SPEED Teams

The SPEED project teams are student-run and faculty-advised. There is so much to do and to learn whether you are a first year finance major or a junior majoring in electrical engineering. You can learn the fundamentals of engineering design while working on the Mini Baja team. You can develop effective communication skills while preparing for the Environmental Design competition. You can teach high school students how to use the 3D Studio Max software package if you join the FIRST Robotics team. You will have the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors with the Snowmobile and Concrete Canoe projects. Those who like working with your hands can even learn to safely weld, machine and use composites.

You are encouraged to browse through each of the projects. We are confident that you will find a project that interests you and we look forward to you joining the SPEED Family!!!

	Concrete Canoe That's right! A canoe made out of concrete that can actually float and maneuver through water.
	Construction Management Learn the fundamentals of the construction management industry while gaining experience in planning a construction project.
	Design Build and Fly Design, fabricate, and demonstrate the flight capabilities of an unmanned, electric-powered, radio-controlled aircraft.
	Environmental Design Become a part of the team that designs treatment processes to remediate hazardous waste sites.
	FIRST Robotics Design and build a remote-control robot that competes in a sporting-like event.
	Formula SAE Design, build, test and race a scaled-down Formula 1-style race car.
	Baja SAE Design and build an amphibious vehicle that goes through mud, navigates through water and negotiates steep hills.
	PCI Big Beam Learn more about the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute by designing a full size concrete beam and then breaking it!
	Clean Snowmobile Challenge Join the team that provides a unique opportunity to reengineer an existing snowmobile for improved emissions and noise without compromising performance.
	Zero Emission Snowmobile Take a Polaris 600RR racing snowmobile and convert it to a fully electric vehicle.
	Steel Bridge Design a steel bridge that's easy to construct, relatively light and able to
	Timber Bridge Gain practical hands-on design, construction and testing experience.

SPEED ChemE Car

The Clarkson University Chem-E-Car team competed at the national American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AiChe) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah earlier this year.

The teams designed and built a model-sized car, powered by a non-combustion chemical reaction, that carried a specified cargo a certain distance.The Clarkson Chem-E-Car, known as the "Goodness Gradient," traveled 10 feet the first trial and 12 feet in the second trial.