UAE National Students From HCT's Sharjah Colleges to Join 5 Universities in the 2015 Shell Eco-marathon Asia Competition

Sharjah, UAE - 17 May, 2014 - The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)'s Sharjah Colleges and Shell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today under which Shell will support engineering students to build a fuel-efficient "Made in the UAE" car, enabling them to compete at the 2015 global Shell Eco-marathon challenge. HCT's Sharjah Colleges will be joining for the first time students from other UAE and regional universities at the innovation driven challenge taking place in Manila, Philippines in July 2015.

The MOU was signed by Dr. Richard Gibb, Executive Dean of Faculty of Engineering Technology and Science at the Higher Colleges of Technology and Xavier Hery, Shell General Manager - Shell Markets (Middle East) Limited, in the presence of other executives from HCT, Sharjah Colleges and Shell.

"Shell's Eco-marathon campaign presents our students with a fantastic opportunity through which they apply their engineering and project management skills to an innovation project with global scope.  The Shell Eco-marathon platform provides our students the opportunity to contribute first hand to the future of energy in the UAE.  We look forward to Sharjah Colleges' first fuel efficient Eco-marathon car and wish the students the best of luck in the months ahead." said Dr Gibb.

"We are very pleased to have HCT's Sharjah Colleges on board for the 2015 Shell Eco-marathon Asia competition, a testament to the HCT and UAE's foresight and vision with respect to energy sustainability. The Shell Eco-marathon competition provides students from the region with an opportunity to showcase their design and engineering skills to the world.  The students from the UAE will be given the opportunity to develop their engineering and project management skills and apply them towards the development of their country, as they become valuable contributors to the economy.    Our technical teams will be with the students every step of the way on their journey to Manila next year," said Xavier Hery, Shell General Manager - Shell Markets (Middle East) Limited.

The Shell Eco-marathon challenge is designed to encourage and foster innovative ideas about fuel-efficiency, smarter mobility and the future of transport among high school and university students. By 2050, the number of cars on the road is expected to triple and a variety of fuels and technologies will be needed to meet the growing demand for mobility while limiting CO2 emissions.

Sharjah College is now set to join 5 other teams from the UAE as well as a number of teams from the region, including Qatar, Egypt and Lebanon, to compete in this global challenge.

About  Sharjah Colleges
The Higher College of Technology - Sharjah Colleges (HCT - SC) are two of seventeen colleges that comprise the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The HCT is a federally-funded system that operates under the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Located in University City, Sharjah, the HCT - SC serve the post-secondary educational needs of the emirates of Sharjah, Ajman, and Umm Al Quwain. Current enrolment at HCT - SC, for academic year 2013- 2014, is 3395 (2435 at the women's college and 960 at the men's college).

About Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc is incorporated in England and Wales, has its headquarters in The Hague and is listed on the London, Amsterdam, and New York stock exchanges.  Shell companies have operations in more than 90 countries and territories with businesses including oil and gas exploration and production; production and marketing of liquefied natural gas and gas to liquids; manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals and renewable energy projects. For further information, visit www.shell.com.

About Shell Eco-marathon
The Shell Eco-marathon has been running for the last 28 years and takes place each year in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific and challenges more than 5000 students of top universities to design and build energy efficient vehicles. The most fuel-efficient driving car ever designed by a Shell Eco-marathon student team was capable of driving 4,896.1 kilometers on a single liter of fuel - the equivalent of driving from UAE to Germany. This was achieved by a French university during the 2010 Shell Eco-marathon in Europe.

Vehicles in the Shell Eco-marathon can use any conventionally available energy source including fuels such as diesel, gasoline and Gas-to-Liquids (GTL), as well as alternative fuels such as hydrogen, ethanol, solar and battery electric. Teams can enter vehicles in two categories, the 'Prototypes' group where the primary design consideration is reducing drag and maximizing efficiency, and the 'UrbanConcept' which focuses on design that is contemporary, but still focusing on fuel efficiency.

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