Today’s date: Sept. 28, 2011
News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu
Bridgestone contact: Shelly Morton, 615-287-7512 or mortonshelly@bfusa.com
MTSU Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence contact:
Dr. Charles Perry, 615-898-5683 or chperry@mtsu.edu
Cutline information
Bridgestone tire donation to MTSU wheel-hub motor project
Bridgestone recently made a donation of four tires, valued at $360, to assist the MTSU wheel-hub motor project. Shown with one of the tires installed on the car used in the project are Brian Sears, left, Bridgestone human resources manager; Shelly Morton, Bridgestone community relations coordinator; and Paul Martin, coordinator of the wheel-hub project. Once the plug-in hybrid retrofit kit becomes mass-produced, it potentially could save 120 million gallons of gas per day. “New tires will allow us to travel to Nashville and other places to demonstrate the wheel-hub hybrid technology,” said Dr. Charles Perry, holder of the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence at MTSU and author of the patent, which is pending. Not pictured are Perry and Bruce Johnson, Bridgestone plant manager. Both had prior commitments.
Photo by MTSU News and Media Relations
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Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU is celebrating its 100th anniversary with special events and activities throughout the 2011-12 academic year.
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