Engineers' Forum

About the Team From the depths of the Ware Lab emerges one of Virginia Tech’s most unique student-run engineering teams: the Human Powered Submarine Team (HPS). Since 1991, HPS has been making waves in the world of underwater innovation by designing, building, and racing fully submerged, human-powered submarines. With pilots on scuba and an engineering challenge unlike any other, the team blends creativity, precision, and teamwork to push the boundaries of marine technology.

At Virginia Tech, a group of students work late nights and early mornings, buzzing with the thrill of bringing a race car to life. It’s a formula-style race car built from the ground up by members of the Formula SAE team. Every part of the car is carefully designed, crafted, and tested by students, guided only by a bare-bones rule set provided by the Society of Automotive Engineers. These rules encourage the team to push the boundaries of creativity and technical expertise, c