Mechanical Engineering Students Excel in Hydro Power Contest
Posted August 28, 2001FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
York, Pennsylvania—Two York College mechanical engineering students competed in the 2001 Hydro Power Contest in Salt Lake City, Utah, and achieved what no other team has done before—they placed among the top four teams in both classes of the competition.
Brian Crump of York, Pa., and Joshua Royce of Wrightsville, Pa., won $500 in cash and a $1,000 scholarship at the Hydro Power Contest in July. The goal of the competition was to build water driven turbines that could lift a weight quickly and efficiently. The students competed against colleges and universities throughout the United States as well as several international institutions.
The contest was held at the Waterpower XII, Advancing Technology for Sustainable Energy Conference. The competition consisted of two distinct classes, the Power Class and the Efficiency Class.
The goal of the Power Class was to build a turbine that could lift the weight in the shortest amount of time, and the goal of the Efficiency Class was to build a turbine that could lift the weight using the least amount of water. The York College team placed third in the Power Class (10.3 sec.) and fourth in the Efficiency Class (5.6 liters).
Crump and Royce built their turbines as part of their senior capstone design course under the direction of Dr. Timothy Garrison, associate professor of physical science. Both students graduated from York College in May with bachelor of science degrees in mechanical engineering.
Financial support for the project was provided by York College along with donations from GPU, American Hydro Corp., Svedala Industries Inc., York Water Co., The York Foundation, and Jeffrey Hines.
More information about the Hydro Power Contest can be found on the Internet at www.ultranet.com/~hands-on/hydro/contest.html.
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