SOLIDWORKS is the main design platform for all of our projects. We also take advantage of its capabilities for CAM, FEA, and CFD. We also utilize their certification program (Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate and Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional), which has helped Team members advance their computer modelling skills.

Since 2018, ANSYS has provided our team with simulation software licenses used to optimize vehicles like Zephyr, and TITAN, currently the fastest tandem bike in the world. We use ANSYS for projects that require advanced CFD, vibration simulations, and advanced composites modelling.

Pratt & Whitney Canada, one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, has generously helped fund the team’s operations since our very first project. Their support has improved the education of many engineers and researchers in aerospace applications. The contributions of P&WC are primarily used to purchase materials and components for our projects.

The University of Toronto Engineering Society (known by University of Toronto Students as “EngSoc”) is the student union for all engineering students at University of Toronto. EngSoc, through its subsidiary known as the Design Team Association (DTA), helps with management and allocation of the team's workspaces at 256 McCaul and the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MCEIE). EngSoc also provides our Team with an annual tuition levy that comprises a large portion of our Team’s monetary funding.

The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel at Western University has generously given our Team access to their wind tunnel to test the aerodynamic designs of our vehicles in a controlled, laboratory environment. We will be able to conduct tuft testing and aerodynamic thermography with their facilities for the first time and use this information to improve our vehicle designs in the future.

The Gene Haas Foundation has awarded our Team a generous grant which will be used to purchase materials and supplies, as well as competition entry fees, transportation, and most importantly, engineering and manufacturing training for new and existing members. Their support is integral to our Team’s human powered land speed record attempts and our pursuit of the Kremer International Marathon Prize for Human Powered Flight.

Bombardier generously granted HPVDT access to its Downsview facility and allowed us to test TITAN on its 2 kilometer long landing strip. This was essential for our Team practice leading up to the 2022 WHPSC, as it allowed us to practice launching, piloting and catching TITAN in a controlled and safe environment and at speeds that aren't attainable outside a flat, straight line environment. Their continuing support of our Team and the TITAN project is integral to our Team's pursuit of several categories of world human powered land speed records.