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UC students engineer first-place-winning hydraulic bicycle
May 5, 2026
For more than a decade, students in the University of Cincinnati Fluid Power Club has designed, built and competed a hydraulic bicycle in the annual National Fluid Power Association’s Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge, where students develop a bicycle-like vehicle fully powered by pneumatics and hydraulics. For the first time, the Bearcats brought home the grand champion title this year. A group of fifth-year mechanical engineering technology students joined together to design, develop, and finetune the vehicle.