The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) swept the Penn State Regional Rube Goldberg Contest for the fourth year in a row, winning first place overall and the People's Choice Award, on Saturday afternoon at the Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom. In addition to winning a trophy and cash prize, ASME earned the chance to represent Penn State at the national competition held on March 31 at Purdue University.
The Penn State American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) took second place at the national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Purdue University Saturday. The team earned a trip to nationals after winning the Penn State competition for the third consecutive year Feb. 26. (more)
For the third year in a row, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) came out on top at the Penn State Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Saturday at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The competition, in its sixth year, requires teams to design and build a contraption that executes a trivial task in the most elaborate way possible. To see photographs taken at the event, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2438 online. (more)
Engineering students will compete this weekend to save our plants, one contraption at a time, in the sixth annual Penn State Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. The contest will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, in Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. Doors will open to the public at 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. (more)
A Pulitzer Prize winning artist and cartoonist, Rube Goldberg was best known for his "invention" cartoons depicting overly complex devices that perform everyday tasks. In the words of Goldberg, his machines were "a symbol of man's capacity for exerting maximum effort to achieve minimal results." At Penn State's fifth annual "Rube Goldberg Machine contest", four teams of students presented contraptions that captured the spirit of Goldberg's art. Each machine -- required to dispense an appropriate amount of hand sanitizer into a hand in 20 or more steps --was judged by a panel of Penn State engineering alumni on theme, flow, success ratio and creativity. This year's winner -- an Indiana Jones-inspired concept by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) team-- moves on to Purdue University for the national competition. (more)
Indiana Jones found a way to out run his competitors at this year's Penn State Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Feb. 27 at the HUB's Alumni Hall. This year's contest challenged teams to build a complex machine that dispensed an appropriate amount of hand sanitizer into a hand. A machine must complete a minimum of 20 steps -- the wackier the better -- in less than two minutes. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) team and their Indiana Jones-inspired machine took first place at the competition. (more)
At a time when hand sanitizer is practically everywhere at Penn State, four engineering student teams will face off to see who has developed the most imaginative way to dispense the germ fighter at the Penn State Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, at Alumni Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center. This year's national challenge requires teams to build a complex machine that dispenses an appropriate amount of hand sanitizer into a hand. The machines must complete a minimum of 20 steps, the wackier the better, in less than two minutes. (more)
How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? Inspired by the "Inventions" cartoons by the late Reuben Lucius Goldberg, this annual "Olympics of Complexity" challenges students nationwide to design a machine that completes a simple task in a complicated way. This year's national challenge: replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient, light-emitting design. Mobile journalist Britany Gallagher reports. (more)
Teams of Penn State engineers lit up the HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall Saturday afternoon (Feb. 28) in Penn State's fourth annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. Team themes included Batman, the human body and a construction zone. But it was a Super Mario Brothers-themed entry that swept awards for overall first place and people's choice. (more)
How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? Come watch Penn State students compete in the 4th Annual Penn State Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and find out. The free event, nicknamed the "Olympics of Complexity," will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28, in Alumni Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center. Doors will open to the public at 1 p.m. The contest will start at 2 p.m. and will last approximately two and a half hours. (more)
