[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":123},["ShallowReactive",2],{"phO1JjXefLGT_m_XNL24qkrGRrH_ETYZVe2rSG_aHVU":3,"article_niu-eco-marathon-engineers-exchange-cars-with-jay-leno_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":121,"_apollo:identified":122},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","niu-eco-marathon-engineers-exchange-cars-with-jay-leno","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":120},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":30,"content":31,"date":32,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":33,"masterings":46,"globalTags":60,"products":63,"disciplines":76,"seo":109,"__typename":119},"cG9zdDo1Mzc4Mw==","Will NIU Shell Eco-marathon Engineers Exchange Cars with Jay Leno?","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Fniu-eco-marathon-engineers-exchange-cars-with-jay-leno","\u003Cp>The Northern Illinois University (NIU) College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":29},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":25,"thumbnail":26,"srcSet":27,"sizes":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-1024x683.jpg.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-768x512.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-150x150.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-1024x683.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-768x512.jpg.webp 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-1536x1024.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog-1-2048x1365.jpg.webp 2048w","(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fniu.edu\u002Fceet\u002F\">Northern Illinois University\u003C\u002Fa> (NIU) College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has strong competitive, Society of Automotive and Aerospace Engineering teams in FSAE, BAJA, Clean Snowmobile, Aero Design and Supermileage.  The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fgroups\u002FNIUSupermileage\u002F\">NIU Supermileage Team\u003C\u002Fa> competes in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shell.com\u002Fglobal\u002Fenvironment-society\u002Fecomarathon.html?gclid=CLWK7s7sr8UCFQQWHwod50wAtQ\">Shell Eco-marathon\u003C\u002Fa>, a global program that challenges high school and college student teams to design, build and test the most energy-efficient vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"ds-video\">\u003Ca data-3ds-videoplayer=\"modal\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=Dk7OVfAPeqA\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan class=\"ImageCover Border Block\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\u002F\u002Fimg.youtube.com\u002Fvi\u002FDk7OVfAPeqA\u002Fhqdefault.jpg); width:100%; height: 100%;\">\u003Cspan class=\"Btn--circle isCenter\">\u003Ci class=\"Icon Icon--playBig\">\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cp>NIU Supermileage Team helped promote the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shell.com\u002Fglobal\u002Fenvironment-society\u002Fecomarathon\u002Fevents\u002Famericas.html\">Shell Eco-marathon Americas\u003C\u002Fa> Event by recording a television commercial with Jay Leno.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog3-615x410-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53786\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog3-615x410-1.jpg.webp 615w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-team-solidworks-teacher-blog3-615x410-1-300x200.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>NIU has a multidiscipline engineering team.  Four team members traveled to California to film at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nbc.com\u002Fjay-lenos-garage\">Jay Leno’s Garage\u003C\u002Fa> NBC TV show.  Mechanical engineering graduate student Kallol Barai, senior Lindsey Dodis (mechanical engineering, mechatronics and robotics), senior mechanical engineering major Kevin Kuebrich and junior energy and environmental technology student Christian McAdoo represented NIU at the Shell-NBC commercial.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-solidworks-teacher-blog2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53787\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-solidworks-teacher-blog2.jpg.webp 500w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fniu-supermileage-solidworks-teacher-blog2-300x200.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>Thank you NIU Supermileage team for sharing with the SolidWorks Community.  Marie\u003C\u002Fp>","2015-05-07T10:46:13",{"node":34,"__typename":45},{"nicename":35,"description":36,"slug":37,"name":38,"firstName":39,"lastName":40,"avatar":41,"__typename":44},"marie-planchard","Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. 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