MSU's Clean Snowmobile Challenge Team was one of six to finish Tuesday's 100-mile endurance run, marking the start of the 2005 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge at Michigan Technological University, Houghton.
The MSU snowmobile, one of two powered by 85 percent ethanol, slid across the finish line running on fumes. (Ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline, but it's not as efficient). Most snowmobiles at the Challenge run on 15 percent ethanol.
Other schools finishing include the University of Maine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Kettering University and Clarkson University.
The Clean Snowmobile Challenge is the Society of Automotive Engineers' newest collegiate design competition. Teams of engineering students from participating schools take a stock snowmobile and then reengineer it to reduce emissions and noise while maintaining or improving performance.
MSU finished the trail ride over Brockway Mountain and down to Copper Harbor. The team celebrated as the driver steered into the parking lot of the Mariner restaurant running on fumes. Prof. Bruce Jones is faculty coordinator for the MSU team...Full Story>>
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