Courtesy Story | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.28.2019
Teams have packed up their years’ worth of hard work and traveled to West Bethesda, Maryland, to race submarines they designed and built themselves in Carderock’s 3,200-foot long David Taylor Model Basin for the 15th International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR)....
Story by Benjamin McKnight III | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.28.2019
Everyone loves a good underdog story and the University of Washington’s Human-Powered Submarine Team is no different. Although the Huskies are a familiar name to the International Human-Powered Submarine Races as participants since the very first race, it was almost a no-brainer that the team name their submarine The Underdawg as they geared up for this year’s competition....
Story by Brooke Marquardt | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.28.2019
The University of Warwick’s submarine, the Godiva III, was worth a quarter of their final grade for the students building it. Six recent graduates traveled from Coventry, England, to participate in the 15th International Human-Powered Submarine Races at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, June 24-28....
Story by Edvin Hernandez | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.28.2019
Down by the South Coast of England, a group of students from the University of Southampton came together to create a human-powered submarine that fought its way to the 15th International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) June 24-28....
Story by Edvin Hernandez | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.28.2019
Students from L’Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS) have established themselves as regular competitors at the International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR), travelling from Montreal, Canada, to West Bethesda, Maryland, to compete since 1992....
Story by Benjamin McKnight III | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.28.2019
When the very first International Human-powered Submarine Races were held in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1989, Tony Lavigne was there. 30 years later, Lavigne is once again at the ISR, guiding the Florida Atlantic University team in their participation at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division....
Courtesy Story | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.28.2019
While the Foundation of Underwater Research and Education’s (FURE) International Human-Powered Submarine Races’ (ISR) participants tend to be college-heavy, three high school teams not only made the cut, but proved to be challenging competitors....
Story by Benjamin McKnight III | Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division | 06.27.2019
A road trip from British Columbia, Canada, to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division planned on Google Maps takes roughly 44 hours. University of British Columbia’s submarine team SUBC did not let the length of a cross-country drive deter them from competing in the 2019 International Human-Powered Submarine Races....
