Student pit crew learn how to create a STEM electric quadracycle
http://www.rrdailyherald.com/diversions/let-s-get-it-started/article_bcbe18a4-4a42-11e4-94a2-23ec5ccf1d21.html Let’s get it started By Khai Hoang October 2, 2014 [image http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/rrdailyherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/58/f5879c00-4a42-11e4-8b5a-6fb2ff3637d0/542d658b68af5.image.jpg Learning the way - Harold Miller works on an electric car with some students at Northampton County High School ] CONWAY — High school students in the area will soon have the opportunity to learn the inner workings of an electric vehicle through numerous activities, such as being in a pit crew, according to Harold Miller of Northampton County High School. Miller said the event is the NEAT (Northampton Electric Automotive Technology) program, and it will begin at 8 a.m. Oct. 10- 11. He added the event’s purpose is to excite high school students about the benefits of electric vehicles, as well as how to build and maintain them. “And we do teach this as a life skill to engage with the student,” Miller said. There will also be two meals served on Oct. 10 and one on Oct. 11, Miller said. He added there will be numerous instructors who will teach the high school students at the event, including a few from Virginia. One of the instructors who will be at the NEAT program is Phillip Massey, an automotive technician teacher at Halifax Community College. Massey said Oct. 10 will have lessons on teaching ways to build an electric vehicle, how to build a remote control to move a miniature electric vehicle, how to wire it, troubleshoot problems and perform tire rotations on a vehicle as a pit crew. He added students will also learn how to create an electrically-powered STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Cycle, which is a light-weight four-wheeled construct similar to a bicycle. On Oct. 11, students will apply what they’ve learned and partake in activities, such as testing electric vehicles on a course with traffic cones. Massey said he noticed those who participated in the NEAT program showed increased performance in their school classes. “The fact that a student in automotive would all of a sudden have increased participation in his normal curriculum program,” Massey said. “Their lights do come on, and we’re actually changing lives, and that’s what it’s all about.” Miller said the reason Northampton County High School began the program was because he saw a similar program at Duke University in the mid-1990s, and he wanted to give that program to students so they had something to do during the fall season. He added normal gasoline vehicles are a pollution factor and their engines are inefficient compared to electric engines. Miller noted a normal vehicle would take $3 in gas to travel five miles, whereas an electric vehicle would travel that same distance for 8 cents. “If you know the name of the game, efficiency is the game,” Miller said. “You can make electricity in so many, many ways.” Miller said those who still wish to participate may do so, and the program is open to high school students in the area, including those from Virginia. He added anyone may come just to look. “Come see the future and pick up a good education,” Miller said. Those who wish to participate may call Massey at 252-536-6397 or attend the event between 8 to 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 10 to register. [© 2014 The Daily Herald] ... northampton.k12.nc.us Northampton HS ... [dated] http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2010/11/23/‘green’-machines/ ‘Green’ Machines! November 23, 2010 By Amanda VanDerBroek [image http://d1pzfnj8s2fhli.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1123NEATRally.jpg Harold Miller, the founder (now retired) of the Northampton East Automotive Team, waves the green flag, prompting the drivers of the vehicles shown here to begin the next round of competition at this past weekend’s NEAT Rally ] GARYSBURG — A different year brought a new venue and faces for the annual Northampton East Automotive Team (NEAT) Electric Vehicle Rally. On Friday and Saturday, NEAT, based at Northampton County High School-East, held its 14th annual event, this year at the North Carolina Center for Automotive Research (NCCAR).... 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