PECM Issue 19 2016 | Página 4

Feeling The Need For Speed Humans have an innate thirst for adventure and an instinctive desire to expand their knowledge through first-hand experience. By testing the limits of personal strength and endurance, we obtain a better understanding of ourselves. ne aspect of adventure is the art of competition, both head-to-head and in the pursuit of new records. This thirst is never more pure than when we're on the hunt for ultimate speed. Team AeroVelo is comprised of professional and student engineers, all striving to set the world human-powered speed record. "We're very small and right now our main Every year, teams gather from around the world to compete at the World HumanPowered Speed Challenge (WHPSC) in Battle Mountain, Nevada. Team AeroVelo has been a regular fixture at the event since 2009, each year edging closer to their desired achievement. AeroVelo is an elite design and innovation lab that pursues engineering projects that foster a sense of adventure and passion in scientific development, challenge the norms of conventional design, and focus on a healthy, sustainable future. summer. O activities are the student summer projects, public speaking & outreach and limited consulting on wild engineering projects," states Cameron Roberston, co-founder of AeroVelo, Inc. AeroVelo partners with the University of Toronto's Human-Powered Vehicle Design Team