ChemE Car is a hands-on design project that was introduced to the Iowa State University campus in the Fall semester of 2004. Each year, Chemical Engineering students (along with students of various other majors) design and build a small, chemically powered car to compete against cars built by students at other universities.
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The cars must 
be powered by a chemical reaction and have no mechanical stopping device (i.e. no brakes). It must also be roughly the size of a shoebox. (Official rules and information are found here.)
At regional competitions, the students are informed of the distance that the car must travel (50-100 feet in 1 inch increments). The team which comes closest to the prescribed distance (best of two runs), wins the competition and qualifies for the national competition in November.
Get Involved with ChemE Car
The Chem E Car team has two teams that build cars, Cardinal and Gold. If you are interested, please contact ChemE Car chair Derrick Grengs (djgrengs@iastate.edu)!
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