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2011-01-25: Dr. Nader Vahdati Visits the University of Maryland
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ME Department Deputy Chair, Dr. Nader Vahdati, visited the University of Maryland, College Park January 25-28, 2011. Dr. Vahdati’s visit was aimed at interacting with UMD EERC faculty and students to become familiar with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini-Baja student competition at UMD, and engage with UMD faculty in terms of research.
During his visit, Dr. Vahdati visited Dr. Balachandran and Dr. Nikhil Chopra and their laboratories and had an extensive tour and meeting with the graduate students in both labs. He also met with a few other UMD EERC faculty members.
During his visit, Dr. Vahdati met with Dr. Greg Schultz and visited the SAE Mini-Baja Lab. Dr. Vahdati will be spearheading the SAE Mini-Baja initiative at PI. Dr. Greg Schultz, who is heading the SAE Mini Baja and Formula-SAE efforts at UMD, gave a comprehensive presentation to Dr. Vahdati on this effort at UMD and arranged for a tour of the SAE lab. Dr. Vahdati and Dr. Schultz will be working closely to establish a similar program at PI.
Dr. Vahdati (left) and Dr. Schultz at the SAE lab in front of the 2007 Mini-Baja car
