Application of Intelligent Materials to Automotive Parts

Elhuyar Fundazioa Public Release, 2 Jun 2006 The University School of Engineering in Bilbao has awarded the Accenture Awards for the Best Thesis prize to Estibaliz Medina Ugarte, graduate in industrial engineering, who has carried out the project entitled "Application of intelligent materials to automotive parts." The new system substitutes the classical mechanisms of air flow regulation, as regards both the direction and the flow used in ventilators for air conditioning in vehicles, by mechanisms based on components made with Shape Memory Alloys, usually known as Intelligent Materials. Read more