Amy Story, 1988 civil engineering alumna, greets spectators and onlookers at the start of the judging phase of the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest in the HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall on Saturday, Feb. 28. The event featured five Penn State engineering teams representing multiple Penn State commonwealth campuses and student organizations.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

Spectators fill the HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall, seen here prior to the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held on Saturday, Feb. 28. Five teams represented student groups from University Park as well as New Kensington and Brandywine campuses, competed against each other. Each was tasked with building a device that utilizes a complicated engineering solution to reach the end result of replacing an ordinary lightbulb with a more efficient light source.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

Penn State Envisioneer Brendan Newpher, left, and Ethan Chang, right, discuss the Envisioneer's Rube Goldberg device with judge Lyle Tague, center, before the start of the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Saturday, Feb. 28. The Envisioneers took third place in the judge's scoring.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

An onlooker photographs the Rube Goldberg device built by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, which took place in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Saturday, Feb. 28. The team's project, themed after the Super Mario video game series, took first place; it competed against four other teams in tackling the simple task of replacing a light bulb with a more efficient light source, using a complicated engineering solution.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

Penn State's Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers team member Ana Medina carefully places a component of her team's human body-themed Rube Goldberg device before the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest begins in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Saturday, Feb. 28.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest judges meet prior to the judging part of the competition on Saturday, Feb. 28, in Alumni Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center. The judges, all professional engineers and alumni of Penn State, critiqued the five teams based on such things as team chemistry, documentation, successfulness of machine function and faithfulness to Rube Goldberg-style concepts.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers from University Park gather around their entry in the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, held in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Saturday, Feb. 28. Their entry was one of five from multiple Penn State campuses and student engineering organizations.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

Penn State engineering students Andrew Deihl, left and Brianne Wilburne, right, both seniors, prepare their American Society of Mechanical Engineers team entry for competition in the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Satuday, Feb. 28. The team went on to attain first place out of the five teams present.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest team captains meet with event coordinator Jane Harris, far center, and other event staff in the HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall on Saturday, Feb. 28, prior to the start of the competition.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

Penn State New Kensington engineering student Derek Stoecklein, a freshman, sets up an element of his team's Rube Goldberg device, themed "Construction Zone." This machine, as part of the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held in Alumni Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center on Saturday, Feb. 28, competed against four other teams to see which device most successfully replaces an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient lighting device.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

Penn State Brandywine's entry in the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest is seen during a run of its solution in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Saturday, Feb. 28. The team chose a "Batman" theme in its complicated approach to solving the simple issue of replacing a typical light bulb with a modern, energy-efficient type. Their solution, which came in second place out of the five teams present, featured visible electrical energy, such as the visible contained electrical arc in the center.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

The HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall is filled with spectators and the five competiting teams in the 2009 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held on Saturday, Feb. 28. The five teams represented student groups from University Park as well as New Kensington and Brandywine campuses. Each team was tasked with building a device that utilizes a complicated engineering solution to reach the end result of replacing an ordinary lightbulb with a more efficient light source.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009