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Lola gives art lessons

May 15, 2012Minddrive’s Project Lola was the center of attention for students as they entered Kirkwood Hall in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The Lola will be on display in the museum until May 27. It is there as a teaser for the museum’s Innovation Event on June 9. The Innovation Event will be in conjunction with
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Steady Progress In Auto Design and Communications Classes

April 29, 2012The Contemporary Communications class puts the finishing touches, in a collaborative discussion, on the script for creating a Kickstarter video.  They are determined to create this themselves as they are the students who want to help shoot their documentary when we take the “Electrifying Education Coast-To-Coast” trip in June.  The newest electric car, Project Lotus,
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Earth Day 2012

April 24, 2012The MINDDRIVE Project Lola electric Indy car was displayed in the Bridgestone tent during Earth Day in Washington, D.C. Students Cheyenne Albright and Elias Williams, MINDDRIVE president, Linda Buchner, executive board members, Tom Strongman and Marty Yurjevich and mentor Jon Stuckey accompanied the car. The Minddrive students met with officials at the Department of Energy,
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The Bridgestone Americas Technical Center

April 12, 2012Minddrive students Kelvin Duley and Andrew Deckard were on hand at the April 11 dedication of the Bridgestone Americas Technical Center in Akron, Ohio. The students displayed their electrified Lola Indy Car as part of the celebration. Steve Rees and Linda Buchner were there as well. Kelvin and Andrew also spoke to school students and
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A non-profit organization that emphasizes experiential learning and mentorship to work with at-risk high-school students. The mission includes building unique electric cars, teaching efficiency dynamics and innovative aerodynamics, integrating with school curriculum in math, science and history, counseling students on career paths, and securing positions for them in like-minded industries within their urban community.

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From left: Kelvin Duley, Mario Ramirez, Zack Knighten and Chan Brown pose with the car on yard of original bricks that mark the track’s finish line.
Duley re-enacts the tradition of kissing the bricks at the finish line.
Knighten drives down the backstretch.
The car’s see-through body always drew a crowd outside the Firestone garage next to Gasoline Alley.
Duley, left, and Knighten do their ceremonial handshake in the garage before their afternoon drive on the track.