GM gives exciting opportunity to CAI students
This past February, CAi students were invited for a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to visit General Motors. The students experienced a 3D Virtual Reality design and saw how many quality assurance tests are done.
The students also had the opportunity to meet with Robert A. Lutz. Bob has been Senior Advisor of General Motors Corporation since April 1st, 2009 and serves as its Acting Chief Executive Officer of GM Europe. He was extremely open and honest with the students and taught them valuable lessons that they can carry into their career.
EV1 - One of the many cars that GM is showcasing
This 2 day class trip was organized by CAI Professor David Aves and proved to be a once in a lifetime opportunity for CAI students.
Kevin Law, CAI student, writes about his experiences during the two day visit:
The first day we visited the GM Heritage Center. Vehicles include anything from prototypes to current vehicles on the road. The best thing was that I found the EV1, which is shown above.It and was the greatest thing of my life! There were a bunch of vehicles around as well that are dated back to 1950s such as trucks and first generation luxury vehicles.
On the second day at GM place, we visited the VR (Virtual Reality) center where we could virtually touch any part of the vehicle and see how it feels to design the look or the tint of the vehicle in 3D. This was a breath taking experience for me because I
had no idea technology could be this high-tech.
When we finally met with Bob Lutz, I was extremely nervous because I have never met anyone in his position before and I was honored to have met him. Bob is a very nice and down to earth person and provided me with a gift to go home with.
All together this was the greatest experience of my education, not only being able to meet Bob, but seeing how tests were done on vehicles before they are being produced.
It gives me a new idea on what I would like to do after I complete my education.
