Engineering students play key
role at Lindberg/
Blue M Electric
ME and Parker-Hannifin
dedicate gift to
mechatronics lab
CREATing new avenues
for intelligent
independence
New polymer engineering
center holds industry
consortium conference
ME department awards
$200,000 on scholarship
night
Honor roll 2000:
Mechanical engineering
donors
Engineering students host
national convention
ME students join Clean
Snowmobile Challenge
ME students join Clean Snowmobile Challenge
This spring, UW-Madison students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering will join 16 other universities in the Clean Snowmobile Challenge, the newest collegiate design competition from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
The contest challenges engineering students to reengineer an existing snowmobile for improved emissions and noise while maintaining or improving the performance characteristics of the original snowmobile. The modified snowmobiles are also expected to be cost-effective.
The third annual competition will be held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, during the last week of March, and results from the competition will be published in the spring issue of the ME newsletter.
"Projects like these allow students to apply the engineering theory they learn in class," said team advisor Glenn Bower. "The teams have to come up with their own design, then they have to build and test what they've designed. It's a very hands-on activity."