MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
Grinnell College courses:
Resource Center
SolarCar /
Solar Car
Golf Cart Photo by Technology-Assoc.com
Group Members:
- Paul Garrido - Business/Sustainable Living major
- Nolan Walker - Sustainable Living major/Business minor
- Darren Faulkner - Mathematical Sciences/Sustainable Living major
- Sarah Neate - Literature major
- Naoki Mizutani - Sustainable Living major
Materials:
- Abandoned '76 AMF Harley-Davidson golf cart
- 12 V PV panel
- 6 new batteries (6V ea.)
- Voltage meter
- Kubota orange paint (body)
- International Harvester white spray paint (framing)
- 2 new 18" tires (reused old hub caps)
- Replacement seats
- Replacement spring for throttle linkage
- Poles for roof support
We send our appreciations to:
- Michael Havelka - for lending his pick-up truck to bring the golf cart to our campus, sharing his electrical engineering knowledge with inexperienced students, and offering his help at any moment.
- Steve McLaskey - spontaneously helping us to relocate the golf cart in the snow with his Kubota tractor.
- Lonnie Gamble - for creating this class, being so enthusiastic, opening our eyes to new possibilities, and always offering his help.
- Mahesh Chookolingo - assisting the group with electrical wiring and simplifying our engineering ideas to make things practical and do-able in a short time period.
- Ben Stallings - for helping us to create this wiki presentation.
- Sarah Neate - volunteering her car for battery pick-up and local shopping.