Promoting Electric Propulsion at Virginia Tech
Shipbuilding - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Promoting Electric Propulsion at Virginia Tech Employees
Promoting Electric Propulsion at Virginia Tech Details
Promoting Electric Propulsion at Virginia Tech (or PEPVT for short) is a student led design team at Virginia Tech. We stand to support and encourage students to design and build small water craft with electric propulsion to compete in various manned and unmanned electric boat competitions against other collegiate and university teams. This provides a unique opportunity for students in distinctly different backgrounds to learn the importance of collaboration across a variety of engineering and other disciplines. It also provides real world design experience to its student members and introduces practical uses of engineering methods to strive for victory at each competition. PEPVT's main competition is at the Multi Agency Craft Conference (MACC) hosted by the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). Due to COVID-19 setbacks, the next competition planned for July 2021 will involve a fully autonomous electric vessel entered in the unmanned race category. However, we are constantly looking for additional competitions that push the boundaries of what electric boats are capable of as we strive to produce the highest quality products to further the development of the industry.
