Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 3 No. 2 Summer 2018 | Page 8

BWXT donation BWX Technologies, Inc. stopped by our Goodwin Hall offices May 10 with a present for the department before graduation. BWXT has provided $4,000 to the senior design program to go toward a project next year working alongside QL+. BWXT and non-profit QL+ joined forces this year as well, resulting in a push-up plank device to help a retired Army officer who lost her arm and shoulder maintain her fitness. In the photo above, Azim Eskandarian, department head and Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs Chair, stands with Jodee Harris (BSME '16) and Jackson Sale (BSME '15) of BWXT, and associate professor of practice Robin Ott, senior design program director. Champ car team takes 2nd The ME Champ Car team took second place in their category March 3 completing 390 laps over the course of a 12-hour endurance racing event. Using a modified (and inexpensive per Champ Car rules) Subaru Impreza, the team posted a best speed of 65.669mph. The team is advised by Associate Professor Steve Southward. MOMENTUM SUMMER 2018 PAGE 8