D32 - The future of transportation – what vehicles will our grandchildren drives?

Q.1

According to Director Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni, the fastest electric vehicle in the world was designed, tested and built at The OSU Center of Automation. Undergraduate students are currently testing a vehicle that will surpass the speed of the previous model. What will be the new speed record?

320 mph
350 mph
400 mph
415 mph

Q.2

The high speed train in Japan that Dr. Rashidi spoke about overcame its “booming sound” problem by _____.

slowing down as it enters tunnels
changing it’s nose shape to match that of a kingfisher bird’s beak
adding outward-blowing fans into the tunnels to filter out the rush of air creating the sound
adding speakers to the tunnels that played audio of the opposite frequency of the “boom sound”

Q.3

One alternative fuel source to petroleum is a biofuel called switchgrass. How many miles can a vehicle run on one acre of switchgrass?

10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000

Q.4

According to Dr. Rizzoni, what does VMT stand for?

Vehicle Motor Transportation
Vehicle Miles Traveled
Vehicle Miles Transported
Vehicle Motor Traveled

Q.5

Dr. Rizzoni described lighter weight vehicles that engineers will design in the future to improve fuel efficiency. What is a material that can be used to make the vehicles much lighter?

Cast magnesium bulkheads
Ultralight ceramic brakes
Reinforced thermoplastic skin
All of these answers are correct