Asante's bike wins V-LINC project of the year award

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:30:43 -0400

Asante’s bicycle, a custom bicycle with hand and foot pedals designed and built by ME capstone students, received the Project of the Year award for 2015 from V-LINC. V-LINC is a non-profit that develops “Special Solutions for Special Needs”. Asante is a 4-year-old little person with hydrocephalus who wanted a bicycle so he could ride with his brothers. The capstone project team, consisting of Jacob Alvarez, Michael Roberts, Kevin Johnson, and David Nguyen, worked with Cristian Bell (Technical Director, UMBC Theater Department) to build the bicycle to Asante’s specifications. You can see a video of Asante on his bicycle here.