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Education Leadership Experience Design Teamwork Champions Student Design & Experiential Learning Center A NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS Human Powered Vehicle Solar House Team: Best in Nation! 2007 Decathlon Experience Missouri S&T’s high-speed riders be- The Miners’ third Solar Decathlon came the first-ever U.S. collegiate entry is by far the largest design team human powered vehicle national on campus with a budget of over champions following an April-May $300,000, and was aided by a sweep of ASME-sponsored east and $100,00 grant from the U.S. Depart- west coast competitions. The Miners ment of Energy. The Decathlon has have long dominated the east event, grown to 20 international teams and winning every title since 2002 and the Rolla team is one of only a handful have been knocking at the door of the of schools that been accepted in all highly-competitive west races, taking three solar house competitions. Mis- several recent 2nd and 3rd place fin- ishes. At historic Moffet Field near souri S&T’s stunning ’07 entry, aptly Palo Alto, California the girls and guys themed “modern organic” reflecting finally broke through in ’07 with a top- the team’s focus on a solar-powered three fin- house that has strong market appeal, ish by took 4th place in the critical Market Vi- newcomer ability contest, earned a top-ten mark W h i t n e y in every direct home energy event, Metcalf in and even hosted the U.S. Secretary of the wom- Energy’s news conference marking e n s ’ the Decathlon’s opening. sprint, 1st The newest house joins Missouri place in the male sprint by Jerrod S&T’s ’02 and ’05 houses on the cam- Bouchard, and despite several spec- pus’ unique solar village, which hosts tacular crashes, 1st place in the all-im- numerous public tours and provides portant (and very exciting) team real-life solar living for lucky Missouri endurance race, defeating powerful S&T students. Cal-Poly by more than 3 laps for the The Miners are already wrapping top spot overall. up their proposal to join the 2009 Solar The cadre of designers, builders Decathlon with the house that will and riders continued that success the complete the first phase of the solar following month in Florida by sweep- village, and integrate more inter-de- ing the design, sprints, and endurance partmental design innovation. events for the right to be Missouri S&T’s most recent national champion design team. 2008 brings a new team name (Missouri S&T), a new set of chal- lenges and new event sites (Reno, Nevada and Madison, Wisconsin) only a week apart. Help support the team defend its #1 ranking as they build a completely new design. the plane performed well in early flights. 2008 Competition Dates SDELC News An all-or-nothing attempt to snatch the top prize by flying the maximum possi- Concrete Canoe Formula SAE Race Team Midwest Regional Competition A history of team organization and cut- ble design cargo failed when strong University of Arkansas ting-edge design caught the eye of crosswinds on final approach damaged Fayetteville, Arkansas Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company the tail boom sending the plane out of April 17-19 which signed on as a new sponsor for control, but the group still finished a Missouri S&T’s fastest racing team. strong fourth overall. Steel Bridge The firm invited the Miners to the World Speed Challenge Midwest Regional Competition highly-selective Goodyear Tire/FSAE StreaMiner, a purpose-built, bullet University of Arkansas Shoot-Out and the team responded by shaped bicyle custom designed around Fayetteville, Arkansas HPV racer Jerrod Bouchard was the April 17-19 first public showing of Missouri S&T’s new logo as it blasted across the Ne- vada desert in pursuit of the 61.5 mph Advanced Aero Vehicle SAE Aero West collegiate land speed record. Four Fort Worth, Texas members of the national champion April 4-6 Human Powered Vehicle team de- NASA Hosted University Student placing 4th out of the university-level signed a bike that would go straight and Launch Initiative racers the company considers the top fast; very fast, topping 60mph at least Marshall Spaceflight Center 15 in the nation. Look for the once. High winds, a 50mph crash, and Huntsville, Alabama Goodyear logo as well as nearly another rider blocking the course pre- April 18-20 $5,000 worth of new Goodyear tires to served the collegiate record for now but be displayed on the new Missouri S&T Human Powered car. Vehicle Steel Bridge HPV Competition West Coast The Steel Bridge Team improved in University of Nevada 2007 when their fast-assembled bridge Reno, Nevada handled the critical load deflection April 11-13 challenge with just .05” to spare. The the Miners still ended up the 59.85mph, HPV Competition East Coast students organize to design and build the 3rd highest speed ever for a college University of Wisconsin a scale-down structure that mimics an team. The story was picked up by Madison, Wisconsin emergency bridge replacement in major media outlets for weeks after- April 25-27 case of natural disaster. Primarily a ward. civil engineer- Engineers Without Borders 2007 Results ing project, the Engineers Without Borders, Missouri team mem- S&T’s premier service learning project, AAVG....................... 4th bers focus on sends teams of Missouri S&T students, Solar Car ...... Competition in 2008 time, budget, faculty and professional partners into Solar House................. 11th materials, aes- Bolivia and Guatemala to work on sus- Human Powered Vehicle thetics and tainable engineering projects in devel- East Coast ..............1st performance in a group environment oping communities. From designing Male Sprint ............ 1st that teaches leadership, communica- community sewage system in Inka Kat- Female Sprint .......... 1st tion and commitment to a common urapi, Bolivia, planning new sources of Endurance .............1st goal. West Coast .............. 1st clean water for a remote high school in AAVG Rio Colorado, Bolivia, or developing Male Sprint ............ 1st The Advanced Aero Vehicle Group new school structures in Solola, Formula SAE Car (AAVG), the Miners’ heavy lift aircraft Guatemala, EWB members work side- Detroit Competition.... 47th/140 team, combines all aspects of aerody- by-side with villagers to complete these ASBE Body Design...... 1st namic design and manufacturing into projects and provide a knowledge and West Competition...... 23rd/80 an airplane which can lift a payload skills base from which other villages can Engineering Without Borders nearly four times its own weight, and Inka Katurapi, Bolivi ..... 2007 gets bonus points if it can fly without Rio Colorado, Bolivia..... 2007 any cargo. Design report and presen- Santiago, Honduras...... 2007 tation scores were near Solola, Guatemala ...... 2007 the top of the Open Baja ..................... 35/75 Class event and kept Is- Mud Bog ...............1st souri S&T in second place at one point, and draw. car. 2008 Competition Dates Concrete Canoe Celebrate Blog! (cont...) Applying materials and techniques to a Detailed stories and photos from each novel design problem summarizes design team’s events are now posted Formula SAE Racing what Joe Miner’s boat builders are all on the new SDELC blog experi- Formula SAE Virginia about. The ’07 paddlers, girls and guys encethis.mst.edu. Follow your favorite Virginia International Raceway alike, made their best boat in years and teams as they go through the complex Alton, Virginia had a strong showing at the regional construction, evaluation, practice, and April 23-26 contest taking top three awards in competition against peer institutions Formula SAE mens’ and coed sprints. The team has from around the world. Understand Michigan International Raceway already begun to build a practice boat how our students face and overcome Brooklyn, Michigan for the ’08 season, giving them valu- open-ended engineering challenges, May 14-18 able construction experience and and how they have fun in the process. Formula SAE West ample testing and practice time. Their Phonathon California Speedway goal is a lighter, smoother, faster boat The 2008 SDELC phonathon will be Fontana, California held from January 30 through Febru- June 25-28 ary 7, excluding Friday, Saturday & Sunday, February 1-3. Students from Baja Racing each of the design teams will Baja SAE Tennessee be making these calls and all University of Tennessee of the money raised will go Cookeville, Tennessee toward their projects. May 1-3 with professional documentation. We encourage you to Baja SAE Illinois Robotics talk to your caller. They will be glad to University of Illinois Robotics builds the smallest and per- answer questions about your donation Edwards, Illinois haps the most technically complex of and you will have the comfort of know- May 29-31 all the design team projects, bringing ing where each dollar is going. You together students from more than 15 also have the opportunity to contribute Robotics different majors for a true multi-discipli- to one specific team or split your do- Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition nary educa- nation among two, three or all ten Rochester, Michigan tion. One of teams. May 30-June 2 their two ma- A successful phonathon will help chines was teams get a jump start on their Solar Car just 7% be- fundraising efforts so they can better North American Solar Challenge hind the ’07 concentrate on project construction July 13-21 design winner in a very tight race. The Annual Gala *See back page for route info* team is switching to a more rugged The 4th annual Gala, a fundraiser ded- tank-tread design to better handle the icated to the Student Design & Experi- uneven terrain often found at the IGVC ential Learning Center and their SDELC SUPPORT Faculty, competitions and is revamping their teams, was enjoyed by over 75 people Staff & Advisors navigation software for better perform- this year on September 22 in St.
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