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The First-Year Engineering Design Challenge for the Class of 2025
Date: February 19th, 2022
Time: 1pm to 5pm
Location: Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) Atrium
Design Challenge Spring 2022: “Chain Reaction”
“Chain Reaction” machines (sometimes known as Rube Goldberg machines) have been a classic example of demonstrating the transfer of energy, laws of motion, and several other practical applications of engineering while providing creators with a hands-on making experience. Several teams of first-year students will be responsible for a “section” of the overall machine, with a triggering of section-by-section and overall collaborative goal of a start-to-finish system.
The total time provided to all teams to finish their contraptions will be 4 hours (2/19/2021 from 1pm to 5pm)
Here is the result of what the Class of 2025 created!
REGISTRATION:
First-Year Students:
First-Year Students can register individually (and be added to a team during the event) or as a team (up to 5 members) at the following link:
Registration link no longer active.
Mentors:
Upper-class Students can register to be mentors during the event, helping and guiding the first-year students to successful solutions! Please use the following link:
Registration link no longer active.
SCHEDULE (Sat, Feb 19th, 2022):
| 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm | Welcome, table assignments, group setup |
| 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm | Start Building + First Trial (at 1:50pm) |
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Work + Second Trial (at 2:50pm) |
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Work + Third Trial (at 3:50pm) |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Final Work Session (Final Tweaks) |
| 4:30 pm – 4:45 pm | Showcase! (2x runs, with reset) |
| 4:45 pm – 5:00 pm | Disassemble and Cleanup |
PREPARATION:
No preparation needed! We will supply all the materials and mentors to help you succeed. Just come with your energy, ideas, and enthusiasm and willingness to creatively collaborate to innovate a solution to the problem!
Questions? Need more information? Contact SoE First-Year Coordinator Ethan Danahy at ethan.danahy@tufts.edu or Design Challenge Organizer Khushbu Kshirsagar at khushbu.kshirsagar@tufts.edu
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT:
This Design Challenge event is organized by/with generous support from:
Tufts University School of Engineering
Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach
TUFTS E-WEEK 2022:
The SoE First-Year Engineering Design Challenge in Spring 2022 is part of Tufts E-Week. More information about all the Tufts E-Week 2022 events can be found at: