Business Strategy Presentation

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Business Strategy Presentation
Alan Falls Team Leader
Travis Clement EE Lead
Saturday, January 24th, 2009
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The Red Raider Team

• 16 Total Active Members
• Graduate Students
• 1 Mechanical Engineering
• Undergraduate Students
• 3 Electrical Engineering
• 9 Mechanical Engineering More to come March
• Local Colleges
• 1 South Plains College
• Local High School
• 2 Monterey High School

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EcoCar Team Layout
Dr. Maxwell
Dr. Gale
Byron Martin Center Jerry Mitchell
SPC Gary Ham
Outreach/Marketing advisor Dr. Fontenot
GM Mentor Jon Stec
Team Leader Alan Falls
Electrical Team Lead Travis Clement
Cad Team Kyle Podlewski Adam Hawley Michael
Grimm Aaron Hobratschk Ivan Alvarez
Weight Analysis Team Jeremy Ruddock Grafton
Montgomery Mathew Irelon Sean Mullen
Outreach/Business team Purvi Shah Michael
Oskiersko
Electrical Team Charlie Harwell Chris Housewright
HIL/Controls Team Charlie Harwell Chris
Housewright
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The EcoCAR Leadership
Dr. Maxwell
Dr. Gale
Byron Martin Center Jerry Mitchell
SPC Gary Ham
Outreach/Marketing advisor Dr. Fontenot
GM Mentor Jon Stec
Team Leader Alan Falls
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Mechanical Teams
Team Leader Alan Falls
Cad Team Kyle Podlewski Adam Hawley Michael
Grimm Aaron Hobratschk Ivan Alvarez
Weight Analysis Team Jeremy Ruddock Grafton
Montgomery Mathew Irelon Sean Mullen
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Electrical Teams
Team Leader Alan Falls
Electrical Team Lead Travis Clement
Electrical Team Charlie Harwell Chris Housewright
HIL/Controls Team Charlie Harwell Chris
Housewright
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Outreach / Business Teams
Outreach/Marketing advisor Dr. Fontenot
Team Leader Alan Falls
Outreach/Business team Purvi Shah Michael
Oskiersko
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Organizational Concerns

• Team Leader leaving soon
• Only 3 Electrical Engineers on project
• Will be leaving next semester
• In process of recruiting for new electrical
  engineers and team leadership
• Need new recruiting plan for coming year
• Recruiting volunteers will become major focus

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Texas Tech Current Recruiting Activities

• Texas Tech Curriculum
• Design ME4370 and ME4371 (Mechanical
  Engineering)?
• Project Lab EE4333 and EE4334 (Electrical
  Engineering)?
• Texas Tech Demo Day
• Flyers/adds in school newspaper
• Local School Involvement
• T-STEM Center
• Seamless Automotive Technology Center
• Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center

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Seamless Automotive Technology
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Freshman Outreach
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Texas Tech Budget Breakdown
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Expenditures

• Money Spent
• 10,000 spent on travel
• 20,000 spent on Graduate students last semester
• 8,000 will be spent this semester
• 1500 spent on outreach
• Includes travel expenses and materials
• All figures are approximate

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Parts Supply

• Scoggin Dickey Autogroup
• Authorized GM dealer of Lubbock
• International shipping
• Quick and easy to get new parts

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Texas Tech Current Sponsor Support

• Local Body Shops
• Gene Messer Ford
• Vehicle Testing
• South Plains College
• Chassis Dynamometer
• Reese Air Force Base
• Vehicle Lab and retired runway use
• Communications
• Lubbock ISD
• KTXT PBS
• Daily Toreador

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