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Over 700 K-12 students from Oregon and Southwest Washington competed in the 2004 Engineering Design Competitions, which were sponsored by PSU's College of Engineering and Computer Science. This annual event is organized to promote interest in engineering and computer science. Below is a list of this year's categories and the student organizations at PSU that sponsored them.
- Airplane Design Competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers
- Catapult Competition sponsored by Tau Beta Pi
- Edible Car Competition sponsored by Eta Kappa Nu
- Egg Drop Competition sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers
- Motor Design Competition sponsored by IEEE
- Mouse Trap-Powered Car Competition sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Truss Design Competition sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers
From all accounts, the students had a great time.
Below are some pictures of the students having fun during the competitions.
In the two pictures above, Katie Boudreau from Tigard High School is getting "Big Bertha" ready to compete in the Edible Car Competition.
Part of the edible car competition is eating your entry which most students think is the best part!
David Masulis from Gresham High School proudly shows off his entry for the Catapult Competition.
Kathy Feng, 7th grader at Kellog Middle School, shows off her "Pretty in Pink" entry for the Catapult Competition.
Dixon Liang, 7th grader at Kellog Middle School, says the "Catapult is my favorite competition".
Torri Williams, a fourth-grader from Siletz Valley School, gets excited to compete in the Egg Drop Competition. Her egg was protected by newspaper, toilet paper, bubble wrap, and a little plastic cup.
Billy and Trevor, who are 8th graders at West Sylvan and MESA students, show off their creative design for the egg drop competition.
Students watch as other competitors drop their eggs off the second floor balcony of Science Building 2.
2004 Design Competition Results
Catapult Competition
Grades K-8
- Chris Crawford, Siletz Valley
- Kathy Feng, Kellogg
- Ethan Gayle, Poynter
High School
- Michael Armstrong, Vocational Village
- Steve Miller, Vocational Village
- Trevor Deluca, Gresham
Mousetrap Powered Car Competition
Equal weight was given to each Time and Distance. Each contestant was ranked by performance, 1 being best, for both categories. These rankings were then added together for a final score, the lowest score placing 1st, the second lowest 2nd and the next lowest 3rd. There was a tie for second place in the High School division, for which a tie breaking decision was made. For the tie-breaker the ratio of best distance to best time was computed and compared. The results were as follows:
Grades K-8
- Andrew Coats, Siletz Valley
High School
- Timm Heroux, Mark Morris
- Bob Greatorex, Mark Morris
- Hitesh Patel, Parkrose
Truss Design Competition
Grades K-8
- Ner Bastida, Grade 7, Ockley Green
- Anna Becker, Grade 8, Cedar Park
- Tim Ong, Grade 8, Ockley Green
High School
- Breana Schliebe, Santiam Christian
- Phi Tran, Benson Poly Tech
- Richard W. Gesner, Benson Poly Tech
Incredible Edible Car Competition
Grades K-8
- Linn Tran, Lulu Xiao, Bethany Schroeder - Conestoga
- Alex Carson - Kellogg
- Sam Leeding, Hart Smith, Mikal Stutzman, Noah Hesse - Cedar Park
High School
- Mason Sherwood, Mike Ledezman - Riverdale
- Ripley Yates, Mark Wecter, Ray Lee - Riverdale
Airplane Design Competition
Available soon!
Egg Drop Competition
Available soon!
Electric Motor Car Competition
Available soon!
