While most students at Brigham Young University will be spending the next few weeks thinking about anything but school projects and homework, BYU engineering students are busy working on their industry-sponsored capstone projects through the holidays. Click here to read the full article. (Read Full Article)
In 2010-2011 a capstone team developed a human powered well for developing countries such as Tanzania. The team's project was the cover story in the November issue of Momentum, a magazine for student members of SAE international. Click here to read the article. (Read Full Article)
In 2010, a team of BYU capstone students teamed with WHOlives.org and developed and built a human powered drill. The well was sucessfully tested in Tanzania. Their creation was highlighted on Engineering for Change's news. (Read Full Article)
A team of BYU students recently modified an electric motorcycle into a hybrid model to increase its range by nearly 40 percent. The bike was the students’ engineering capstone project, a two-semester program that has given thousands of engineering students hands-on experience with professional, industry-sponsored projects. (Read Full Article)
A hybrid formula racecar designed and built by BYU engineering undergraduates in BYU’s two-semester Capstone course finished second in an international competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The shiny blue car, which reaches 60 mph in about three seconds, achieves the equivalent of 42 miles per gallon during aggressive driving using gasoline and batteries. (Read Full Article)
