Team Dreamer takes second place in The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) Northeast Regional ChemE Car Competition
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| 2008 Rensselaer ChemE Car Team top row:
Jason Cheung, Gabrielle Doyon, David Arenivar, Dane
Kouttron, Adam Brown, Steve Prokopiak bottom row: Laryssa
Matvichuk, Pamela Fuller |
Students from the Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering designed, constructed and ran their
chemically powered model car “Dreamer” in the AlChE regional
competition hosted by MIT on Saturday, April 5th. They
earned second place with a combined score calculated from,
traveling the correct distance while hauling cargo, and for
their creativity.
Team “Dreamer” also received the award for Most Creative Car
Design, Most Creative Drive System, and won third place in the
Poster competition.
Rensselaer’s team competed in the regional competition
against Clarkson, Cornell, Syracuse, Northeastern, and the
University of Maine.
See the car in action on Google video
Posted:
Apr 21, 2008
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