Chester, Pa. – Nearly 300 students from the mid-Atlantic region are set to
square off at Widener University in a competition requiring creative design,
careful planning, and – a mousetrap. Sponsored by Widener’s School of
Engineering, the challenge requires students to build a vehicle that
will be powered by ONLY a mousetrap.
The student teams from regional high
schools were sent a common design problem and set of vehicle specifications.
They have all been encouraged to “think” like practicing engineers, using the
guidelines to plan and implement a competitive vehicle design. Competition
participants will be using Victor brand wooden mouse snap traps in order to
create mouse trap-powered devices at the event.
The high school teams from the region will gather at Widener’s
Schwartz Athletic Center on Wednesday, November 2 to compete against each
other to see whose design has the most – creativity, functionality, and can go
the furthest using just a mousetrap as power.
The final competitive round will
take place around 11 a.m., but students will begin competing as early as 10
a.m.
This is a great way to highlight
students being innovative in science at an event that has been taking place for
34 years offered by one of the oldest engineering programs.
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