Team Goal

The Advanced Snowmobile Team focuses on improving modified snowmobiles to enhance emissions control, noise reduction, endurance, acceleration, handling, fuel efficiency, and cold-start performance. Additionally, students deliver several presentations on technical design and value-benefit analysis.

In the 2025 competition, the team finished in 1st place overall and has consistently placed highly in previous years. The team hopes to maintain this standard of excellence moving forward.

Our team is a 100% student-run organization dedicated to providing an environment where members can explore projects that match their interests while driving the team forward. This structure also allows members to gain valuable, industry-like experience through both education and hands-on work.

“In a world where environmentally friendly transportation
and recreation technologies are becoming increasingly
regulated and important, the Michigan Technological
University Advanced Snowmobile Team believes it is
particularly crucial to advance the sustainability of the
snowmobile industry to safeguard a better future for the
industry and the places we love to ride. The design
objectives of the Advanced Snowmobile Competition are
also aligned with the goals of targeting low-emissions,
increasing fuel economy, and creating a quiet snowmobile
that is still marketable as an exciting recreational vehicle. To
meet the goals of the competition and future needs of the
industry, the MTU Advanced Snowmobile Team has developed
innovative package of snowmobile modifications that we
believe best meets the dual objectives to be environmentally
friendly and exciting to ride.”

Students

Our team recruits students from a wide range of majors to foster diverse ideas and perspectives. Currently, the team is composed of mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineering technology students, and even mechatronics majors. We look for students who are driven, accountable, and passionate about working collaboratively to develop innovative solutions.