Tag: HPV

UMR racer records third-fastest time ever during World Human Power Speed

Posted by on October 7, 2007

Human-powered vehicle racer Jerrod Bouchard, a senior in mechanical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recorded the third-fastest time ever by a college student this week in the World Human Power Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain, Nev.

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UMR’s Human-Powered Vehicle Team wins national championship

Posted by on May 14, 2007

A student design team at the University of Missouri-Rolla has won a national championship. UMR won its sixth-straight East Coast championship in human-powered vehicle racing May 11-13 in Ocala, Fla. The UMR team had already won the 2007 West Coast championship, which was held April 13-15 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California.         

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UMR design team powers its way to victory in California

Posted by on April 16, 2007

A student design team at the University of Missouri-Rolla won the West Coast championship in human-powered vehicle racing April 13-15 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California.

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UMR team feels the need for human-powered speed

Posted by on March 27, 2007

A racing team at the University of Missouri-Rolla has a national reputation for engineering some of the best student-built vehicles on the road. But when it’s time for the team to compete, crazy things can happen.         

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UMR students work to solve energy problems during MIT Design Summit

Posted by on September 1, 2006

Fifty students from 21 universities in 13 countries, including two students from the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently returned to their home campuses after participating in a design summit hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.

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UMR wins fifth-straight human-powered vehicle championship

Posted by on May 8, 2006

A Human-Powered Vehicle Team from the University of Missouri-Rolla won its fifth straight championship by placing first overall in the East Coast HPV Challenge May 7 in Charlotte, N.C.         

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UMR finishes second in West Coast human-powered vehicle competition

Posted by on May 1, 2006

The Human-Powered Vehicle Team from the University of Missouri-Rolla is relying on regular engine power to get back to Rolla, after finishing second in the 2006 West Coast HPV Challenge April 28-30 at California Polytechnical Institute in San Luis Obispo.

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