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The 2005 NIU ASME HPV team
ASME East Overall Rank: 4th place
Endurance: 2nd place
Female Spring: 3rd place
Male Sprint: 8th place
Overall sprint race: 4th place
Design event: 11th place
The
event description is a National collegiate design competition sponsored by
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers named the 2005 ASME East coast
Human Powered Vehicle Challenge. This event was held in Tuscaloosa, Al April 22-24 2005. The
students conceptualize, design, analyze, manufacture, and test a Human
Powered vehicle each year. The teams compete against other Universities
in design aspects including overall design and innovation, analysis, testing,
safety, and aesthetics. The teams compete in two dynamic events the
sprint race and an endurance race. The sprint race consists of a 300
meter run up section to gain speed, then a timing section, then a run off
section. The time is measured for the vehicle to traverse 100 meters and the
average speed is calculated. The sprint race scoring is based on the
average of the male rider and female rider's time. The endurance race
is a 40 mile race in which team rider complete anywhere from 3.5 miles to 12
miles around a specified track. The endurance race is scored by number
of completed laps by the time the first team rides 40 miles.
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