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EWU's Human Powered Paper Vehicle Competition Eastern Washington University is home to the annual Intercollegiate Human Powered Paper Vehicle Engineering Competition. Colleges from Washington, Idaho and Oregon participate in the event, which is held every spring on the EWU Cheney campus. The unique engineering competition inspires students, challenges their engineering skill and creativity, and provides a format that limits the amount of money needed to field a competitive team. There is no cost to enter the competition. The only costs are materials and time. But, the lessons learned are invaluable. The basic idea is to construct a human powered vehicle out of 90 percent paper products (by weight). The remaining 10 percent is limited only by the imagination of the designers. There are two parts to the overall competition, one that will test vehicle performance and another that tests presentation skills. This project helps develop student excellence in teamwork, communication and creative problem solving. Don’t miss the 2012 Human Powered Paper Vehicle Competition. For more details, visit www.ewu.edu/hppv. One of the teams from this year’s competition presents its engineering work-of-art at the Annual Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. “The Paper Weights,” made up of EWU engineering students, CJ Grijalva, Jesse Hulsizer, Paul Matej and Zac Bishop, show off their BMX inspired paper vehicle.