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”UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Pullers, a student engineering design team in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, won the Test and Development Award and Sportsmanship Award at the International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition in Peoria, Illinois, this June.
The International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition is one of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers student competitions. In the 26th year of the contest, teams from 18 universities competed. Teams receive a stock engine and tires, and must design and develop a tractor within the competition rules.
According to the competition website, industry experts judge the designs for “innovation, manufacturability, serviceability, safety, sound level and ergonomics.” Team tractors are tested through maneuverability, durability and tractor pulls, and machines must pass a strict technical inspection. Teams also deliver presentations detailing the manufacturability of the tractors to judges who are professional engineers.
James Dietrich, recent graduate of the agricultural engineering program and captain of the Penn State Pullers during the 2022-23 school year, described the competition as “the ultimate experience” for engineering students.
“We used every single piece of our education throughout this entire process,” Dietrich said. “Anything we learned on structuring teams, organizing and logistical efforts went into this, on top of all the technical engineering. Personally, I think I used knowledge from pretty much every single course that I took throughout my four years at Penn State.”“
ACADEMICS.
Before anyone poo-poos the sportsmanship award, would it have been better had PSU sent a bunch of a$$holes there?
”UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Pullers, a student engineering design team in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, won the Test and Development Award and Sportsmanship Award at the International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition in Peoria, Illinois, this June.
The International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition is one of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers student competitions. In the 26th year of the contest, teams from 18 universities competed. Teams receive a stock engine and tires, and must design and develop a tractor within the competition rules.
According to the competition website, industry experts judge the designs for “innovation, manufacturability, serviceability, safety, sound level and ergonomics.” Team tractors are tested through maneuverability, durability and tractor pulls, and machines must pass a strict technical inspection. Teams also deliver presentations detailing the manufacturability of the tractors to judges who are professional engineers.
James Dietrich, recent graduate of the agricultural engineering program and captain of the Penn State Pullers during the 2022-23 school year, described the competition as “the ultimate experience” for engineering students.
“We used every single piece of our education throughout this entire process,” Dietrich said. “Anything we learned on structuring teams, organizing and logistical efforts went into this, on top of all the technical engineering. Personally, I think I used knowledge from pretty much every single course that I took throughout my four years at Penn State.”“
ACADEMICS.
Before anyone poo-poos the sportsmanship award, would it have been better had PSU sent a bunch of a$$holes there?
