU Grüne Welt had achieved the best result of 84km/L in year 2011. 

Will MMU Grüne Welt be the champion for year 2012??!!

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Race Day no. 3

Day 3, finally team MMU Grüne Welt are on the track! Each team are given 5 attempts and the best result will be the final result. During the 1st attempt, it started to rain. We have no choice but to wait till the rain stop to have another attempt. So the 1st attempt is consider as a test run only.

 Team MMU Grüne Welt was interviewed by Prima TV!

Footage of "Remaja".

 TVB stars, Moses Chan was in Sepang, so the team have a chance to take a photo with him.

Group photo time!!

As for day 3, team MMU Grüne Welt had completed 2 attempts with the result of 60km/L and 76km/L respectively by the 1st driver Alfred!

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Race Day no.2

Day 2, it's drizzling outside early in the morning. After the team had breakfast after the morning safety briefing. They head to complete the rest of all safety inspection. The team had spent most of the time at the slalom test as the 2nd driver, Joshua are having some difficulty in breaking the vehicle in the  dynamic breaking test.

The 2nd driver, Joshua is queuing up for the dynamic breaking test while members are giving some guidance and encouraging him.

 A welcome dinner was held for all participants, hosted by Shell Malaysia Country Chair, Anuar Taib (left) and Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Peter Voser (right).

 The opening ceremony - Lion dance!

 It was a sumptuous dinner!! Grilled lamb and chicken with bolognese spaghetti. It's finger-licking delicious!!

The host of the day - Megan~

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Race Day no.1

After having all the hardship, it's time for the team to send their vehicle to the F1 north track for a run. On 6th July 2011, the team had sent their vehicle to the Sepang International Circuit by lorry early in the morning.

Team members are carrying the vehicle to the lorry for transportation.

Team are ensuring everything base on the check-list. From left, Mr. Lim B.K - team supervisor, Mun Long, Chan Fai - reserved driver and Alfred - 1st driver & Dr. Kok C.K - lecturer. 

Team arrived at the pit with their vehicle - "Eco-V". From left, Mr. Sim H.K- project manager, Mr Lim B.K, Meng How, Mun Loong, Chan Fai, Alfred and Kelvin.

The banner of MMU Grüne Welt.

 Teams are queuing up for all kind of technical and safety test in order to be qualified for running on the race track.

This is the slalom test where it will determine the turning radius of the vehicle by going through the S-track and the dynamic breaking test where driver needs to accelerate till 40km/h and stop within a 4metre distance.

Here it ends the 1st day of the event and the team had managed to pass most of the safety inspection.

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Fabrication

Following will be the fabrication process of the prototype "Eco-V".

 A Honda GX160 4 stroke engine was mounted on the aluminized steel chassis.

The driving chain is being adjusted to the desired gear ratio.

 The team manager, Kelvin Lau is grinding the steel plate in order to fix the brake calliper on it.

 The accelerator paddle was mounted on the chassis.

 One of the team member, Mun Loong was adjusting the brake calliper to the right position and angle in order to prevent any unnecessary friction while the vehicle is moving.

 The right paddle is for the acceleration while the 2 left paddles are for the front brakes.

 The shaft is connected through the bicycle disc brake.

All team members are working on the wheels to reduce friction as much as possible by applying grease, adjust to the correct camber angle and etc.

The speedometer was attached to the centre of the steering. We have the engine start button and rear brake handle on the right part and the emergency stop button on the left.
Shocking news is that our vehicle can runs up to 133.1 km/hr!!! Haha... it's just for fun ^.^

 We use rattan (rotan) to form the shape of the shell of the vehicle.

 The 1st driver,  Alfred is using the string tp tied around the rattan to fix its shape.

 The back part of the vehicle.

 This is the part which will be opened up for the accessibility of the driver

 Aluminium is used for the structure frame of the front part of the shell to enhance the safety of the driver.

 PVC cloth is use for the shell as it is light in weight and water resistance.

 From left, Alfred, Mun Long & Joshua are adjusting the pvc cloth in order to stick it to the rattan.

 Alfred was testing the turning radius of the vehicle.

Takata 5 points Racing Belt was attached to the bulkhead and the chassis.

The overall view of the vehicle.

Drive testing around campus.

It's around 12am in the midnight. The teams are still working in the workshop.

Mr. Teoh Y. H is giving instruction to Alfred for the midnight test run!

Alfred is sharing his experience with the team about the test run in the chilly night.

Joshua, the second driver also get a chance to run the "Eco-V" around the campus.

 The final completed vehicle was ready to be freight to Sepang International Circuit.

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Introduction of the team - "MMU Grüne Welt"

The team "MMU Grüne Welt" had represented Multimedia University (MMU) Melaka campus to compete in the Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2011 competition which was held at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia from 6th - 9th of July 2011. The team joined the prototype concept and was powered by gasoline. Although the team wasn't the winner of the competition, but they had did a pretty good job.

The team consist of 9 supervisors (lecturers) and 20 engineering students. The name "MMU Grüne Welt" is inspired by one of the supervisors who are Dr. Dirk Rilling. "Grüne Welt" is a German phrase and it is known as "Green World" in English. The team believes that this name suits the objective of the competition which is creating a better world through the efforts to minimize the fuel usage in vehicles with the engineering knowledge acquired in studies. The team had fabricated a vehicle which is cost efficient and energy efficient. It is proud to said that MMU Grüne Welt is the only team which use bamboo (rotan) in the vehicle. The name of the vehicle is "Eco-V"and it just simply means Eco-vehicle.

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