We are engineers. Your carbon-fiber coccoon screams through the buffeting wind, the hand-welded titanium frame squeals with the pumping pedals, as you slam the vehicle on towards the speed trap.
We are innovators. Tires sqeal at 30 mph as you drop in the clutch, the massive flywheel unwinding KiloJoules of stored energy straight onto the pavement.
We are designers. This is pure, this is human, this is what it is to design with your own mind, create with your own hands, power with your own legs; this is what it is to be;
We are Olin HPV
We race for all reasons. For engineering, for bicycling; to learn, to lead; for teamwork and for fellowship. But we all have a goal - to roll Olin's first handbuilt HPV onto the racetrack at next year's ASME Human-Powered Vehicle challenge.
The competition, which has been run for the past two decades, pits mechanical engineering students against each other in a test of design, engineering, and cycling abilities. Student-organized teams research, design, and build their own vehicles for races focusing on pure speed and power (the single-rider class) or utilitarian efficiency (the utility vehicle class).
The long road to the finish line begins this fall, as we begin organizing a team ready to leverage Olin's project-based curriculum and holistic approach in this real-world problem of high-performance engineering. We're looking for racers, riders, prototypers, and designers-and a strong team of corporate partners willing to work closely with us as we move on towards next April's race.
For more information, contact hpv@students.olin.edu