Senior Design group takes first place at nationals

May 2, 2005

Congratulations to the team of Jim Bachman, Sean Reed, Vince Breidenbach who placed first in the National Basic Utility Vehicle Competition held Saturday, April 30, in Indianapolis. The Engineering Technology students built a basic utility vehicle for use in third world countries.

The vehicle is aimed at improving lives in developing countries by facilitating the spread of simple vehicles that can be assembled almost anywhere, by almost anyone. The project was built under the guidelines of The Institute of Affordable Transportation.

The students faced difficult competition from a number of universities including Purdue, Indianapolis, University of Dayton, University of Cincinnati, Tri-State University, Sinclair Community College, Marquette University, Northern Illinois, Milwaukee School of Engineering, University of Missouri, John Brown University, and Alfred State (SUNY). The winners received a large trophy and Indy 500 tickets.