About Our Team

2012 Team

2012 AMSE East Champions

ASME HPVC West Coast
Salt Lake City, UT

Third Place Overall

Sixth Design Report

ASME HPVC East Coast
Grove City, PA

First Place Overall

2011 team

2011 ASME HPVC West Champions

ASME HPVC West Coast
Bozeman, MT

First Place Overall

Second Male Sprint
First Female Sprint
First Design Report
Third Endurance Race
First Utility Race

ASME HPVC East Coast
Indianapolis, IN

Fifth Place Overall

Second Design Report





2010 team

2010 National Champions

ASME HPVC West Coast
Northridge, CA

First Place Overall

First Place Design Report
Third Place Women's Drag Race
First Place Utility Endurance
Second Place Speed Endurance
Knovelty Award for Design Innovation

ASME HPVC East Coast
New Britain, CT

First Place Overall

First Place Men's Drag
First Place Women's Drag
First Place Utility Endurance
First Place Speed Endurance
First Place Design Report
Sportsmanship Award

2009 Team

2009 National Champions

2009 ASME HPVC West Coast
Portland, OR

First Place Overall

First Place Design Report
First Place Male Sprint
Second Place Female Sprint
Fourth Place Endurance Event

2009 ASME HPVC East Coast
Philadelphia, PA

First Place Overall

First Place Design Report
First Place Male Sprint
Second Place Female Sprint
Second Place Drag Race

2008 team

2008 National Champions

ASME HPVC West Coast
Reno, NV

First Place Overall

Second Place Male Sprint
First Place Female Sprint
Third Place Endurance Event
First Place Design Report

ASME HPVC East Coast
Madison, WI

First Place Overall

First Place Male Sprint
Second Place Female Sprint
Second Place Endurance Event
Third Place Design Report

Mission Statement

The purpose of the Rose-Hulman Human Powered Vehicle Team is to design a vehicle to compete in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Human Powered Vehicle Challenge and Human Powered Race America, to further the goals of sustainable transportation by raising awareness for the field of human powered vehicles and implementing innovative methods, while providing a positive learning and working environment for students.

The Human Powered Vehicle Team is a group of undergraduate engineering students who plan, test, build, and race HPVs. The team's goal each year is to build a vehicle to race in the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

2011 Team

2011 Team

The team also participates in various events through an organization called Human Powered RaceAmerica to give riders extra racing experience.

Each year the team starts from scratch to build a brand new vehicle which must be completed and ready to race by spring. The team is always looking for new members, and you don't have to be a mechanical engineer to join!

Our team has completed five vehicles so far, making great improvements each year.  For the last three years, the team has won first place overall at both the East and West Coast Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, our two main competitions.

The fastest recorded speed achieved by a Rose-Hulman student is 46.5 mph.