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Popsicle Bridge *
Hosted by:ASCE
Description: Using just Popsicle sticks and Elmer's glue, competitors are required to design a bridge that will withstand the highest load. Score will be determined by taking the load to weight ratio. The bridge that earns the highest score wins.
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Catapult *
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Description: The Catapult Design Competition challenges the designers to create a device to toss, propel, kick, or fling a beanbag as far as possible.
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Scavenger Hunt
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Description: A scavenger hunt during E-Week. The objective is to get pictures of as many items on the list as quickly as possible. Participants must bring a digital camera. One will not be provided.
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Anatomy Airigami
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Description: Think you're good with anatomy? How about balloon animals? What about putting the two together? In this competition, teams of 8-10 each will compete to see who can use various balloons to make either a human body or a cross-section of a eukaryotic cell.
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Egg Drop *
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Description: Build a contraption that holds eggs and will withstand the drop from the top of Engineering tower. The winner will be the person who builds the contraption that holds the eggs with the least damage.
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Straw Building
Hosted by:ASCE
Description: Construct the tallest building possible that can stand on its own with 50 straws.
1st Prize: $60 || 2nd Prize: $30 || 3rd Prize: $10
Date: February 21, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Location: Engineering Gateway Upper Plaza
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Castle Destruction
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Description: Teams will construct a fortress and catapult which will be used to protect their figurines as well as attack the opposing teams' fortresses. The team which has at least 1 figurine standing in the end will be the winner.
1st Prize: $60 || 2nd Prize: $30 || 3rd Prize: $10
Date: February 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Location: Engineering Gateway Upper Plaza
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Rube Goldberg *
Hosted by: ASME
Description: A fiercely competitive battle of wits, the Rube Goldberg contest is an attempt to create a machine to open a can of soda in an incredibly complex, wacky, and roundabout manner.
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Date: February 21, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Location: Engineering Gateway Upper Plaza
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MacGuyver
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Description: In homage to the 1980s TV character who could wriggle out of any situation through his innovative use of duct tape, this event allows students to use tape, pocket knives, matches, string and other materials to accomplish a given task.
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Paper Airplane
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Description: This competition perpetuates the time-honored academic tradition of building the better paper airplane.
1st Prize: $30 || 2nd Prize: $15 || 3rd Prize: $5
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