Anteater Ride Engineering | Design Projects

Summary

Anteater Ride Engineering is a project where students design, manufacture, and test an attraction that is compliant with ASTM F24 standards , and compete against schools across the entire country in the Ride Engineering Competition. Anteater Ride Engineering is the only hands on engineering project on campus that works with themed entertainment and design.

Throughout the project, students receive feedback from industry professionals and test their engineering knowledges through creating unique ways to manufacture parts and test the attraction .The team submits documentation of the team structure, initial ride ideas, design reviews, engineering design decisions, outreach efforts, and service plans. At the end of the competition, Anteater Ride Engineering receives detailed feedback of each submittal and ways to improve next

Anteater Ride Engineering was first established in Fall 2025 and competed in the 2025-2026 Ride Engineering Competition as its first year. The team placed 10th out of 14th and earned around 20% of total possible points.

Current Work / Recent Updates

Anteater Ride Engineering is competing in the Ride Engineering Competition for its second year in a row. This year as a returning team, we have been placed in the REC Pro division and will be going up against the best schools in the country in ride engineering.

The prompt for the 2026-2027 year is Block Party. Teams are tasked with designing a roller coaster that can have two independent ride vehicles on the track. To prevent collisions, team must implement a block zone system. Alongside block zones, roller coasters need to fit within both an operation and when disassembled, a portable envelope, and the layout must meet certain height and drop requirements.

The management team ssuccessfully submitted the first deliverable, the Project Charter, to the competition organizers. After several meetings of brainstorming ideas, the team have finalized their layout and theming, and each subteam is working on researching and design each of their subsystems. The track team has created several protopes for the structure of the track and the controls team has been testing out new motors to use on the lift hill. On December 3rd, 2026, the team will be hosting a prelimiary design review for outside public can come hear about project process and give critiques where needed.

Team Structure

Project Manager

Organize general meetings, manage funding, communication across sub teams, order parts

Assistant Project Manager

Summarize goals for sub teams after general meetings, contact sources for funding, create slideshows, review submissions

Subteam Leads

Assign roles to team members, communicate with PM team if any issues occur

Ride Vehicle Subteam

Design, manufacture, and test all the components of the ride vehicle

Track Subteam

Design, manufacture, and test all the components of the track

Track Support Subteam

Design, manufacture, and test all the components of the track supports

Controls Subteam

Design, manufacture, and test the electrical system

Risk Assessment Subteam

Verify ASTM F24 compliance, conduct risk mitigation for the riders, operators, and maintenance crew

Theming Subteam

Design and manufacture the theming elements, create marketing materials