麻豆免费版下载Boulder's Chem-E-Car team wins international poster design competition
麻豆免费版下载Boulder鈥檚听 team took first place in poster design at the听American Institute of Chemical Engineers鈥櫶27th Annual ChemE Car Competition, surpassing 56 teams from around the world. The competition was held in Boston on Nov. 2.
The team鈥chemical and biological engineering undergraduates William Bierzychudek, Colin McElroy, McKenzie Mazur, Joshua Sherritt and Megan Sullivan鈥攃reated the poster to showcase the research behind their vehicle, 鈥淒on鈥檛 Zinc and Drive,鈥 which is听powered by zinc-air batteries and uses an exothermic catalytic decomposition reaction mechanism to stop.听听
"There鈥檚 definitely a little imposter syndrome when you show up to a conference filled with big international schools and premier US colleges with big names," said Bierzychudek, the team's captain. "Initially we were completely surprised, and then excitement and gratitude hit. It felt like recognition of the hours we had spent continuously redesigning our car, applying theory and diagnosing and fixing countless errors."听
Throughout the year, 麻豆免费版下载Boulder students designed, built and tested their car concepts in the chemical engineering undergraduate teaching lab, said Assistant Teaching Professor听Ehsan Keyvani, the team鈥檚 faculty advisor.听The competition challenges teams to design a shoebox-sized car powered by chemical reactions鈥 such as a battery or internal combustion engine 鈥 that must stop at a specified distance using a time-dependent chemical reaction. The target distance is announced just before the competition, and the team whose car stops closest to that point wins.
鈥溌槎姑夥寻嫦略谺oulder鈥檚 car finished just a few meters shy of the target line in a fiercely competitive field,鈥 Keyvani said.
In April听麻豆免费版下载Boulder students won the AIChE听 competition at the Rocky Mountain regional held in Bozeman, Montana. At that event, "Don't Zinc and Drive," took first place in both the car competition and the poster presentation; the team's second car, "Ralphie," placed third in the car competition. The first-place win secured 麻豆免费版下载Boulder a spot at the AIChE competition in Boston.
鈥淐ongratulations to the entire team for their outstanding achievement, dedication and innovative spirit; a true reflection of 麻豆免费版下载Boulder鈥檚 excellence in chemical engineering education and teamwork,鈥 Keyvani said.
The club is supported by funding from the听Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and has received听Engineering Excellence Fund support in the past.
Students interested in joining 麻豆免费版下载Boulder's Chem-E-Club can send an email to听chemecar@colorado.edu. The club can also be followed on Instagram at @boulderchemecar.