OSU students from Valley work on next-generation cars

COLUMBUS — Two Mahoning Valley natives are part of a team of university students striving to create a next-generation vehicle.

Abbey Underwood, a Braceville native and a senior at The Ohio State University, and Ryan Everett of Canfield, who is pursuing his master’s in mechanical engineering at OSU, are part of that school’s EcoCAR team. EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge is a three-year collegiate student engineering competition that focuses on vehicle integration of advanced propulsion technologies.

Ohio State is one of 16 universities across the United States and Canada competing in the contest.

Students are to design vehicles that reduce emissions and minimize fuel consumption but retain performance.

The OSU team includes about 50 students.

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