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Team Infinity Pakistan

Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2011-By Majid Mahmood-Team Infinity

The country in maximum power crisis, unstable economy a group of young automobile enthusiasts from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute are building a fuel efficient car that can travel the longest distance using the least amount of fuel. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI) is one of the most prestigious engineering institutes of Pakistan.

Shell Eco-Marathon is a global competition, being held in Europe for the over 2 decades, encouraging young engineers of tomorrow to come up with ingenious ideas to the energy crisis we are facing. The Shell Eco-Marathon challenges students around the world to design, build, and test vehicles that travel further using less energy in least amount of fuel consumption. GIKI’s Team Infinity is one of the select 20 teams from Pakistan selected by Shell based on the technical submissions of the car. Team Infinity will be representing Pakistan at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2011 which is to be held at the Sepang International Circuit in July 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the third successful year that teams from GIKI are participating in the Shell Eco Marathon and this year attempt to improve on the performance of the earlier teams and bring the award for the most fuel efficient car back home.

Team Infinity is a group of 11 young undergraduate engineering students and an experienced advisor Dr. Rizwan Akram, an Assistant Professor from the Faculty of Engineering sciences. Under the team manager Saad Bin Arif, the team has strong determinations to achieve maximum mileage from a single liter of fuel. Team Infinity will be building a fuel efficient car based on the ‘dolphin’ shape which has been proven to be the most aerodynamically feasible design known to man. The team has to make sure about things like safety, emissions (to protect the environment and go green). Not only is the safety of the person driving the car should be concerned but the safety manager, Affan Zia makes sure that each team member wears the safety equipment to avoid any injury.

Shell Eco Marathon this year will have 121 teams participating from all around Asia with the same purpose of building a car with maximum mileage. The main aim of the team is to bring the concept of fuel efficiency, green economy and smarter mobility to Pakistan. The team includes Dr. Rizwan Akram, Saad Bin Arif, Majid Mahmood, Khwaja Muhammad Falik, Minhaj Zaheer, Jahanzaib Bukhari, Muhammad Affan Zia, Umair Zeb, Zmarak Jan Bangash, Omar Waqar Khan, Ameer Hamza Janjua, Mohammed Ali Qureshi. For more details log on to the website www.giki.edu.pk/infinity or the Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/infinitygiki

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