Michigan Technological University engineering students —supported by General Motors’ Chevrolet—designed and built two prototypes of hand-cranked three-wheel cycles for wounded veterans to ride in endurance races. They will unveil their handiwork during the nationally televised Army-Navy football game on Saturday, Dec. 8. The game will be televised on CBS-TV.
The cycles will be used by the Achilles Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans in future competitions.
Kick-off is at 3 p.m. A member of the Achilles Freedom Team will ride one of the prototype cycles out onto the field during a first-quarter time out, accompanied by Michigan Tech senior James Cook, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson and GM engineer Alexa Ellswood. Another Michigan Tech student, Brett Jenkins, will represent the teams at a pre-game press conference.
For the full story, see http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2012/december/story81691.html.
To contact the engineering students, email jamesc@mtu.edu or bjjenkin@mtu.edu, or call Brett Jenkins at (248) 961-2268.
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