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“The Fling” Freshman Design Competition

September 17, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
(Pizza and drinks will be provided for participants)

Put your engineering design skills to work. 

Come and design, build, and deploy a device that will launch a Duke Dog stuffed animal!

 

Logistics

Object

An undisclosed government agency has asked your companies to develop a prototype device to demonstrate a proof-of-concept for a system that could be used to rescue small dogs in an emergency from an off-shore SPCA location.

Game Day

Teams will join together for a quick meeting as a group where they will receive detailed instructions.  You should get to know your teammates prior to the Sept 17th event.  It would be beneficial for teams to come up with some predefined roles:  a team lead and individuals assigned to watch time, materials, budget, sustainability, and scoring. 
NOTE:  Each team will need to bring one laptop for the competition.

Registration

Competition: You will be assigned teams in ENGR 101 the week of September 5th.  You will have two weeks to talk to your teammates and get together some ideas for the big day, but you won’t know exactly what materials you will have to work with until the day of the competition (examples: PVC pipe, bungee/surgical cord, duct tape, etc.)

• Rules
• Scoring
• Important Information

Sponsors and Participating Judges

• 2010 Sponsors and Participating Judges

Freshman Design Contest Video and Photos

• 2010 Fling Photos
• 2009 Fling photos
• 2009 Fling video
• 2008 Fling photos

Questions?

Please contact Lynn Radocha if you have any questions.  New information about the 2011 Freshman Design Competition will be posted here and in the news section of the website.