DENSO NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION

DENSO North America Foundation was established in January 2001. Grants awarded by the Board of Directors and subsequently funded by DENSO North America Foundation are listed below.

25 May 2008

American Red Cross - Hawkeye Chapter, Waterloo, Iowa
$5,000.00 Disaster Relief - Tornado

05 May 2008

California State University, Long Beach, California
$25,000.00 Non-Destructive Laboratory testing equipment
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Mich.
$30,000.00 Formula Zero / Element One
University of Detroit Mercy, College of Engineering, Detroit, Mich.
$20,000.00 Equipment, Capstone design program
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Mich.
$28,000.00 AMS Enterprise - Dust Collection System
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
$25,000.00 Controller Area Network test bed
Mississippi State University, Bagley College of Engineering
$25,000.00 Equipment for IC Laboratory, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems.
Smoke Meter
Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
$40,000.00 Equipment for Autotronics Laboratory and support for the Formula SAE team.
Ohio State University, Center for Automotive Research, Columbus, Ohio
$25,000.00 Support for student project teams in the expansion of CAR, offices and conference room
Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advance Learning
$15,000.00 Support / equipment for Mini-Baja team
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
$6,200.00 Formula SAE team support
Trailer
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
$15,000.00 Equipment for thermal laboratory
Rankine Cycle
University of Tennessee, College of Engineering, Knoxville, Tenn.
$50,000.00 Advanced Powertrain, Controls and Systems Laab
Emissions equipment
University of Tennessee, College of Engineering & Computer Science, Chattanooga, Tenn.
$7,000.00 SAE Mini-Baja Team

08 Nov 2007

American Red Cross, Long Beach
$200,000.00

15 May 2007

University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan
$17,000.00 This grant supports equipment for the Advanced Mobility Lab. The lab supports course work in Digital Logic and ECE fundamentals, the Capstone Senior Design teams and the Advanced Mobility Robotics course.
Kettering University, Flint, Mich.
$20,000.00 This grant supports Kettering's Formula SAE team 2008. FSAE is a collegiate competition in which students design, build and compete with an open-wheel formula style race car.
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Mich.
$14,000.00 This grant is dedicated support for LTU's Formula SAE team. FSAE is a collegiate competition in which students design, build and compete with an open-wheel formula style race car.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
$70,000.00 This grant supports the development of an hybrid electric vehicles(HEV)Lab. The lab and its component courses and research will promote understanding in the fields of power electronics, electric machines and drives, internal combusion engines and controls and the integral system played by each. Students will have the opportunity to explore hybrid technologies through the generosity of Toyota Motor USA who has supported this project with the donation of a Prius.
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Mich.
$33,000.00 This grant provides support for the development of the Advanced Powertrain Systems Testing and Evaluation Laboratory. This lab supports student engineering teams: EcoCar, Challenge X, Clean Snowmobile and Formula SAE. The grant is dedicated to the acquisition of chassis dynamomenter.
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich.
$50,000.00 This grant supports a student investigation of the dynamics of underhood heat. Students studied conditions by building a full scale model to simulate the buoyancy driven air flow in an automotive underhood compartment. A Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry (SPIV) was used to obtain the vector flow field results. A joint project with General Motors, the students presented their findings at the 42nd Senior Engineering Design Conference in April 2008. 2008. This grant was dedicated to PIV instrumentation.
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
$17,000.00 This grant is dedicated to the acquisition of a flowbench to support automotive- related student activities at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS). Mississippi State University engineering program participates in Challenge X, Mini-Baja and Formula competitions.
Tennessee Technological University (TTU), Cookeville, Tenn.
$100,000.00 This grant is dedicated to the development of a Capstone Design Laboratory. Every TTU Electrical and Computer Engineering student is required to participate in the capstone design program, a comprehensive, team-executed industry/client-driven experince. Teams execute a project from conception to completion, inlcuding simulation, design review, implementation, testing, written reports and oral demonstration and presentation. The lab has been renovated and restructured and to provide necessary support for hands-on industry experience.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
$100,000.00 This grant support the development of a Biodiesel Engine Test Facility. The facility is used for the training of three groups: (1)ME students as part of their core laboratory curricuulum, (2)mechanical, chemical and environmental engineering seniors involved in capstone projects in biodiesel design and (3) student volunteers involved in campus-wide recyling and biodiesel production. This grant is dedicated to the acquisition of a 4-cylinder diesel engine.

08 Nov 2006

Michigan Technological Univers
$400.00 This grant is dedicated to the support of the Advanced Motor Sports Enterprise (AMS), specfically, the Challenge X project, now its third year. This is a four-year joint project of the US Department of Energy and General Motors. The competition challenges enginering students from universities throughout North America to integrate advanced automotive technologies and alternative fuels, such as hydrogen, ethanol and biodiesel to minimize total environmental impact and build a sustainable transportation future.

02 Sep 2005

American Red Cross, National C
$25,000.00 A contribution to the disaster

13 Jun 2005

California State University Lo
$75,000.00
Tennessee Technological Univer
$75,000.00
Miller College, Battle Creek,
$97,000.00
University of Michigan, Dearbo
$250,000.00
Five year grant
Michigan Technological Univers
$30,000.00

28 Oct 2004

The Ohio State University, Co
$75,000.00

22 Oct 2004

American Red Cross, Cape Girar
$20,000.00

12 Aug 2004

Univerity of Tennessee, Colleg
$75,000.00
Michigan Technological Univers
$60,000.00
Pellissippi State Technical Co
$150,000.00
Mississippi State University,
$30,500.00

03 Nov 2003

American Red Cross Disaster Re
$100,000.00

19 Jun 2003

University of Tennesee, Knoxvi
$50,000.00
Michigan Technological Univers
$35,000.00
Michigan State University, Eas
$75,000.00
This is two year grant

13 May 2003

American Red Cross, Jackson, T
$50,000.00

25 Oct 2002

California State University, L
$27,000.00
Michigan Technological Univers
$35,000.00

24 Jun 2002

Tennessee Technological Univer
$120,000.00
This complex will support the
University of Detroit Mercy, C
$150,000.00
Western Michigan University, C
$100,000.00

23 Aug 2001

East Tennessee State Universit
$66,000.00
Michigan Technological Univers
$35,000.00
Kettering University, Flint, M
$100,000.00
Vanderbilt University, Nashvil
$41,500.00

31 May 2001

Lawrence Technological Univers
$225,000.00
Tennessee Technology Center, A
$5,000.00
Grant is dedicated to the supp
Kellogg Community College, Bat
$34,000.00
Grant is dedicated to the conv
California State University, L
$34,000.00