SAE Clean Snowmobile Team 2010

Welcome to the home of the

University of Maine Clean Snowmobile Team

2009-2010 UMaine Clean Snowmobile Team members

Kaz Iwazura, Eric Whitman, Joe Stilwell, Kevin Bowler

The UMaine CST would like to congratulate

University of Wisconsin-Madison

For winning back to back CSC titles

for the Internal Combustion class

click here for 2010 results

About the Clean Snowmobile Challenge

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) holds the Clean Snowmobile Challenge, an engineering design competition held at Michigan Tech each March. The competition challenges college and university student members from around the world to modify an existing snowmobile to reduce noise and emissions. The teams compete against one another in a variety of events including noise, fuel economy, emissions, acceleration, handling, static display and cold start, as well as through oral and written presentations of their chosen designs.

The competition is divided into two snowmobile competition classes, internal combustion engine and zero emissions.

The internal combustion engine class challenges students to develop a snowmobile which can be used in environmentally sensitive areas such as wildlife preserves and state or national parks. The redesigned sled should emit significantly less unburned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide without significantly increasing oxides of nitrogen emissions, while being quiet, cost-effective and comfortable.

The zero emissions category challenges students to design an electric, or zero emissions, snowmobile which can be used at Summit Station in Greenland, where research is underway on the chemicals present in the Greenland Ice Cap. Students must overcome the challenges of range and performance to provide researches with the transportation necessary to reach remote areas.

The University of Maine competes in the Internal Combustion Engine category with a modified 2007 Yamaha Phazer.