The Asme Sponsored Human Powered Vehicle Challenge Framework For A Senior Design Project

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received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UNC Charlotte. He has taught in the Engineering Technology department at UNC Charlotte for the past 3.5 years. He taught in the Engineering Technologies Division at Central Piedmont Community College for 8 years and has 9 years of industrial work experience. Michael Smith, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Michael Smith is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student at UNC Charlotte. He received his BSET in Mechanical Engineering Technology from UNC Charlotte in May 2005. He served as project team leader for the 2005 HPV Challenge.

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“…Previous literature has made similar recommendations regarding the design of a Human Power Vehicle under a two-semester Senior Design sequence. 6 Second, the team should perform as much of its own machining as possible, especially for the frame. In fact, the only machining performed by an expert welder from outside the university is the final welding after the team has applied the tack welds.…”