Clean Snowmobile Challenge (SAE)
Club Purpose & Goals
Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC) Team — CSC is a SAE International Collegiate Design Series interdisciplinary competition held annually in Houghton, Michigan. The U of I Clean Snowmobile Challenge Team reengineers an existing snowmobile to improve emissions, noise, and fuel economy. The U of I team has competed in the CSC for sixteen years. The U of I team won the competition in 2002, 2003 and 2007 and has accumulated more than 50 awards. U of I is the only team in CSC history to win the coveted Founder’s Trophy award back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.
The team's main purpose is shaping students of any discipline into engineers who are ready for industry, giving opportunities for hands-on experience on student-led projects.
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Club Site
https://idahocsc.wixsite.com/uicsc
Who can Join?
Anyone!
How to Join?
Contact team captains Garrett Potts (pott6835@vandals.uidaho.edu) or Porter Dallenbach (dall4709@vandals.uidaho.edu) .
Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Clean Snowmobile Challenge Team - Winning Tradition
U of I engineering students have attended the annual SAE International Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC) held in Houghton, Michigan since its inception in 2000. The intent of the international competition is challenge undergraduate engineering students to develop a snowmobile that is acceptable for use in environmentally sensitive areas such as our National Parks or other pristine areas. The team modifies a stock snowmobile to compete in a variety of events including emissions, noise, fuel economy, endurance, acceleration, handling, static display, cold start and design.
2000
- First year of competition; U of I did not compete but attended
2001
- Fifth Place Overall
2002
- First Place Winner Overall
- Best Performance Winner
- Best Design Winner
- Best Fuel Economy Winner
- Hill Climb Champion
2003
- First Place Winner Overall
- Best Performance Winner
- Best Emissions Winner
- Best Fuel Economy Winner
- Quietest Snowmobile Winner
- Best Value Winner
2004
- Fifteenth Place Overall
2005
- Ninth Place Overall
2006
- Tenth Place Overall
2007
- First Place Winner Overall
- Best Performance Winner
- Best Ride Winner
- Best Design Winner
- Best Fuel Economy Winner
- Best Value Winner
- Best Handling Winner
- *Most Sportsmanlike Winner
- Most Improved
2008
- Second Place Winner Overall
- Quietest Snowmobile Winner
- Best Acceleration Winner
2009
- Third Place Winner Overall
- Best Fuel Economy Winner
- Best Value Winner
- Best Acceleration Winner
2010
- Third Place Winner Overall
- Best Ride Winner
- Best Acceleration Winner
- Best Handling Winner
2011
- Third Place Winner Overall
- *Most Sportsmanlike Winner
2012
- Seventh Place Overall
- Best Performance Winner
2013
- Third Place Winner Overall
- Best Ride Winner
- Best Design Winner
- Best Value Winner
- Innovation Award Winner
- Best Paper Winner
- Most Improved
2014
- Third Place Winner Overall
- Best Performance Winner
- Best Ride Winner
- Best Design Winner
- Best Handling Winner
2015
- Fifth Place Overall
- *Most Sportsmanlike Winner
- Best Handling Winner
- Best Engine Design Winner
2016
- Fifth Place Overall
- *Most Sportsmanlike Winner
- Best Fuel Economy Winner
- Most Likely to be Manufactured Winner
- Most Innovative Emissions Design Winner
2017
- Seventh Place Overall
- Best Acceleration Winner
- Best Value Award Winner
* Founders trophy awarded to the team recognized by their peer teams as being the most sportsmanlike.