Department of Mechanical Engineering

ASME-sponsored 2nd Annual Trebuchet Competition

The Stevens student chapter of ASME hosted the 2nd Annual Trebuchet Competition on Wednesday April 8 on the Palmer Lawn. As an added twist, the thrown payload was an egg which couldn't break upon landing! With no cheating/designing beforehand allowed, how did our students design teams do given only 2 hours to design and build their device from scratch? More importantly, how did the All-Star team of professors do? Can we at least give them points for creativity? :)

You can see for yourself below! (click image for larger picture) Teams were scored based on the farthest of three throws, with a 50% reduction in distance if the egg payload broke upon landing. Congratuations to the following teams:

• First place (41 ft): Nick Catania, Kim Dikovics, Tim Sigler
• Second place (31' 5''): Scott Snyder, Lou Nemeth, Nick Morffi, Tim Ryan, Colin Anderson, Tom Paddack
• Third place (19' 7''): Jeffrey Pass, Rob Zuilkowski, Alex Petreski

Special thanks to Patrick Alfonzo (ASME President) for organizing the event, and to all those students and faculty who participated and cheered on the teams!