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Tech Chem-E-Car Team Finishes Fourth In Nation
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TitleTech Chem-E-Car Team Finishes Fourth In Nation
TranscriptSouth Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2003 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Tech Chem-E-Car Team Finishes Fourth In Nation The South Dakota Tech Chem-E-Car team finished fourth in the nation during the chemical car national championship held in November in San Francisco, Calif. The competition was part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Student Conference. Thirty-one others teams from universities across the country competed in the event. The South Dakota Tech team built and operated a chemically powered model car for the competition. Tech's car was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, and its body was fabricated with Tech's rapid-prototyping machine. In the competition, the car had to carry a payload for a certain distance. Tech's team qualified for nationals by winning the 2003 regional Chemical Car competition held in the spring in Tucson, Ariz. The team won first place in both car performance and in the poster competition. The South Dakota Tech Chem-E-Car team finished fourth in the nation during the chemical car national championship held November 16 in San Francisco, Calif. The competition was part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Student Conference. Thirty-one others teams from universities across the country competed in the event. The South Dakota Tech team built and operated a vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and with a body fabricated with Tech's rapid-prototyping machine. In the competition, the car had to carry a payload for a certain distance. Tech's team qualified for nationals by winning the 2003 regional Chemical Car competition held in the spring in Tucson, Ariz. The team won first place in both car performance and in the poster competition. The students: #30#
CreatorSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations;
SubjectSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology;
Local SubjectChemical Car
Digital PublisherSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
ContributorsBuchholz, Steve;
Date2003-11-18
TypeText
Formatapplication/pdf
Languageeng
RelationIs part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection
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Submitting InstitutionDevereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Date Digital2009
CONTENTdm number6058
CONTENTdm file name7038.pdf
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