Technical Pillar
What is Technical Pillar?
Grand Prix
The Grand Prix team oversees race kart maintenance and participates in the Grand Prix race in the late spring. This team consists of a driver, crew chief, track worker, and four crew members for each of the two teams for the two karts.
Grand Prix is an annual, student-run kart race. Our team runs two karts each year. Our team consists of a driver, track worker, and pit crew for each kart. We recently celebrated 50 years of sponsorship with Corning, Inc, the longest sponsorship in Grand Prix history.
Technical Solutions
The Team Tech competition is organized through National SWE and sponsored by Boeing. It involves working with a company on a design project that provides hands-on engineering experience for our team, is applicable to multiple engineering disciplines and experience levels, and provides a positive return for the company. The project generally starts at the end of fall semester and will be presented at SWE conference the following October/November.
Research and Design
This is a space to learn both new technical and non-technical skills that are relevant to a variety of disciplines including but not limited to biomedical, biological, and chemical engineering. Come learn about our new project for this year and opportunities to grow your skill set while working on a real-world project.
Sustainability
This group is working on a project for the Setty Family Foundation Applied Engineering Challenge! The goal is to use an old HVAC unit for carbon capture technology and then recycle the carbon.