College students at the Georgia Institute of Technology are taking on the role of teacher as they use a hydraulic-hybrid retrofit of a school bus to show pre-college students how hydraulic systems operate and why the work of engineers is important.
The $50,000 project, led by Dr. Michael Leamy and his team of undergraduate and graduate engineering students, is yielding notable results. Not only is their work realizing the potential of new fuel efficiencies for school buses everywhere, but it has also engaged college and pre-college students in hands-on learning about eco-friendly fluid power.
