Team UAH says, "We've got it covered!"

Did you know that our boat... "Full Spectrum"... was part of a U.S. Army, SBIR advanced technology demonstration conducted by Optechnology, Inc. and subcontractor UAH for the development of cementitious "STARS"... and that team members were profiled... and went through a corporate training program prior to organization?

It's "strictly business" for us this year as we vie for our sixth national title and prepare to live up to our 2006 theme: "We've got it covered!"

Team UAH rolls "Full Spectrum" during the product judging in Gainesville.

"We brought in experts and advisers, alumni from previous teams, faculty members and athletic coaches to help," says Annette Wilson-Fisher, president of the UAH ASCE chapter and project manager for "Full Spectrum".  "They worked on team dynamics and personalities, identifying individual strengths and how they all interact."  See:

"Can you canoe? UAH can do it best," written by Kenneth Kesner for the Huntsville Times on April 27, 2006.

We took hull design to a new level this year by incorporating new developments in cementitious technology into "Full Spectrum."  Our boat is a Strategically Tuned Absolutely Resilient Structure (STARS) that acts as an energy storage device.

"We designed a cementitious matrix with a customized aggregate that allows our concrete canoe to flex.  When torsional and bending modes combine, the hull morphs to mimic the locomotive motion of aquatic creatures." ... Team UAH

As our  team pulls their paddles from the water, the elastic strain energy stored in the deformed shape is converted into forward momentum.