Mississippi State University's EcoCAR 2 Team was recognized during Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's Energy Summit in Jackson on Thursday for excellence in alternative vehicle design. The team was greeted by summit keynote speaker and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Earlier this year, the MSU team was named the year-one winner of the "EcoCAR 2: Plugging into the Future" competition with 14 other competitively selected universities. The EcoCAR 2 competition is funded by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy. The MSU team won the first phase of the EcoCAR competition as well. Shown at the Governor's Summit, from left-to-right, were: MSU student team leader William Blake Brown; MSU staff team advisor Matthew Doude; MSU team communications manager Claire Faccini; Giuliani; and MSU EcoCar 2 faculty advisor Marshall Molen.