Congratulations to last year's Winners!
1st Place:
Davis High School Team
2nd Place:
Team Asparagurls Plus One
3rd Place:
Team Frozen Turtles
Last updated 01/12/2010
Rube Goldberg
Theta Tau is having an Info Night to register for the Picnic Day Competition
Date: Wednesday 2/3, and Thursday 2/4
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Kemper 1065
Prizes:
1st Place: $200
2nd Place: $100
3rd Place: $50
What is Rube Goldberg?
"A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately overengineered apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually using a chain reaction" (Wikipedia).
About the Competition
Theta Tau is hosting its first Rube Goldberg competition at UC Davis this Spring! All teams get to display their machine at Picnic Day on April 17th, and the top 3 winning teams will be given hundreds of dollars in prizes.
Video by Kristine Eugenio and Andrew Yao
Why Participate?
If you are in the engineering major, designing a Rube Goldberg Machine will give you valueable technical and teamwork experience you would similarly recieve from a senior design project, and it is looked well upon by industry. Yet we are not making the competition exclusive to engineers, anyone can team up with anyone, and bring a variety of skills and talents to the project. If you don't have a team in mind, come to our info night and meet some others wanting to participate!
Registering for the Competition
To be an eligible contestant, you must have a team of at least 2 members. Please read over and fill out the registration form, and submit it to a member of Theta Tau at the Information Night; you may also email a soft copy to rubegoldberg@davisthetatau.org any time before February 12, 2010.
Sponsorship
We are always looking for corporate sponsors, willing to help fund or work with any of the teams that enter the competition at UC Davis. If you are an employer seeking such an opportunity, please contact rubegoldberg@davisthetatau.org, and one of our officers will respond to you shortly.
If you have any questions regarding the Rube Goldberg competition please contact rubegoldberg@davisthetatau.org
