The 2008-2009 CSUN Human Power Vehicle Design Team

2009 CSUN HPV team

We are California State University, Northridge students from the Mechanical Engineering Department. We use this competition as our capstone project, our senior project, to build a Human Powered Vehicle that is fast, sleek and a safe vehicle capable of road use.

Team Organization

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Ryan

  • Dr. Robert Ryan

Chief Engineer

Josh

  • Josh Baltaxe

Structural Design Team

Mike G.

  • Mike Gharakhanian
  • Dallas Parker (First Semester)
  • James Schlesinger (First Semester)
Jonathan
  • Jonathan Incorvaia (Second Semester)
Samil
  • Sumil Bakshi (Second Semester)
Sepideh
  • Sepideh

Aerodynamics Design Team

Nick

  • Nick Plumb

  • Mostafa Cherradi
Fernando
  • Fernando Leon (First Semester)
  • Danny Sun (Second Semester)

Materials Composite Design Team

Marcos

  • Marcos Rodriguez
Jay-Ar
  • Jay-Ar Pinero
Henry

  • Henry Cespedes (Second Semester)

Ergonomics and Biomechanics Design Team

Taubon

  • Taubon Djamtorki
Mike R.
  • Mike Romiski
Aaron
  • Aaron Schneider

Anna

  • Anna Dvorak