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Snow Dogs take Second! From Kettering Communications The Kettering University sae Clean Snowmobile team took second place in the Internal Combustion category for the second year in a row at the 2013 Clean Snowmobile Challenge March 4-9 at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich.
along the way.” “The top three finishing teams were neck and neck the entire week,” said Davis, adding, “the outcome could have easily gone our way! Second place is still fantastic, especially when you consider that the teams competing with us generally have graduate students assigned to the project on a full time basis,” he added.
wins in fuel economy, lab emissions, brake specific fuel consumption and in-service fuel economy. The Kettering team also had the lightest snowmobile at the competition according to Birt. The purpose of the sae Collegiate Design Series competition is to engineer a sled that has reduced emissions and noise and increased fuel efficiency while preserving the riding excitement demanded by snowmobile enthusiasts.
As one of 21 teams, Kettering also claimed the pcb Group Award for Quietest Snowmobile, Sensors, Inc. Award for best In-Service Emissions, Birt said the team was happy to reand Mahle Powertrain Award for En- ceive awards gine Design. for the quietest snowmo“We had a great, successful sae csc bile, lowest competition for the second year in a i n - s e r v i c e row,” said team captain Matt Birt. “It emissions and was a very close battle, but we are hap- the best enpy with the results and excited to be gine design, pit neighbors next year with the guys as well as from Madison,” he added. placing first in the design “I am very proud of the team,” said presentation, faculty adviser Dr. Greg Davis, profes- i n - s e r v i c e sor of Mechanical Engineering. “Not emissions and only did they put in a great competi- noise, with The team working in the garage. Photo Courtesy of KRC/MTU. tive effort, but they helped other teams second place
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