Regional Engineering competition held at Nittany Lion Inn on Feb. 11, 2012
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Adam Last, team leader for Penn State's American Society of Engineers project group, initiated the start of his teams Rube Goldberg machine entitled 'The Kitchen.' For additional photos, click on image above.
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Tim Stefanoski initiated the Penn State Society of Engineering Science teams Rube Goldberg machine with the simple roll of a golf ball. The annual competition, held at Penn State's Nittany Lion Inn on Feb. 11, provided four teams of Penn State students the opportunity to present an elaborate machine designed to do a simple task (inflate a balloon). The machines are modeled after the creations of cartoonist Rube Goldberg. Stefanoski and his teams carnival themed contraption was awarded second prize in the 2012 Penn State competition.
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Penn State freshman Steven Vinasco quickly reset a part of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Rube Goldberg machine prior to round two of the Feb. 11 competition held at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. Four teams of Penn State students created elaborate contraptions with the goal of completing a simple task (inflating a balloon) modeled after cartoonist Rube Goldberg and his contraption art.
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Mike Rybar made final adjustments to the Penn State Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering teams Goldberg machine prior to the 2012 Rube Goldberg competition held on Feb. 11 at Penn State's Nittany Lion Inn. Rybar and his team created a musically themed machine that needed to complete a simple task (inflate a balloon) in twenty or more elaborate steps. The annual competition is named for cartoonist Rube Goldberg who created famous artwork depicting overly complicated machines doing everyday tasks.
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First prize in the 2012 Penn State Rube Goldberg Machine Contest went to Penn State's American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The criteria for the four teams competing was to create an elaborate machine that will do a simple task in a minimum of twenty steps. This years goal was to inflate a balloon. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers theme for their machine was 'Everything and the Kitchen Sink.'
