Human Powered Vehicle Team, UW-Madison

Human Powered Vehicle Team, UW-Madison The UW-Madison Human Powered Vehicle Club designs, builds, and races a human powered vehicle each year for an annual ASME competition.

Students are encouraged to join a subteam, including frame, fairing, and drivetrain to help design the vehicle. The Human Powered Vehicle team at UW-Madison is a group of engineering students ranging from freshmen to graduate students. Every year we create an innovative, completely human powered vehicle, often resembling a recumbent style bicycle. This bike is designed, fabricated and tested thro

ughout the academic year and then raced against teams from around the world at an ASME competition. We are a small group where each member gets lots of hands-on engineering experience and can be very involved with the team. We'd love to see more friendly faces to bring new thoughts to the drawing board! The team relies on sponsorships to fund materials, travel, and other competition costs by different companies throughout the United States. If your company is interested in helping fund our bike or donating services or products please email Alec Onesti, Industry Relations Officer, at [email protected].

Want to learn more and join the Human Powered Vehicle club here on campus? Come to our kick-off meeting tomorrow at Engi...
09/08/2019

Want to learn more and join the Human Powered Vehicle club here on campus? Come to our kick-off meeting tomorrow at Engineering Centers Building room 1045 at 7pm. See you there!

We would like to give a shoutout to all the seniors on the team who graduated over the weekend. Thank you for all your h...
05/14/2019

We would like to give a shoutout to all the seniors on the team who graduated over the weekend. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to the team and best of luck to you all in the future! You will definitely be missed!

Introducing the Carbon Badger! In April 2019, the Carbon Badger earned 6th place overall out of 50 teams at the ASME E-F...
05/07/2019

Introducing the Carbon Badger! In April 2019, the Carbon Badger earned 6th place overall out of 50 teams at the ASME E-Fest North Human Powered Vehicle Competition at Michigan State University. The frame had a tadpole trike geometry and was fabricated from composite materials.

Carbon Badger features:
• Carbon fiber nose cone
• Aluminum frame
• 3D-printed PLA joints wrapped in carbon fiber
• Carbon fiber RPS
• Adjustable pinned bottom bracket
• Retractable trailer hitch
• A rack and pinion steering system was also designed and prototyped, but does not appear on the final bike.

Always repping Wisconsin wherever we go! 👐
04/30/2019

Always repping Wisconsin wherever we go! 👐

04/12/2019

Check out this video of Elliot riding during the Men's Drag race where he placed 13th!

We attended the ASME North Human Powered Vehicle Competition over the weekend in Lansing, Michigan, with 50 teams compet...
04/08/2019

We attended the ASME North Human Powered Vehicle Competition over the weekend in Lansing, Michigan, with 50 teams competing this year from across the globe. We placed 6th overall, and are extremely proud of all our hard work and dedication to make the top ten once again.
Score breakdown:
· 11th in design
· 9th in Women’s drag
· 13th in Men’s drag
· 8th in endurance
Thank you much for your support of UW-Madison’s Human Powered Vehicle Club!

04/08/2019
Meet Ryan, the industry relations chair on the team. His favorite part of being on the HPVC team is learning about diffe...
03/05/2019

Meet Ryan, the industry relations chair on the team. His favorite part of being on the HPVC team is learning about different fields. “When I joined as a freshman, I didn't have any engineering experience," he said. "Along the way, I learned about 3D printing, manufacturing, programming and a whole bunch of other stuff. I even got to work with a car crash testing facility!" Ryan is most excited about the bike's carbon frame and is excited to take a new approach to their old design.

Meet Sam, a member of the team since Spring 2016. Sam's favorite part about HPVC is the opportunities it provides. “Comi...
02/01/2019

Meet Sam, a member of the team since Spring 2016. Sam's favorite part about HPVC is the opportunities it provides. “Coming from a strong welding background, I love the opportunities this team provides its members for machining, welding and other forms of manufacturing,” he said. Sam also enjoys going to competition and learning what the other schools are doing.

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