With the competition in only a couple of
months, the electrical department is prepar-
ing to consolidate the electrical systems
with the car body when it is complete. The
low voltage systems of the car are still in the
development phase, but are expected to be
fnished mid February. Testing of the high
voltage systems has begun, beginning with
the motor itself. As more of the body is com-
plete, more of the components will be tested
to ensure their operability and efciency.
The coming months will not be easy, but the
talented engineers on our team are sure to
overcome any challenges that face us. - Alex
Hansen, Head Electrical

The Columbia Daily Tribune stopped by the lab Friday to gain some knowledge about the car and the work that the team is doing.

Feel free to read up on the team and let us know what you think.

"MU team readies hydrogen car for race"
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/jan/16/mu-team-readies-hydrogen-car-for-race/

This November has been an exciting month for the team. We met with Associate Dean Dr. Lex Akers to present the team’s formal budget and business plan. We also presented our budget to the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Industry Advisory Council to request funding for the current academic year. Student ORGs approved funding a portion of travel expenses and we were awarded a grant from Mizzou Student Association Student Sustainable Initiative Fund. The College of Engineering and the Mizzou community have shown excitement and support towards the completion of Tigergen II. We are very thankful for their support.
Another exciting announcement is that a photograph of Tigergen I was included in the 2009 Missouri Blue Book, the state manual produce by the Missouri Office of the Secretary of State. A copy of this book will be available in every public school and library in the state of Missouri.
Construction on the car has picked up pace. Thanksgiving break provided some extra time to work on the mold for the body of Tigergen II. Our team players of this month include Michael Neuenswander, Victoria Hezel, and Chris Sheetz. It is committed students like these that help the team thrive. We would like to thank all our sponsors for sustaining the team. If you are not currently a sponsor and are interested in contributing to the team please contact me at president@mizzouhydrogen.org. - Forrest Meyen, President

We have been working hard trying to get the molds done. We have fine tuned the plug to where we like it and waxed it. We have also put mold releasing agent on it to help ensure that our mold will separate from our plug when we want it to. Most recently, we have painted on our gel coat, which is the actual first layer of the mold or the surface layer, and laid up fiberglass with epoxy resin. Now we are waiting for our epoxy to harden and then we will adhere bracing to the molds to make sure they don’t deform once we remove them from the plug. We are getting closer everyday to being able to start some carbon fiber work.
We have also delivered the metal Kay’s Engineering needed to machine our suspension parts. While we delivered the metal, we brought along Tigergen I to show Ed Kays and the workers what they helped us achieve by machining the uprights for Tigergen I.
Jon was able to get our brake rotors rapid proto-typed by the new machines located in the remodeled portion of the engineering building. The rotors are all the right size and look like they will fit great on our wheel hubs.
Two tires should be on their way to our lab in the near future along with price quotes for our rack and pinion. Soon we will also be able to make another metal order for suspension tabs, steering arms, brake rotors, axles, and motor

This month has been an exciting one for the chemically inclined members of the Mizzou Hydrogen Car Team. Airgas delivered 5 full hydrogen tanks as well as a pallet to store them on. These small aluminum tanks pressurized to 2000 psig are the exact ones we will be working with at the Shell Eco-marathon Urban Concept Challenge. The ability to design and practice with them is invaluable; we are very thankful to Airgas for their sponsorship.
The diagrams for the fuel system and process description are also complete thanks to the diligent work of our new members. We all enjoyed completing the Block Flow, Process Flow, and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams over pizza. Doing this work as a group served as a learning experience for those chemical engineers on the team who have not yet taken Chemical Process Design, and was a refresher course for those who had. We are striving for excellence in documentation and safety, and this devotion of time should pay off when our systems are judged at the race.
Our next steps include purchasing the last few remaining chemical components, gathering their specification sheets for safety documentation, and completing the description of failure scenarios for safety documentation. As the semester draws to a close, we are all working hard to finish course projects, study for finals, and make progress on Tigergen II - the second Mizzou hydrogen car ever.
- Matthias Young, Head Chemical