Transportation Group

From The Collaboratory

Quicklinks
Fall 2009
Projects
Light Sport Aircraft Solar Commuter Vehicles
Members
Administration Sam (Sara) Finn [Group Leader] Light Sport Aircraft Matthew Halburd Ben Horst Jeff Smeiles David Smith Ethan Meade Alyssa Mylin Joel Siegrist Eric Spring Nate Cross Solar Commuter Vehicle Peter Shenk Joshua Zimmerman Matt Hoover Bryan Tyson John Wolgemuth Judah P. Fickett Erik Hornberger [Over Seas Spring 2010] Undeclared Andrew Basom Andrew Breighner Tim Brinkman Dane Johannessen John Sletta Joshua Sorrell Bryce Watkins Benjamin Jarvis Ryan Slater Issac Won
Advisors
Dr. Donald Pratt Location: F242 Days: Mondays Time: 6:45-8:00

Summary

The Transportation group is an established group and is part of the Collaboratory here at Messiah. The Transportation Group sprung out of the Genesis Solar Racing Team, which was a part of the Department of Engineering at Messiah College between 1993 and 2005. For more than a decade, the Genesis Team raced solar powered vehicles in Sunrayce and the American Solar Challenge events as well as Solar Splash. In the spring of 2006, Genesis entered into a partnership with the Messiah College Flying Club to assist with the Light Sport Aircraft Project. This project was initiated by the Flying Club to create an aircraft design that would be practical and inexpensive on the mission field, taking advantage of the FAA's new Light Sport Aircraft category. In the fall of 2006, Genesis was challenged to work on practical applications of solar powered transportation, beginning with the development of a solar powered commuter vehicle. As the Team moved in this new direction, it was decided that Genesis should evolve to become the Transportation Group within the Collaboratory and join with the Dokomoi Ergatai community.

Mission

The mission of the Transportation group is to utilize our gifts and abilities to study, analyze, design, and fabricate specialized vehicles that fulfill specific transportation needs, especially those of people disadvantaged by location or economic status. We also strive to create vehicles that use resources wisely, to educate the public about the benefits of using alternative energy, and to encourage others to use such vehicles.

Vision

Our vision is to use our talents to develop technologies that meet the changing transportation needs of the world.

News

Work continues on the Electric Motorcycle and the Light Sport Aircraft

Projects

Current projects

• Light Sport Aircraft
  • Fuselage
  • Drive Train
  • Instrumentation
  • Control Systems
  • Wing/Tail
• Solar Commuter Vehicles
  • Electric Motorcycle
    • Battery Packs
    • Solar Recharge Station
    • Motor Construction
    • Motor Integration

Past projects

• Genesis Solar Car Racing
• Genesis II: Solar Boat
• Light Sport Aircraft: Rotamax Engine

Future projects

• Electric Car

Resources

• Spring 2010
  • Group Orientation Syllabus
  • Group Orientation Assignments
  • Project 2 Syllabus
  • Project 4 Syllabus
• Fall 2009
  • Syllabus ENGR 288TR F09
  • Syllabus ENGR 488TR F09
• Prior years
  • Trans GO contract
  • Syllabus ENGR 201TR S07
  • Syllabus ENGR 201TR S09
  • Syllabus ENGR 388TR S09
  • Syllabus ENGR 489TR S09
  • Syllabus ENGR 288TR F07

• Interesting web pages to check out

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