IVD Programs

(Coming Soon!) Full Scale IVD

Teams of high school students design, engineer, and build a one-person electric vehicle, focused on energy efficiency, energy management, and innovation. Teams are challenged to integrate innovative vehicle features and to implement state of the art light-weighting and connected vehicle (V2X) technologies. Vehicles compete on three courses - Figure 8, Road Course, and the Connected Vehicle Course.

Powerwheels IVD

Building on a toddler jeep platform, students build mechatronics and programming (C, Python, etc.) skills, utilizing microcontrollers and sensor technologies (Ultrasonic, Vision, etc.) as they re-engineer their jeep to operate autonomously. Performance scores are based upon the level of autonomy and complexity of the real world missions accomplished, including collision avoidance, lane assist, parallel parking, and more.

Mini Wheels IVD

This project combines the excitement of high-speed racing with technical analysis. Students start with a 1/10th scale RC vehicle, conduct performance testing, collect and analyze data, and then re-engineer the vehicle to optimize performance for five different competitive courses. Teams investigate & utilize sensor technologies, programming, telemetry, schematics & wiring, gear ratio adjustments, and modified suspension geometry.