Team History:
The team was started in the fall of 2004 by Jessica Sanfilippo and Dusty Brunner through the UW-Madison ASME Student Chapter. The team of about a dozen dedicated members competed in its first competition in the spring of 2005 in Alabama. The team has since competeted in North Carolina in 2006 and Florida in 2007 and has grown to about two dozen members. The team has competed as a utility vehicle every year and will again this year. In 2007 the team entered two bikes, one footpowered and one purely handpowered bike. The team is currently redesigning the purely handpowered bike for the 2008 compeition which will be hosted by UW-Madison. Look at the pictures to see what the team has accomplished the last three years.
Magazine Article:
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Gearing Up
February 2006, Wisconsin Engineer Magazine (full article)
Engineering students at UW-Madison have yet another venue for extending classroom knowledge into practical experience. Last year [2005], the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) joined the College of Engineering's repertoire of competitive design teams. HPVC provides an opportunity for engineering students not only to have a diversion from everyday study sessions, but also to transfer theories of engineering into a final product. In addition, the project requires students to develop skills in teamwork, organization and technical presentation. | ||