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Engineering Competitions Advisors Aerospace Engineering Memphis, TN Each contestant group will provide an air vehicle which must fit inside a box measuring 1 meter x 1 meter x 1 meter. The air vehicle is propelled by an electric motor which operates from 2 standard alkaline batteries, size AA. From a standing start, each vehicle must complete a flight while loaded. A “flight” is defined as airborne travel of not less than 2 meters in length. The vehicle must become airborne and remain airborne for the entire 2-meter course. The ends of the course are defined by (nominal) 2” x 4” x 8’ studs resting on the 4” sides. The runway leading to the course is 3 meters long. Maximum allowable flight time is two minutes. The winning vehicle must completely execute a successful flight with the maximum load of metal shot contained within the vehicle throughout the flight. A single attempt is allowed at a given load level.<p/> The Plains, VA AIA and the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) are proud to sponsor the 4th annual Team America Rocketry Challenge, the largest model rocket showcase on the planet. Applications for the 2006 Challenge will be available beginning September 7, 2005, and the deadline for applications is November 15, 2005. This year's Challenge is to design, build, and fly a model rocket carrying a raw egg and return it safely to the ground while staying aloft for exactly 45 seconds and reaching an altitude of 800 feet. If your score is one of the 100 best, you will be invited to compete for a share of the $60,000 prize package at the 2006 National Finals at Great Meadow, in The Plains, Virginia, on May 20, 2006. The Student Troposphere Sounding Rocket Program (ST-SRP™) was developed by Volanz Aerospace Inc. in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as an educational outreach program for United States-based students of all ages (1st Grade through College/University level), and is designed to foster interest in the areas of space science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With the help of a teacher or mentor, one (or more) students create, design and build an experiment and submit a proposal for the opportunity to fly it on a Sounding Rocket launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Virginia. Experiments are qualified for the program through a flight certification process that includes an experiment proposal review. Proposals are accepted throughout the year, and experiments are typically launched twice a year. Automotive Engineering Cleveland, OH Transport a 12 oz. (0.382 kg) can of beverage 25 feet (7.62m) within a straight 4 feet wide lane in minimum time employing an electric DC motor(of your choice) and one AAA alkaline battery as the onboard energy source. The race course will be set up on a relatively smooth, level wood floor with a polyurethane finish (an old gymnasium). Memphis, TN Cars, airplanes, and rockets all have engines that work by converting chemical energy to mechanical energy. Exercise your chemical and mechanical engineering potential by designing a vehicle powered by baking soda and vinegar. The vehicle that goes the farthest wins! Baking soda and vinegar combine to produce carbon dioxide gas. If you direct the CO2 through a nozzle, it will produce thrust that can be used to move a car, sled, etc. Your vehicle must transport a “passenger” (a raw Grade A Large egg or object of equivalent size & shape) in a specified direction over a hard surface (asphalt, tile, concrete, brick, etc.). The test course may be slightly inclined or uneven, but will have no drop-offs or ditches. It may be outdoors and subject to wind, moisture, etc. Vehicles will be judged based on distance traveled. Each will get two runs. The winning vehicle will be the one with the single best run. Ties will be resolved using the average of both runs. Indianapolis, IN IMSTEA is a non-profit, all volunteer organization dedicated to improving the mathematics, science and technology literacy and competency of all Hoosiers.  It was founded in 1990 and continues to pursue this goal today. Our past efforts have included several conferences on mathematics, science and technology and integrated curriculum programs.  We  currently co-sponsor, with Vincennes University, the Super Mileage Challenge, an integrated curriculum project featuring high mileage cars built by Indiana High school students.  Schools outside Indiana are welcome to participate on a non-competition basis (you may participate, but you are not elligible for a trophy). We are currently seeking schools and organizations in other states who would like to compete in a regional or national challenge. Merion, PA The U.S. Department of Energy's Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) Program is a classroom-based, hands-on educational program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. JSS student teams apply math, science, and creativity to construct model solar-powered cars and race them in interscholastic competitions hosted within their schools or within their states or regions. In recent years, the event grew to 83 host sites in 26 states involving 100,000 students and 15,000 teachers. A regional competition is held annually by the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association in Merion, PA. Rochester, NY Objective: To design and build the lightest model car body that will protect 2 extra large eggs during a collision with a concrete block and have the styling and features that would make it an appealing choice to a car buyer. Elkhart Lake, WI In an effort to increase public awareness in the area of fuel economy and student involvement, a fuel economy competition will be held. Competing students and clubs will be challenged to build a one person, fuel-efficient vehicle powered by a single cylinder four-stroke cycle engine. The vehicles will run a specified course with the vehicle obtaining the highest miles-per-gallon rating winning the competition. This competition is open to entries from schools from across the nation including engineering classes, technology classes, science classes and student clubs, with no more than four entries permitted per school or club. The mission of the Supermileage Challenge is to provide high school students an opportunity to engage in a rich, safe and authentic engineering experience. Marshall, MI The Supermileage® competition provides engineering and technology students with a challenging design project that involves the development and construction of a single-person, fuel-efficient vehicle. Vehicles are powered by a small four-cycle engine. Albany, NY The Tour de Sol competition recognizes advanced vehicles that reduce oil use and greenhouse gas emissions that have good performance and practicality. The competition is open to student and independent teams, as well as vehicle manufacturers. Awards are presented to Production and one-of-a-kind cars, trucks, and buses. In 2004, a new competition was created for "around town" vehicles such as electric bikes, scooters, and neighborhood vehicles. Biomedical Engineering Newark, NJ Using Lego Mindstorm kits, the student teams assembled robots that simulated the performance of surgical tasks. Each of the following high-school teams won a plaque and a cash prize. The judging was based on the following: originality, design quality, ability to accomplish the assigned task, teamwork and overall presentation. Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains, took first prize and $500 for designing a robot that reattached a severed hot dog. The surgery simulated the reattachment of a severed human limb. Their advisor was physics teacher Brian Holton, East Brunswick. “The team showed that they had done in-depth research on their robot design project through their presentation and also during a question and answer session,” said Cynthia Camacho, an NJIT student who judged the contest. Westside High School, Newark, won second prize and $300 for designing a robot that also reattached the amputated tip of hot dog. Two schools tied for third place. Manalapan High School, Manalapan, won third prize and $100 for building a robot that surgically removed a seed from a grape. The surgery simulated the removal of a tumor. The Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, Edison, also won third place and $100 for designing a robot that also reattached a severed hot dog. Chemical Engineering Tulsa, OK The goal of the competition is to use a chemical reaction to break an electrical circuit 20 seconds after setup. Breaking the circuit before 20 seconds disqualifies the run. The electrical circuit contains an LED that turns off when the circuit is broken, providing a visual cue. Students attach their equipment to the circuit with alligator clips, and power for the LED is provided by a 9-volt battery. Entries that don't break the circuit within 5 minutes are given a second chance. Ties are broken by the judges determining which team had the most fun during the competition. Civil Engineering Cleveland, OH The participation of high school students either as individuals or as a team of two is welcomed. Each participant and faculty advisor who attends the competition will receive a free T-shirt. Memphis, TN CONTEST RULES: 1. The design must be a truss bridge form, constructed entirely from 1/8” (1/8” square cross section) balsa wood. Each member of the bridge has to be fabricated from 1/8” square balsa wood. Gluing of members together to achieve members with larger cross sections is not allowed. Individual members with other cross sections are not allowed. 2. Elmer’s glue must be used to join members. No other glue will be allowed. The glue will be placed only in the area of contact of the members and excessive accumulation of glue at joints will not be allowed. 3. The maximum external dimensions of the bridge (outside edge to outside edge) must be 4 inches in width, 8 inches in height, and 18 inches in length. The minimum external dimensions of the bridge are 31/2 inches in width, 71/2 inches in height, and 171/2 inches in length. 4. Balsa wood members shall not be coated or treated in any way. Rochester, NY Objective: To design and build a wooden bridge with a mass less than 25 grams that will support the maximum load at mid-span. West Point, NY The United States Military Academy is pleased to offer the third annual West Point Bridge Design Contest. The purpose of the contest is to provide middle school and high school students with a realistic, engaging introduction to engineering. We provide this contest as a service to education--and as a tribute to the Academy's two hundred years of service to the United States of America. The contest will provide you with an opportunity to: Learn about engineering through a realistic, hands-on problem-solving experience. Learn about the engineering design process--the application of math, science, and technology to create devices and systems that meet human needs.  Learn about truss bridges and how they work. Learn how engineers use the computer as a problem-solving tool.  We also hope you will have some fun pitting your problem-solving skills against those of other virtual bridge designers around the globe. Marine Engineering Brooklyn, NY OVERVIEW The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center and the Marine Technology Society’s (MTS) ROV Committee are partnering with the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center Sonny Carter Training Facility to organize their 4th annual ROV design and building competition for high school and college students. Employers – industry, businesses, government agencies, and research organizations – and working professionals are becoming involved in the event by donating funds, building supplies, equipment, and facilities and volunteering their time and technical expertise as mentors, technical assistants, and judges to support the competing teams. Goals: • To increase the awareness and visibility of marine technical fields, educational and career opportunities, and potential employers. • To help students develop the skills necessary for careers in technical fields. These skills include the ability to work as a team, problem solve, think critically, troubleshoot, communicate effectively, and manage projects. • To connect students and educators with employers and working professionals. These connections result in collaborations where professionals mentor the students, complementing what they are learning in the classroom, and employers have the opportunity to evaluate the students as potential employees. • To give students the opportunity to learn how similar technologies are used to explore both the depths of our oceans and the far reaches of outer space. Eligibility: • Open to high school, college, and university students. Home-schooled students of comparable grade levels are also welcome. • Students can design and build the vehicles as an entire class project or school group activity. The group must be affiliated with a school or home-school network and/or demonstrate that 1) the participating students are currently enrolled in a high school, college, university, or home-school network and 2) the students are working under the supervision of an adult mentor.* Students can divide themselves into groups that focus on various aspects of vehicle design and operation. • Teams must have at least three students with at least one faculty member or adult advisor involved in the process. One student should be designated as the team spokesperson. 2005 General Info 2 • Individuals from industry, businesses, research organizations, and/or government can act as mentors during the design and building process. These individuals can provide students and their instructors with guidance and technical expertise, but cannot be actively involved** in construction and operation. Regional competitions are held at:    Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn NY  (256 miles - 4:37)    Brookdale Community College in Lincroft NJ  (278 miles - 4:58)    The Sound School in New Haven CT  (329 miles - 6:02)    The University of Rhode Island in Narragansett RI  (416 miles - 7:55) Mechanical Engineering Memphis, TN The goal of the contest is to design packaging (box and packing) to contain and protect raw chicken eggs from breaking when dropped from a height of 20 feet and more. Soft, crushable packing that encloses a lot of air is best. Foam rubber or plastics, feathers, cotton, or synthetic batting are all good “cushioners.” Think of materials that are soft and yielding and light. What soft and fluffy materials could be used? How can the weight of the package (box and packing), as well as the volume of the box, be minimized? Each package may be tested several times at increasing heights, in order to determine first, second, and third place winners. Last year’s winning height was 60 feet. Ames, IA Teams must design catapults to launch raw eggs a specified distance. The catapults will be designed and built by the teams. Each team must provide all materials and use their creativity and imagination in their designs. The playing field will be a rectangular shape. The teams will set up their catapult in a designated launch area and will launch the eggs at a bull's eye target on the opposite end of the playing field. The catapult range must be adjustable because each team will be shooting from different distances to the target. The exact distance to the target will not be known until the day of the event. A range of distances will be specified in this document. Each team will get three practice shots and five scored shots. This field competition will count for 50 of the total 100 possible points. Ames, IA Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to build a roller coaster that transports a ball from a specified start point to a specified end point (10-25 mm bearings work best) in 1minute ± 5 seconds, and completes the Rube Goldberg Challenge. Prefabricated construction toys such as hot wheels or any other type of track, tinker toys, lincoln logs, legos or K'Nex may not be used. Any type of energy may be used except chemical (includes fire!), human, NUCLEAR and electric. Basically the coaster must be mechanical (springs, rubber bands, magnets and gravitational Potential Energy) and once the ball is moving on its own no one may touch the ball or coaster or influence it's performance in any way. The same ball that begins the coaster does not have to be the same one that ends, which means the energy from one ball can be transferred to that of another ball. Once one ball starts another ball, the first ball should stop shortly thereafter. Washington, DC Student teams will apply creativity, science, and engineering methods to design technology that overcomes barriers to employment for people with disabilities, and compete for cash prizes, awards and a trip to the national finals held in Washington, DC February 17, 2006. Milwaukee, WI The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest brings the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Rube Goldberg's "Invention" cartoons to life. Named after, and inspired by the cartoonist Reuben Lucius Goldberg, this Olympics of Complexity is designed to pull students away from conventional problem-solving and push them into the endless chaos of imagination and intuitive thought. To be specific, groups are given an elementary challenge: something as simple as peeling an apple, sharpening a pencil, or putting toothpaste on a toothbrush. But instead of just "solving" the problem, students have to make the solution as complicated and as convoluted as possible. In fact, the more steps - there's a minimum of twenty - the better the Rube Goldberg Machine. And what a machine! An assemblage of ordinary objects, mechanical gadgets, and the oddest odds and ends are linked together and somehow get to the desired goal. Rube Goldberg drew his "Inventions" as contraptions that satirized the new technology and gadgets of the day. His drawings, using simple machines and household items already in use, were incredibly complex and wacky, but somehow (perhaps it was because Rube was a graduate engineer) the "Inventions" always had an ingenious, logical progression as they worked to finish their task. The annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held at Purdue University in Indiana is organized by the Phi Chapter of Theta Tau, the National Student Engineering Organization. It hosts college and university teams from across the US. Winners of the high school statewide and regional contests are also invited to run their invention machines at the National. A "National Contest" for high schools is planned for 2004 to be hosted by the Milwaukee Colleges of Engineering Partnership: Marquette University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, and University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Dayton, OH The contest is open to all high school students. Any number of students from a school may work on a single team. Participating schools are encouraged to submit multiple teams. Only one trebuchet may be submitted by any one student. Robotic Engineering  (Mechanical+Electrical+Software) Philadelphia, PA Started in 1993 with 14 competing schools and 221 students, today BEST has over 700 middle and high schools and over 8,000 students participating each fall. There is no fee for schools to compete in BEST. BEST features two parallel competitions: A robotics game, which is based upon an annual theme with four teams competing at once in a series of three-minute, round-robin matches. The BEST Award, which is presented to the team that best embodies the concept of Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology. Elements include a project summary notebook, oral presentation, table display, and spirit and sportsmanship. Each school is provided kits of equipment and parts, a set of game rules, and given six weeks to design, build, and test a small Radio/Controlled (R/C) robot that outperforms other robots. Winning teams from local competition sites (called “hubs”) advance to regional championship sites (“regionals”). Boston, MA The Design Competition involves teams of two students, both of whom must be high school freshmen, sophomores, or juniors at the time of the competition. Each team will design and build a vehicle that will, under its own power, climb a sloped ramp, knock over a flag at the top of the ramp, and sustain its position against an opposing vehicle. Cleveland, OH The tournament will consist of three portions: a seeding round, a "head to head" single elimination competition, and a final round. The purpose of the seeding round is twofold: (1) to determine the group of teams to receive a "bye" in the first round of the single elimination competition and (2) to determine the seeding in the second round of the "head to head" competition. The purpose of this structure is to insure that there will be exactly 32 robots competing at the beginning at the second round of the "head to head" competition. Pittsburgh, PA The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life-changing, career-molding experience—and a lot of fun. In 2005 the competition reached close to 25,000 high-school-aged young people on close to 1,000 teams in 30 competitions. Our teams came from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events, the result of lots of focused brainstorming, real-world teamwork, dedicated mentoring, project timelines, and deadlines. The registration fee for this events is $6,000. Rochester, NY Objective: To design an electric powered SumoBot with the force to push an opponent’s SumoBot off a round table having a 7-foot diameter. Marion, OH In 2003 the Society of Manufacturing Engineers decided that they were no longer able to sponsor their national robotics challenge.  This opened the door for the three teachers from Marion, Ohio to offer sponsorship to a contest that was familiar to many schools in Ohio and around the nation. These individuals saw educational value in competitive events for their students.  These teachers were also concerned about the rising costs involved with these competitions and wanted to try to create more cost effective competitions for kids. 2004 was the inaugural year for the Ohio TECH National Robotics Challenge.  The contest was held at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the Marion County Fairgrounds in Marion, Ohio.   We had over 250 students from 27 schools representing 7 states with 148 contest entries. The 2005 contest had over 300 participants and we are hoping for even more entries in 2006. Abington, PA Overview: Penn State Abington will be hosting our annual Robot Challenge and Exhibit on Sunday, April 3, 2005.  The activities will include the regional fire fighting robot contest (described in this web page), as well as an innovative outdoor robot competition, invited speakers, and robot demonstrations and exhibits. Participants from the 4th grade through college and beyond will be participating and showcasing their innovative and creative robot designs.  Spectators are welcome, and all robot activities are free and open to the public. Contest Objective: The objective of the fire-fighting robot contest is to design a computer-controlled robot to navigate a  maze (8 ft. by 8 ft.) that consists of 4 rooms. Rooms are surrounded by walls except for a 18" entrance.  A single candle is randomly placed in one of the 4 rooms. The goal is for the mobile robot to explore the maze, locate the candle, and extinguish the candle in the minimum time.  Robots must be within 12" of candle before extinguishing candle.  The layout and dimensions of the maze and rooms are fully known to all contestants prior to the contest.  For the advanced divisions, the hallways and room may be covered with carpeting, and there is a small staircase located within the maze.  Bonuses are earned for returning to the start position after extinguishing the candle, allowing obstacles to be placed in the rooms.  Participants are permitted to use any combination of building materials and computer technology. All robots must operate autonomously except for the K-5th grade remote control division. Abington, PA Robo-Hoops is an autonomous mobile robot design competition in which two robots battle head-to-head in a basketball challenge.  Robots must dunk or shoot foam basketballs into a net located 12 inches above the playing field. The contest is open to students of all ages (K-8, high school, college).  Any combination of hardware and software may be utilized.  The contest is free and allows for the use of low-cost (but sophisticated) supplies and equipment.  In addition to the autonomous robots, there is also an optional junior K-8 remote control division.  The goal of the contest is to encourage creative problem-solving, teamwork, project-based learning, and to promote interest in careers in engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, and information technologies.  A special challenge for the 2004 contest is to modify or hack a Robosapiens robot to compete in the Robo-Hoops contest. Southfield, MI In order to increase young students' interest, engagement, understanding, and use of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Robofest provides an environment for students to design, construct and program robots. Students can compete in two playful ways: Competition - A team of students competes to accomplish robotics missions. Exhibition - Each team has complete freedom to show off any creative autonomous robotics project. Hartford, CT The goal of the Contest is to encourage inventors of all ages and levels of skill to develop an autonomous fire-fighting home robot that can find, and put out as quickly as possible, a fire in a model house. Science Washington, DC ExploraVision is a competition for all students in grades K-12 attending a school in the U.S., Canada, U.S. Territory or a Department of Defense school . It is designed to encourage students to combine their imagination with their knowledge of science and technology to explore visions of the future. Teams of students select a technology, research how it works and why it was invented, and then project how that technology may change in the future. They must then identify what breakthroughs are required for their vision to become a reality and describe the positive and negative consequences of their technology on society. Winning ideas have focused on things as simple as ballpoint pens and as complex as satellite communications. The student teams write a paper and draw a series of Web page graphics to describe their idea. Regional winners make a Web site and a prototype of their future vision. Washington, DC Sponsored by the US Department of Energy It's a fun, fast-paced academic tournament that challenges high school students' knowledge of science. Student teams are questioned on Earth Science, Math, General Science, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Computer Science. Teams have five seconds to answer each question once they buzz in. If they cannot answer correctly, the question is offered to the opposing team. Durham, NC National Science Decathlon is a lose affiliation of teachers, parents and community volunteers dedicated to promoting science education by organizing competitive, science-based tournaments throughout the United States. Each Science Decathlon tournament is made up of ten Team Events and up to four Pilot Events which sport names like Bridge Breaking, Water Rocketry and Ick! Thyology for each division. Division A events are for 9th -12th grade high school students. Division B events are for 6th - 9th grade junior high,   middle school and intermediate elementary students. Local Sponsors Kephart Hardware 422 N Centre St Philipsburg PA 16866 814-342-3080 Vaux Electronics 137 Richard St Philipsburg PA 16866 814-342-1611 Corporate Sponsors
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