Missouri-Rolla team was a major player at two HPV competitions

ASME student members from the University of Missouri-Rolla emerged as big winners at both of the ASME Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) Challenges, which were held on both U.S. coasts during the spring.

The HPV entry from the University of Missouri-Rolla not only sped to victory in the single-rider event at the East Coast Challenge; it also took second place in the West Coast Challenge, where this picture was taken.

The West Coast Challenge was held at California Polytechnic Institute in San Luis Obispo from April 28–30. The East Coast competition followed at the University of North Carolina Charlotte from May 5–7.

In the HPV Challenge, vehicles are judged on design, safety and performance. The first stage of the competition is the preparation of a comprehensive design report. The second part of the competition includes design presentation and performance events, held over a weekend where the vehicles race against one another in time trials and an endurance event.

The team from the University of Missouri-Rolla turned out to be a major player in both events, placing first in the East Coast Competition single-rider category, and second in the same category at the West Coast event. The team amassed a score of 97.78 out of 100 points in the East Coast event and 94.02 in the West Coast event.

California State University, Chico's entry was the champ in the West Coast Challenge's single-rider category.

California State University, Chico took top honors in the single-rider category winner at the West Coast competition, with a total score of 98.26. Other winners at that event included the University of Arizona's team, which took first place in the tandem vehicle class, and the team from Colorado State University, which won in the utility vehicle division.

Later, at the East Coast championships, the University of Missouri-Kansas City took second place in the single-rider vehicle category, followed by the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The team from Iowa State University prevailed in the tandem vehicle category, while the National Yulin University of Science and Technology took home top honors in the utility vehicle class.

To find out more about the 2006 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, visit www.asme.org/Events/Contests/HPV/Human_Powered_Vehicle.cfm.

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