Engineering Design Contest at Eastern Illinois University
October 19th, 2000


Results of The Contest


PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, COACHES:

Altamont High School, Gwynn Smith
Casey-westfield High School, Deanna Kenney
Chrisman High School, Don Anglen
Cumberland High School, Mike Morgan
Eisenhower High School, Julie Heiden
Effingham High School, Norene Ault
Kansas High School, Tabatha Ludington
Marshall High School, Mae Brandt
Martinsville High School, Delores Ward
Mt. Pulaski High School, Sheary Mcclure
St. Joe Ogden High School, Tom Newkirk
Warrensburg-Latham High School, John Burke
West Leyden High School, D. Zygas, J. Ruffolo, M. Storaasli

Total # of Students 349

RESULTS BY PROJECT
BRIDGE

1st: Warrensburg-Latham: Ashley Wright, Pam Groves, Malia Troxell, Carly Kriek, Emily Alsup

Load mass at failure = 91 lbs., Bridge mass = 19.9 grams, Efficiency = {Load(g)}/{BridgeMass(g)} = 2100

2nd: Warrensburg-Latham: Jerod Wilhoit, Aaron Burgener, Tim Huffaker

Load mass at failure=79 lbs., Bridge mass=19.7 grams, Efficiency=1800

3rd: Warrensburg-Latham: Brian Shepard, Aaron Brownfield

Load mass at failure=70 lbs., Bridge mass=20.0 grams, Efficiency=1600

MOUSETRAP RACER: Track specs: Curved track, 60o arc, 1.00 meter wide. Center arc length=8.00 meters.

1st: Altamont: Megan Goeckner, Cyrene Robertson, Hannah Wolff

Shortest time: 3.85 s

2nd: Mt. Pulaski: Casey Rogers, Caleb Whitson

Shortest time: 4.16 s

3rd: Warrensburg-Latham: Chris Barber, Ryan McAdam, Andrew Swango

Shortest time: 4.59 s

TENNIS BALL LAUNCHER

1st: Warrensburg-Latham: Jared Perry, John Spinner, Bill Brumett, Travis Timmons, Elliott Burgett

Efficiency Rating = (Total Target Points after 15 launches) / (Time for 15 launches) = 28/47 = 0.60

2nd: Warrensburg-Latham: Jake Brodbeck, Mick Romania, Brent Stanley

Efficiency Rating = 18/41 = 0.44

3rd: Casey-Westfield: Aaron R. Hacker, T. C. Grissom, Matt Minks

Efficiency Rating = 20/61 = .33

EGG DROP

1st: Mt. Pulaski: Ryan Kunken, Chris Schaffenacker

Efficiency = (egg mass)*(max height without breaking) / (catcher mass) = (54.8g)*(12.0ft)/(3.5g) = 190 ft

2nd: Warrensburg-Latham: Andrew Swango, Chris Barber, Ryan McAdam

Efficiency = (56.8g)*(25.0ft)/(24.6g) = 57.7 ft

3rd: Eisenhower: Jonathan Gillen

Efficiency = (57.8g)*(16.0ft)/(29.2g) = 31.7 ft

WILD CARD

1st: Martinsville: Last link to break in the tug of war.

2nd: St. Joe Ogden

3rd: Altamont

TOP FIVE SCHOOLS

First Place: Warrensburg - Latham, John Burke
Second Place: Mt. Pulaski, Sheary McClure
Third Place: Eisenhower, Julie Heiden / Altamont, Gwynn Smith
Fifth PLace: Martinsville, Delores Ward

To winning teams: If you did not receive enough ribbons to cover the number of students on your team, let me know how many you need and I will send them to you.

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Photo Gallery

Check-in 1

Check-in 2

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Bridge 1

Bridge 2

Bridge 3

Discussion

Egg Drop 1

Egg Drop 2

Egg Drop 3

Egg Drop 4

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Launch 1

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To suggest corrections to this page, contact:

Dr. Len Storm
Chair, Pre-Engineering Studies
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920

or email to: cfles@eiu.edu

Thanks to the following volunteers:

John Burke (Master of Ceremonies, Warrensburg-Lathan Coach), and EIU students: Marvin Iffert (Pre-Engineering), Jim Nutter (Pre-Engineering), Tim Breitzman (Chemistry), Brittny Robertson (Pre-Engineering), Alicia Britton (Pre-Engineering), Ryan Kusterman (Pre-Engineering), Greg Collier (Pre-Engineering), Jared Towles (Pre-Engineering), Dave Wojtowicz (Pre-Engineering), Adam Hart (Pre-Engineering), Ryan Franklin (Physics).