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• Abstract
• Acknowledgements

1. Problem Background
   • Transportation Methods
   • Environmental Considerations
   • Sociological Factors
   • Development Specifications
2. Previous Inventions
   • Origins Of The Bicycle
   • Early Improvements
   • Initial Electric Bicycles
   • Other Solutions
   • Recent Developments
3. Motor Selection
4. Battery System
5. Frame and Components
6. Performance Simulation
7. Efficiency Maximization
8. Controller Design
9. Implementation

• Appendix
• Bibliography

In Memory of Joel Reed, A'88, 1966-1987.

Readers may contact the author through the Tufts University Office of Alumni Relations at 95 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA 02155, (617)627-3526, or at jcoate@alumni.tufts.edu.