The Michigan Tech Clean Snowmobile Challenge Enterprise Team captured first place in the Spark Ignition (SI), internal combustion engine category competition in the SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge that took place last week at the Keweenaw Research Center.
Other awards the team received in the SI category are:
- Best Lab Emissions Winner
- Quietest Snowmobile Winner
- Most Practical Winner
- Most Sportsmanlike Winner ($1,000 and one of the most important prizes in the competition)
In the Diesel Engine Category the team won the Quietest Snowmobile award. William Predebon, J. S. Endowed Department Chair and Professor
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics said the wins were impressive.
“Teams from 14 universities from as far east as SUNY- Buffalo and as far west as the University of Idaho, and as well Ecole De Technologie Superieure in Canada participated in the competition. It is unusual to win so many categories in the SI competition. This is an impressive accomplishment by our team of students from several College of Engineering Departments.”
Predebon said with past wins in the Diesel and Electric Snowmobile categories Michigan Tech has accomplished wins in all three categories. The Electric Snowmobile category is no longer part of the Clean Snowmobile Challenge.
The CSC advisor is Jason Bough (ME-EM) and engine co-advisor is Scott Miers (ME-EM).
Source: Tech Today, 3/18/2020