The electric snowmobile at competition.

Clarkson electric snowmobile team competed in the annual SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Clean Snowmobile Challenge, held at Michigan Tech. The goal for the 2007 competition was to design a snowmobile with lower environmental impact - less noise and fewer emissions - without sacrificing the performance that snowmobile enthusiasts crave. Teams received bonus points for using biofuels, and about half a dozen are engineering sleds that run on E85 ethanol or B10 biodiesel. Clarkson's team designed a zero emissions snowmobile powered by an electric motor and battery pack. The team received fourth place in the Zero Emission category.

The Concrete Canoe SPEED Team

Student Projects for Engineering Experience & Design

Real-World Experience
Clarkson's "SPEED" program is a great way to enrich your education through team projects in a real-world setting. You can enhance your problem-solving abilities and gain collaboration and communication skills prized in the global marketplace.

16 Teams From All Majors
Choose from 16 exciting design projects — from remote-control airplanes and robots to concrete canoes and solar-electric cars. Join students from all majors, working together not only with project design, fabrication, and testing, but also with marketing and public relations.