Engineering students drive self-made vehicles at eco-marathon in Pindi
Shell Eco-Marathon provided an opportunity for the University students on Thursday to demonstrate their engineering skills in developing a car.
The event titled Shell Eco-Marathon 2021 was organized by Shell Pakistan. Institutes really do matter as Students from leading Pakistani universities are able to develop vehicles. The students demonstrated the performance of their self-built vehicles from two categories: ‘Prototype’ (Battery powered) or ‘Urban Concept’ (Gasoline run).
The vehicles were evaluated by a panel of experts. Team NUSTAG from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) College of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Nust-EME) became the winner of the ‘Gasoline Urban’ category. Whereas in the ‘Battery Electric Prototype’ category, team Hammerhead from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (Giki) secured the top position.
The panel of judges declared team Urban from Giki, runners-up in the ‘Gasoline Urban’ category, while team Envision from Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC), Karachi became runners-up in the ‘Battery Electric Prototype’ category.
Another team from the NED University Karachi, NED Racers had been invited to exhibit their fuel-efficient car. It has been over 35 years now, SEM has become a global program. Since 2010, top Pakistani universities have been competing in SEM Asia that has been hosted in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
The international event brings together over 100 student teams from across 21 countries from Asia and the Middle East and serves as a learning platform for Pakistani students to engage with and bring home best practices from their counterparts from across the region.
Students appreciated the valuable guidance offered by their mentors and industry experts to gear up for the regional and global SEM competition next year.
Such exhibitions boost the capabilities of students and provide them the chance to present themselves. Secondly, institutes like NUST, GIK, and some others are the Alma Mater for talented students. These institutes not just empower a student with a piece of paper but also give them the real opportunity of learning. All the institutes need up-gradation.
