We had to write a proposal to enter the competition.

We give students the opportunity to design and build a hybrid electric vehicle.

I hope to demonstrate that these technologies are viable. It's about exploring alternatives to petroleum-based fuels and training the next generation of engineers to use these new technologies.

I don't care what the competition was, it's still 50 points.

It's intense, but then they'll walk off and get something to eat together. I've seen that competition test-wise, too [academically]. 'What did you get? I'll do better than you.' You see that desire to be the best.

The competition gets tougher the further into the tournament you go. For the most part we wrestled tough, but still lost some close matches.