8月6日，2015彈力方程式賽車國際設計錦標賽總決賽在美國藝術設計中心學院（Art Center College of Design）隆重舉辦，由北京工商大學藝術與傳媒學院產品設計專業4名13級學生組成的“夢之隊”，繼6月中旬中國賽區勇奪桂冠后，又獲得美國總決賽爬坡競速賽第一名的佳績。
“夢之隊”的許夢家、汪澤平、王金鈺、黃孫杰4名同學，與美國學生同場競技，比賽緊張、刺激、激烈、高潮迭起。指導老師梁珣教授在比賽間隙接受了ChinaDaily的采訪。“夢之隊”扎實的設計實力和卓越的賽場表現給在場兄弟賽隊與觀眾留下了深刻印象。同學們為學校爭得了榮譽，中國國家英文日報CHINADAILY對賽事進行了報道，并重點介紹了北京工商大學獲獎。
報道內容如下：Rubber band-car racing excites
Team Dream from Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU) won the hill climb category in this year's rubber band Formula E car race on Thursday in Southern California.
Started as a 14 week-long design project by the Art Center College of Design in 2006, the annual race allows student teams to compete in a variety of events with their uniquely designed remote-controlled race vehicles propelled by energy stored in 16 feet of rubber band.
This year, four teams of 15 from China's Beijing Technology and Business University, Hubei University of Technology, and Shandong University of Art and Design competed against 14 teams from Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College in the final race, which was held on the hillside campus of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Most of the Chinese competitors have never been to the US before and this competition served as a platform for them to know about their counterparts in the US, according to Liang Xun, a mentor of Team Dream from BTBU.
"What differentiates this competition from others is you have to design and make the cars yourself. And most importantly, you'll have to make it run, too. So it takes much more than a quick wit to win," said Liang, also head of the design department of BTBU. "The result is not important. We hope to learn from our US counterparts," she added.
To Jeff Lin, a member of Team Linguine from Art Center's industrial design department, the most important thing was to be competitive and represent a team.
"The issue here is things always break and [you] always might be changing and tweaking small things," he said. "So it's learning how to make really good parts in a really short period of time."
Lin said he was impressed by the Chinese competitors. "They are very humble and gracious, and they have a really interesting take on how to design cars," he said.
Awards were given for best design, speed and overall performance, with a prize of $10,000.
