06-20-2008, 05:46 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Albany, ny
Posts: 198
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What's everyones background?
So, I have been on here for a couple weeks now and read as much in that time as I can and have seen a lot of very intelligent conversations so now the question is, what's everyone do for a living?
I'll start, I am an Electrical Engineer and Computer Systems Engineer and would like to start helping with the mpguino once i get a chance to by the parts and build it
Also, I currently work with two way radios, not much use in our current subject unless it is to recommend a radio that doesn't have a 10' antenna so we can talk to each other lol.
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2007 Honda Civic Ex
Second Goal = 50mpg
First goal = 40mpg Goal Achieved 3 tank average over 40mpg
Starting point 30mpg ready...... GO.
Last edited by Blue07CivicEX; 06-20-2008 at 05:53 PM.
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06-20-2008, 05:51 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 29
FWD - '04 Civic Si 90 day: 34.09 mpg (US) RWD - '04 S2000 NA 90 day: 27.25 mpg (US)
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Software Engineer. My expertise are in Java, Web services.
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06-20-2008, 05:51 PM
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Dartmouth 2010
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hanover, NH
Posts: 3,773
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Student!
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06-20-2008, 05:52 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Albany, ny
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SVOboy
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Lol, what is your particular area of study? Dartmouth eh? Home of Mr. Colbert.
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2007 Honda Civic Ex
Second Goal = 50mpg
First goal = 40mpg Goal Achieved 3 tank average over 40mpg
Starting point 30mpg ready...... GO.
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06-20-2008, 05:53 PM
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Dartmouth 2010
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hanover, NH
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Oh, that Colbert and his lies...he didn't actually go to D.
Japanese and Linguistics double major, I am. So nothing car related, 
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06-20-2008, 05:54 PM
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Beitish Ecomod Hypermiler
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: South Coast, England
Posts: 81
Foci - '03 Ford Focus Tdci Ghia Estate 90 day: 64.37 mpg (US) The AXe - '97 Citroen AX 1.1i 5 Door 90 day: 46.78 mpg (US)
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I started off studying Automotive Engineering Design for 4 years at university, then worked in engine design & development for Ricardo, Ford, Daewoo, Opel, Aston Martin, Jaguar etc
Then became a police officer and I'm now on a firearms team at a certain high security place.
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1997 Citroen AX 1.1i SPI
2003 Ford Focus 1.8 Tdci estate
Ecomods: See my garage
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06-20-2008, 05:54 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Albany, ny
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HAHA, that is a very interesting major, I have to say i can ALMOST guarantee I didn't take any classes similar to any of yours :-D
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2007 Honda Civic Ex
Second Goal = 50mpg
First goal = 40mpg Goal Achieved 3 tank average over 40mpg
Starting point 30mpg ready...... GO.
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06-20-2008, 05:55 PM
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Nice Road Trucker
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Frozen Steppes of Central Indiana
Posts: 417
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Energy and environmental engineer.
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2000 Ford F-350 SC 4x2 6 Speed Manual
4" Slam 3.08:1 gears
"Fastback" Bed Fairing
Rugged Air Dam with Side Skirts
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06-20-2008, 05:55 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: May 2008
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 30
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Biomedical Materials Engineer. Not all that applicable to this hobby, but it is what it is.
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06-20-2008, 05:57 PM
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EcoModding Apprentice
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Albany, ny
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lol, not everyone that wants to save money/fuel/enviroment has to be an engineer or automotive tech I was just curious, look at SVOboy, his major has nothing to do with his hobby yet he's what the originator of ecomodder? or one of?
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2007 Honda Civic Ex
Second Goal = 50mpg
First goal = 40mpg Goal Achieved 3 tank average over 40mpg
Starting point 30mpg ready...... GO.
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06-20-2008, 06:00 PM
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Dartmouth 2010
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hanover, NH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue07CivicEX
HAHA, that is a very interesting major, I have to say i can ALMOST guarantee I didn't take any classes similar to any of yours :-D
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Multivariable calc?
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06-20-2008, 06:24 PM
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X-Frenchy: very
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toulouse, France
Posts: 234
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Network and computer security...
Current hobby : solar cells. 3kWc will be installed on our roof before the end of the year :-)
Another way to save CO2... in fact in France you mainly save radioactive wastes from Nuclear Plants (75% of french electricity). Happily we have some hydro-plants and are improving the wind-mills.
To save CO2 I'm trying to hypermile (well, at least to caaalm dooown first ;-) and talk about that around me.
Denis.
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Save money & CO2 at home : http://ecorenovator.org/ 
Created and managed by the creators of http://ecomodder.com/ 
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kg saved 2008/06-11 : 367.2 (ecodriving) + 118.6 (440 m not driven)
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06-20-2008, 06:30 PM
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Experimental
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kansas City Area
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Pharma Research. 3rd party oversight stuff: data, regulatory, subject rights, etc. Before your doctor rights the script, the med goes through an average of 10 years of testing and research first.
Lots of data and travel...
I really enjoy it, though.
RH77
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06-20-2008, 07:00 PM
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Pokémoderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Blue07CivicEX -
Computer programmer at standard-issue corporation. I have a BS in Mathematics of Computation emphasizing Statistics, which I basically blew off after college.
Professional Hobby #1 : I have an MA in Architecture Technology, but I was really just a "Programmer in Architecture School" helping the professors run experiments and stuff. I am in no way an architect. I have been helping my architecture professor maintain this program over the last 18+ years :
HEED: Home Energy Efficient Design
www.aud.ucla.edu/heed
It still has a Fortran Calculation Kernel, but the GUI is in Java.
Professional Hobby #2: I practice Tai-Chi. In an ideal world, that would become my last profession.
Professional Hobby #3: Hypermiling?
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06-20-2008, 07:10 PM
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Legend in my own mind
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sunrise, Fl.
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Shade tree Mechanical Engineer,
Worked for Toyota, helped South East Toyota launch Scion in 2004.
Currently work for a Ford Dealership building custom Muscle Cars .. non eco friendly ...lol
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Thx NoCO2; "The biggest FE mod you can make is to adjust the nut behind the wheel"
I am a precisional instrument of speed and aeromatics
If your knees bent in the opposite direction......what would a chair look like???
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06-20-2008, 07:13 PM
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Fear the Mullet!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Ashtabula, Ohio
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Certified Heavy Truck and Automotive Tech. I have been turning wrenches all my life and love what I do. I even swing a wrench when online gaming! Here's a video of the Engineer character I play.
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06-20-2008, 07:19 PM
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Mr. Blue Tape
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 332
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Hey everybody!
Biologist, part-time teacher and ecologist on the side. Newb to hypermiling but found this site and really opened my eyes. Now my goal is to get my Scion to 40mpg. My current tank is better than what I've been doing (I think ~ looks like 37mpg) but I don't have instantaneous feedback via Scangauge so I rely on tank fillage for my consumption rate and I won't need to refill until next month.
(seriously... one refill a month? Why did it take me so long to figure this out?)
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My 5 pillars of fuel efficiency:- driving style
- aerodynamics
- tires
- weight reduction
- engine maintenance
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06-20-2008, 07:24 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: North Wales, PA (Near Philly)
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Aerospace Engineer and Systems Integration Engineer
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06-20-2008, 08:14 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 18
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12 volt Installer!!!!
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06-20-2008, 08:38 PM
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Pokémoderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
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Johnny M -
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Certified Heavy Truck and Automotive Tech. I have been turning wrenches all my life and love what I do. I even swing a wrench when online gaming! Here's a video of the Engineer character I play.
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Do you watch Ice Road Truckers?!?!?!?! Are the drivers whining when they try to blame the repair dudes (like when broken composite oil pans can't be fixed and batteries fall off)?
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