Chem-E-Car Competition

Current Performance Competition Winners:
2007 -- 1st Place: The Cooper Union; 2nd Place: Carnegie Mellon University; 3rd Place: University of Oklahoma
2006 -- Inherent Safety in Design Award (SACHE) -- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Louisiana State University

Sponsor(s):
The National competition is sponsored by General Mills, Inc. Regional prizes are sponsored by AIChE and presented by the Student Chapters Committee.

Description:
Team members design and construct a chemically powered vehicle within certain size constraints. This vehicle must be designed to also carry a specified cargo. The teams will be told at the time of the competition the distance that the car must travel and the specified cargo that the vehicle will carry. Entries deemed unsafe by the judges will be disqualified. The winner will be determined by a combined score, for traveling the correct distance, and for creativity. Teams compete at the regional conferences, and the winner of each regional conference will compete at the national conference.

Detailed Rules:
http://www.aiche.org/Students/Conferences/chemecar.aspx

Deadline:
Deadlines for regional conferences vary. Contact the regional host school for details.

Award:
Regional first and second prize winners receive $200 and $100, respectively. Regional prize winners compete at the national Student Conference. National first, second and third prizes will be $2000, $1000, and $500 respectively.

Presentation:
Regional awards are presented at the appropriate regional conference. National awards are presented at the AIChE Annual Student Conference.

Past Recipients:
2006 -- University of Puerto Rico
2005 -- Tennessee Tech University
2004 -- University of Tulsa
2003 -- University of Dayton 
2002 -- University of Kentucky, Paducah
2001 -- Colorado State University
2000 -- University of Akron
1999 -- University of Michigan