Hello! Welcome to the home webpage of The College of New Jersey’s (TCNJ) Human-Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) Team. Our team consists of four senior mechanical engineering students, two TCNJ faculty advisors, and an alumni advisor. Our goal is to design, manufacture, and test a fully human-powered vehicle that can complete the specific challenges (see “Requirements”) as specified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) HPVC competition. We will be using this webpage to display our work and overall goals, as well as to update everyone about our progress along the way!
What is the HPVC competition?
The HPVC competition, sponsored by ASME, is an annual event put on to test the engineering design and manufacturing skills of teams constructed of undergraduate students across the world. The students’ goal is to work together, along with their faculty advisors, in order to construct an original and well-functioning human-powered vehicle. Three main components are considered in the scoring of the vehicles submitted to competition:
- Design Evaluation – tests vehicle’s originality and functionality
- Men’s/Women’s Sprint Races – 100m flying start race OR 200-450m drag race
- Endurance Race – 2.5 hour relay race