About pHirst

Team pHirst is the University of Calgary’s official Chem-E-Car team. The team is comprised of students from chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines who are all working together to create a small-scale vehicle that is completely powered by chemical means. This vehicle will be competing in the international AIChE Chem-E-Car competition where the goal is to have the car autonomously travel a specified distance before stopping. The team is currently working on their first car which is powered by an aluminium-air battery and controlled using a pressure-based reaction.