THE FALL 2000 RUBBER BAND POWERED CAR COMPETITION

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Students in the fall Foundations of Engineering class designed, built, and tested cars made out of a specified bill of materials and powered by rubber bands. The project is similar to one performed by engineering students at Texas A&M, College Station. The cars were tested for both distance and accuracy and carried a payload of a 20 oz. bottle of soft drink. Pictures of the competition appear below.

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	TEAM "A" OF THE COMPETITION WEARING THEIR GAME FACES. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ROSS WOMACK, TONY ROBINSON, AND ROBERT LIPKIN

TEAM "B" (ALSO KNOWN AS THE "HAPPY TEAM"): MICHAEL HAMPTON, MARK RHODES, MATTHEW EDWARDS, AND NATHAN WILLIAMS

	TONY ROBINSON COOLLY LINES UP HIS TEAM'S ENTRY FOR THE DISTANCE TEST

TEAM "JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE" B AT THE STARTING LINE

	MATTHEW EDWARDS AND MICHAEL HAMPTON MEASURE HOW CLOSE THEIR CAR CAME TO THE TARGET IN THE ACCURACY TEST