Who says engineering can't be fun? Students in Lonny Grafman's Engineering 215 let their creative juices flow as part of the annual Rube Goldberg design project.
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The national competition is named after Rube Goldberg, a 20th century cartoonist who depicted simple things occurring in complex ways. (Think the breakfast machine in the opening scene of _Back to the Future_.)
For this challenge, students in Grafman's class had to design and build a machine in just two weeks that could crush an aluminum can by utilizing a number of interesting and innovative steps. Among their limitations: machines had to be no larger than 4' x 4', cost less than $25 per team member, and include something printed using the university's new 3D printer.
Take a look at their creations below:
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