Efficycle 2018
9th - 13th September 2018
A team of 14 students and faculty advisor Mr. Posan Lal Sahu, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon took part in "Efficycle 2018" organized by LPU from 9th - 13th September 2018. There were a total of 67 teams across the India which participated in the event.
The objective of the event was to provide an opportunity for engineering students by setting up a trend of using ecofriendly vehicles in India and come up with some innovative designs. Students have to tackle real world engineering problems, work in multidisciplinary teams, practice design for manufacturability and manage a full product development cycle of life.
Efficycle is an intercollegiate design competition for undergraduate and graduate students where teams have to design and fabricate an energy efficient entirely human powered three - wheeled vehicle. The vehicle must be aerodynamic, highly engineered and ergonomically designed.
After registration team of DCE gathered at the pit area. There they assembled the parts of the vehicle and made it ready for the technical inspection round.
After clearing the inspection round team members gathered to have dynamic round were vehicle running and braking test was done. In the dynamic round team had to make a number 8 by running.
Next students had presentation over cost report, design analysis and marketing. Judges were satisfied with the design report and marketing report was appreciated. Last round was endurance round.
In the end certificates were distributed to all the participants.
Students gained practical knowledge and learned various terminologies of the vehicles used in the markets.