| Challenge X Austin Event - January 6, 2005 |
 Freescale is a gold sponsor of Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, a three-year engineering competition that challenges student teams from 17 North American universities to explore vehicle solutions that will minimize energy consumption and reduce emissions. General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy are headline sponsors for the competition.
www.challengex.org
The total retail value of Freescale’s donation to Challenge X is approximately $2.2 million (USD), which includes:
- 360 CodeWarrior™ seat licenses
- 20 MPC556EVB development kits (for Freescale’s 32-bit, PowerPC™-based MPC565 microcontroller)
- 20 analog development kits
- Cash sponsorship
- Workshops and training
On Jan. 5-8, 2005, in Austin, Texas, Freescale and National Instruments hosted training for approximately 75 student representatives from the Challenge X teams. This was the first technical training scheduled as part of the three-year program, which kicked off at the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year. |
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| Energy, Environment & Transportation Discussion Forum |
An Energy, Environment and Transportation Discussion Forum was held as part of the overall training event. The goal of the forum was to stimulate conversation from a wide range of viewpoints on issues related to energy dependency and vehicle emissions. Panelists hailed from various fields, including local government, education, environmental and industry organizations. Attendees included students and faculty from the 17 Challenge X universities, along with Austin-area community leaders, policymakers, citizens and students.
Agenda:
Opening Remarks:
- Ed Wall, U.S. Department of Energy
- Scott Anderson, President and Chief Operating Officer, Freescale Semiconductor
- Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
- Pete Zogas, National Instruments
- Will Wynn, Mayor of Austin, Texas
Panel Discussion:
- Moderator: Bob Larsen, Director, Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory
- Pete Zogas, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, National Instruments
- Mark Johnson, Challenge X Co-Executive GM Lead & Director, Engineering Change Management, General Motors North America Product Development
- Ed Wall, Program Manager, FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
- Dub Taylor, Director, State Energy Conservation Office
- Dr. Peter Schulmeyer, Director of Strategy and Marketing, Transportation & Standard Products Group, Freescale Semiconductor
- Morris Brown, Program Coordinator, New Technology Research & Development Program, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Deanna Altenhoff, Executive Director, CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas
- Stacy Neef, Central Texas Clean Cities Coordinator
- Cathy Stephens, Air Quality Program Manager, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Soll Sussman, Alternative Fuels Program Manager, Texas General Land Office
- Kurt Lyell, Sales Engineer, Austin BioFuels
- Dr. Ron Matthews, Professor and Challenge X Faculty Advisor, University of Texas – Austin
- John Howard Jr., Partner, Vinson & Elkins, & Former President Bush’s Federal Environmental Executive
- Robert King, President, Good Company Associates
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| Universities Participating in Challenge X |
Michigan Technological University
Mississippi State University
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
San Diego State University
Texas Tech University
University of Akron
University of California, Davis
University of Michigan
University of Tennessee
University of Texas at Austin
University of Tulsa
University of Waterloo
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Virginia Tech
West Virginia University
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