MTSU Experimental Vehicles Program lunar rover team members hope a new airless tire design and parts assembly will lead to a ‘wheel of fortune’ at this year’s NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Because of new competition rules regarding tires, recent MTSU graduate Thomas Kenney’s design and the machine shop work by junior mechatronics engineering major Kelly Maynard and others may keep the MTSU engineering technology entry among the elite in the international field competing in Huntsville, Alabama, Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, after a best-in-U.S. finish in 2015. Here’s how they fared in Day 1 competition:
The MTSU Experimental Vehicles Program’s lunar rover team members used a new airless tire design and parts assembly to land a top-10 finish at this year’s NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Motivated by a competition rules change on tires, recent MTSU graduate Thomas Kenney’s design and the machine shop work by…
Seeking a third straight success story for the MTSU Experimental Vehicles Program, nine members of the Formula Hybrid team are in Loudon, New Hampshire, this week competing in the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, Collegiate Design Series. The April 27-30 Formula Hybrid competition is an interdisciplinary design and engineering…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Every team member wanted to place much higher than middle of the pack, but the Middle Tennessee State University Engineering Technology Experimental Vehicles lunar rover group was satisfied finishing 13th — and best in Tennessee — during the 31st NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Back-to-back 7 a.m. starts both Friday and…
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