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ASmE – humAN poWERED VEhICLE
Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Program
CLASS
ENGR 498A/B
SpoNSoR
The University of Arizona
Student Chapter of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
SpoNSoR mENToR/ADVISoR
Dr. Cholik Chan
Joe Hartley
pRoJECT mENToR
Jyoti Mukherjee
TEAm mEmBERS
Giancarlo Guevara (ME)
Michael Lesnewski (ME)
Justin Monson (ME)
Charles King (ME)
Abdulla Al-Hail (ME)
ME = Mechanical Engineering
TEAm 5226: pRoJECT SummARY
Human-powered transport is often the only
type available in underdeveloped parts of the
world, and if well designed, can be
an increasingly viable form of sustainable
transportation. ASME’s International Human
Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) provides
an opportunity for undergraduate engineering
students to demonstrate the application of sound
engineering design principles in the development
of sustainable and practical transportation
alternatives. In the HPVC, students work in teams
to design and build efficient, highly engineered
vehicles for everyday use – from commuting to
work, to carrying goods to market.
Though some Speed Class vehicles have topped 60 mph, the competition assigns
greater value to the elegance and ingenuity of the design, including presentation,
practicality, safety and functionality.
This year’s Speed Class Team was tasked with building a fully-faired (enclosed) Human
Powered Vehicle for the 2012 West Coast HPVC held at the Miller Motorsports Park in
Tooele, Utah. This project required knowledge of analytical tools, machining and fabrication
of different materials including composites, project management and test plan development.