​​IFEC 2019 Awards Announced

Congratulations to the following winners:

The Grand Prize ($10k)
H-bridges from University if Belgrade

The Outsdanding Performance Award ($5k)
NoRocketScience from DHBW-Stuttgart

The Innovation Award ($3k)
ECIE from National Ilan University
The Ingenuity Award ($1k)
Aggi-E-Bike from Utah State University

Finalist ($500 each)
Hannover
Thuedrive from Tsinghua University
Challenger from Virginia Tech
Final Competition Scoreboard

IFEC 2019
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E-Drive for a Bicycle​

E-Drive for a Bicycle​IFEC is an international student competition for innovation, conservation, and effective use of electrical energy, which is open to college and university student teams from recognized undergraduate engineering programs in any location.

Prizes:
There will be a Grand Prize of $10,000 and three additional awards granted at $5,000, $3,000 and $1,000 each. Competition will include design aspects, dynamometer testing and riding on race-track.

Specification:
  • Input: 48V dc nominal from specified 9Ah battery pack.
  • Output: 3-phase BLDC motor drive; Vout: 36V; Pout: 500W; variable speed.
  • Power Density: >1.5 W/cm3 without fan.
  • Converter temperature rise < 40°C with 500W @ 25°C Ambient Temperature.
  • Judgment criteria will include energy consumption for a typical drive cycles.

Final Competition Location:
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Deadlines and Proposal Submission Email Address:
  • Workshop at ECCE 2018              September 25, 2018
  • Letter of Intent Deadline              November 2, 2018
  • Proposal Deadline                        November 16, 2018
  • Notification of Acceptance          December 21, 2018 
  • Workshop at APEC 2019              March 17, 2019 
  • Notification of Finalist                  April 15, 2019
  • Final Competition                         July 29-31, 2019 
Rules and Specifications Website

​Apr. 8th 2019
Final Round Competition Teams for IFEC 2019 Announced!

Below are the teams who have been selected to enter the final round competition in Madison, WI USA from July 29-31, 2019.
  • Delhi Technological University
  • DHBW-Stuttgart
  • Drexel University
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • Khalifa University of Science and Technology
  • National Ilan University
  • Tsinghua University
  • University of Belgrade
  • Utah State University
  • Virginia Tech

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Technical Sponsors

Still have a quesiton?           Here is the IFEC 2019 Q&A page.