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Improved Vacuum Assist Climber
Saturday, June 16, 2012 16:53
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A group of Utah State University mechanical and aerospace engineering students pulled out their best superhero tricks, using engineering principals, some basic math and a lot of ingenuity, to design a system for special operations force personnel to scale buildings or mountain faces under a variety of conditions. The students’ efforts were part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Design Challenge. The design was a success that garnered the group first place in the national competition.
The Utah State University team was the only team to get all four military personnel to the top of the 90-foot wall.
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