Engineering Design Contests
Contest Details
Middle and High School Students: Make plans to compete in our Engineers Week Open House 2006 contests! See below for complete details.
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Electric Boat ( COMPLETE RULES ) - Participants will use their ingenuity to craft a boat from their own design. Each participant will be judged on how long it takes his/her boat to traverse the distance of a channel (approx. 10 feet). The boat with the fastest time will win. Contact Person: gcrossma@odu.edu |
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Baby Baja ( COMPLETE RULES ) - The Baby Baja Rally is a competition that challenges middle and high school students individually or as a team to build a miniature all-terrain vehicle capable of traversing sand dunes, water,and logs. This competition is intended to reward imagination, ingenuity, and teamwork. Contact Person: nrodriguez5000@cox.net |
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Egg Drop ( COMPLETE RULES ) - Construct an apparatus that will allow an uncooked egg to survive a 25-foot free fall intact. The design of the apparatus should emphasize the mechanical principles of energy absorption. Contact Person: cburres@odu.edu |
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Impromptu Design Contest( COMPLETE RULES ) - In mechanical engineering, plastic and creepy materials have specific meanings. In this year's impromptu design competition such materials take on a special meaning as they apply to food and food-related items used as structures. This competition should give all of us additional insight into why designing with such materials is challenging. Dont have a team? Dont worry. Teams will be formed on the day of the contest from all registrants. Contact Person: chayd003@odu.edu |
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Model Span Bridge( COMPLETE RULES )* - The object of this contest is to construct a 12-inch-long model bridge from a given amount of balsa wood. This model will be tested to destruction to determine its load-carrying capacity as related to its weight when subjected to a single loading Contact Person: wlewis@odu.edu and for kits contact tbrittin@odu.edu |
*Please call (757) 683-3765 for bridge kit information.
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Each contest requires an entry fee of $1.00, except when noted in the contest rules. The kit for the Model Span Bridge contest costs $4.00. Groups participating in a contest must pay an entry fee for each design submitted. Make checks payable to "Old Dominion University." Please return registration form and contest fees by Friday, February 10th: Engineering Design Contest Entries |