Rose-Hulman and Missouri ST Win Top Human Powered Vehicle Honors

Rose-Hulman and Missouri ST Win Top menschenfreundlich Powered Vehicle Honors Rose-Hulman and Missouri ST Win Top Human Powered Vehicle Honors Rose-Hulman and Missouri S&T Win Top Human Powered Vehicle HonorsThe entry from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, pictured here at the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge West in San Jose, Calif., welches the overall winner of the event. The team also placed first in the mens speed race, and second in the design, innovation and womens speed categories.Engineering students from universities located across North America competed in two Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) events that were sponsored by ASME during the past several weeks. The first meet, HPVC West, was hosted by the ASME Santa Clara Valley Senior Section and took place from April 24 to 26 in San Jose, Calif. The HPVC East event was hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville from May 8 to 10.Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, one of 29 teams competing at HPVC West, took top overall honors at the event, as it did last year and in many previous competitions. In addition to placing first overall, the perennial favorite finished first in the mens speed race, and second in the design, innovation and womens speed categories.Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri ST), another major force each year at the Human Powered Vehicle Challenges, placed second overall with its human powered prototype, as well as first in the womens speed category and third in design. The University of Hawaii at Manoa, which was new to the competition this year, took third overall, in addition to placing first in the endurance event, and third in the mens speed competition. The entry from the University of Hawaii at Manoa placed third overall at HPVC West, as well as first in the endurance event and third in the mens speed competition.Although it was the overall runner-up at HPVC West, the Missouri ST team went on to become the overall winn er at the HPVC East competition two weeks later. One of 31 schools competing at the event, Missouri ST, finished first in four categories - womens speed, mens speed, endurance and innovation - and placed third in design. The University of Alabama, meanwhile, took second place in the overall competition, having placed second in both the womens speed and endurance events. The University of Akron finished third overall and second in the mens speed category.For complete results from the ASME Human Powered Vehicle East and West Challenges, visit https//community.asme.org/hpvc/w/wiki/11346.results.aspx.