Welcome!

We are the Olin College of Engineering Human Powered Vehicles Team. Each year, we design, build, and race a vehicle at ASME's Human Powered Vehicle Challenge. We strive for a fast and efficient vehicle, and we design so that all of our riders can comfortably ride the vehicle.

General Meetings are every Wednesday at 7pm in AC113. Work Time is at 3-5 on Fridays.

Shadowfax about to cross IMS's legendary Brickyard during the 2011 Sprint Event.

In the 2011 competition we had our best showing yet, sweeping the speed class event, which was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and hosted by Rose Hullman University. You can see more about our 2011 competition vehicle Shadowfax here.

Progress Updates

April 11, 2012

This is when all the real work happens! Our foam plug turned out to be beautiful, and after just a few layup mishaps, we've polished our fiberglass female molds. We're currently in the process of using a humongous vacuum bag to help make the shells, and we're ready with an attachment lip, RPS, seat, subframes, and latches as soon as the shells come out of the molds. Our current goal is to have the vehicle rolling by Friday.

March 21, 2012

After a long silent spell and competition just a few weeks away, here's what we're up to:

  • The design report is due on Monday! It's coming along swimmingly.
  • We've created a shell from our small-scale female molds.
  • We're getting ready to cut our actual male mold on Olin's brand-new CNC router.
  • We're finishing up working out the kinks in our landing gear system.

It's spring break, so every day is HPV work day. If you're around, come and join the fun!

October 25, 2011

We'll be hosting our first design review of the year on Thursday the 27th from 12:30 to 1:30 in AC113. Anyone is welcome to attend.

September 20, 2011

We're making good progress towards deciding on our course for the year. This past Friday we took apart and weighed Shadowfax with our new members, and this week we'll be settling into sub-teams and beginning our design and build process!

September 2, 2011

Welcome back to Olin, and welcome Class of 2015! We're glad you're all here. If you have any questions about HPV or are interested in joining our team for this year, stop by and see us at club fair. (Date TBA - Sept. 9, 3-5pm is a good guess.) If you just can't wait until then, feel free to drop by EH2-West where you can find Ben or Eric.

May 21, 2011

Have a great summer everyone! Congratulations on a GREAT showing at Indy, you deserved it. Big thanks to our captains Travis and Ben. Also special thanks to our seniors Alex and Izzy, we'll miss you guys. Everyone else, see you in the fall.