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This is typical of the response I received from the engineers attending the
symposium.
They immediately understood the advantages of turbo compounding and jumped
on it.
I would not be a bit surprised if Porsche, Renault and Audi have not already
started work.
Those are the three engine R&D  types I know about that attended the
symposium. You could see
light bulbs lighting up on faces all over the place.

This reminds me of the enthusiastic response the Wright brothers received in
Europe compared to
the tepid response they received in the U.S.. Europeans tend to be more
receptive to innovation.
I can't figure it out. Are Europeans better educated in technical matters?
I can see they have a lot more to gain as the price of fuel in Europe is a
lot higher than
it is in the US.

I am now working on a turbo compound  article to submit to Race Tech
magazine.

Paul Lamar


Paul,

The main problem is inherent with many (not all) of our higher education
institutions. You take a new kid, send him through 4 to 8 years of college,
then hire him and give him a job designing an engine mount for a new car.
The kid has never even worked on his own car, let alone worked in a dealer
service department as a tech or on the assembly line putting things
together. He may not even be sure which end of a screwdriver to use. And we
expect him to have the insight to be able to design a part that not only
functions well, but is easy to service. The problem is he doesn't have the
practical background to fall back on.
I firmly believe that our education system needs to change. The intern
program is very short sided.
If you want to be an Automotive Engineer, do your first 2 years getting your
general education stuff and some preliminary engineering classes. Then go
spend a year or two in the trenches of repair, manufacturing and even
racing. Now go back to school and finish the engineering degree. All of a
sudden you have engineers who are thinking and relating to what the class is
all about, instead of trying to find the next beer party.....
Do the same thing for Aerospace, Electronics.... Just my 2 cents,
Larry

I agree Larry. I started working on dirt track race cars when I was 12 years old.
Here are some shots of the facilitates that Brookes U here in Oxford uses to train
race car engineers. That includes four complete sound proof dyno rooms and a four poster car shaker. They are in the process of adding a wind tunnel. I might add that this has paid off handsomely because Brit engineers dominate world wide car racing organizations and that includes Ferrari.


Paul Lamar

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