They had their fair share of problems along the way.

“Once we had a major problem with welding. We knew about the expansion and contraction that comes during welding, but when we actually tried to put it in action, we realised how poloes apart theory and reality can be,” he said.

Speaking to Gunjan Shah, the marketing head of the team, one realises that the students have learnt a few marketing tricks. To finance the project Shah had to sell the idea to sponsors. “I had never sold anything in my life. But because of my oratory skills, I was given the task of convincing people to finance our project,” said the 20-year-old, who managed to convince four companies to come forward and offer help.

But with the hard work over now, it is the final exam in Detroit that is giving these scholars, and sports fans, butterflies in the stomach.