St. Thomas University and Meyer Shank Racing will soon mark a month of South Florida college students doing experiential learning projects to help the IndyCar team succeed.
Marcus Armstrong, 2023 IndyCar Rookie of the Year, will meet with STU professors, administrators, and students at 12 p.m., Monday, in the Gus Machado College of Business auditorium on STU’s Miami Gardens campus.
Students will present their work to Armstrong, 24, of New Zealand, who drives the No. 66 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing.
STU’s engineering students studied how to shorten pitstop times.
Data analytics students analyzed statistics to improve the team’s performance.
Culinary students learned Armstrong’s nutritional and hydration needs and crafted three different drinks to enhance his performance.
Sports administration students created a campaign to earn sponsors.
And STU’s fashion students designed a new IndyCar-compliant racing suit Armstrong, who will race in a St. Thomas University-themed car at the Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250 August 23-24.
About St. Thomas UniversitySt. Thomas University (STU) is one of the South’s premier Catholic universities. It is a private, nonprofit institution committed to fostering students’ academic and professional success and helping them become ethical leaders in the global community. Rich with cultural and international diversity, STU is a Miami Archdiocesan university, the only archdiocesan university in Florida, and one of just 11 nationwide. STU offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degree programs online and on the university’s beautiful Miami Gardens campus via its College of Nursing, College of Health Sciences & Technology, Benjamin L. Crump College of Law, Gus Machado College of Business, and Biscayne College for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. STU serves 7,660 undergraduate, graduate, and dual enrollment students, a 78% increase since President David A. Armstrong, J.D., took office in the fall of 2018. STU is completing $123 million in improvements, its biggest expansion since its 1961 founding, including adding 400,000 square feet of new facilities. Among other objectives, President Armstrong’s new “
Pursue Excellence” strategic vision seeks to build a new 99,000-square-foot STEM and nursing building, expand the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law, and construct new athletic facilities.
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