On to Nationals for ChemECar Team
At the 2012 Northeast Regional AIChE ChemECar Competition, the NU ChemECar Team won 1st Place in the race, AND won the poster competition for most creative car.
ChemECar is a simple competition. The main goal is to build a car which is powered by a chemical reaction and stops at a given distance. The objectives are simple; however there are some restrictions that complicate the simplicity. For instance, the team may not use any mechanical or electrical breaking. The stopping mechanism therefore much be controlled through chemical kinetics.
As the competition matured the rules have changed. Each year we need to meet new rules and design a car the fits into the rules. Click here to read about the rules published by AIChE.
The most important rule to keep in mind is the distance which is set one hour before the start of the competition. It can be between 30 and 100 feet. The car has two minutes to go this distance and stop.
Learn more here