{"id":315572,"date":"2018-04-30T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=315572"},"modified":"2018-05-01T14:03:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T18:03:02","slug":"chem-e-car-team-moves-up-in-the-pack-315572","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/chem-e-car-team-moves-up-in-the-pack-315572\/","title":{"rendered":"Chem-E-Car team moves up in the pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSPOiRu58Yc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>The University of Rochester and RIT co-hosted the 2018 Eckhardt Northeast Student\u00a0Regional\u00a0Conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Conference and poster sessions events were held on River Campus, and the annual Chem-E-Car competition followed the next day at RIT. A team of chemical engineering students from Rochester, in their second year building and competing with a vehicle powered only by chemical reactions, held their own against 20 other teams.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last year, members of the fledgling Chem-E-Car team at the University of Rochester took it in stride when their car would not start at their first ever regional competition. They were ecstatic just to get into the competition and pass the safety component.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s team had even more to be excited about.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the car start; the team placed 11th among 21 teams competing at the RIT campus in regional contest the UR team cohosted. And they finished second in the poster contest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_315632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315632\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-315632 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/build-table-lab2b.jpg\" alt=\"students working on electronics of a chemically powered vehicle for a Chem-E-Car competition\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/build-table-lab2b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/build-table-lab2b-193x117.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-315632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of \u201cTeam Koala-ty\u201d assess the electronics of their Chem-E-Car a week before competition. (University of Rochester \/ Dawn Wendt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we by no means finished on the top of the pack, we were ecstatic that everything came together after all our hours of work,\u201d says team captain Charles Chiang \u201819, who was also a member of last year\u2019s team. \u201cI think there might be a video of me jumping for joy somewhere when the car stopped in the last second before the time limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The competition, sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), features vehicles students build from scratch, powered by chemical reactions. Teams are given two attempts to deliver a load of water as close as possible to a distance determined an hour before the competition begins.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s Rochester vehicle was powered by a reaction of aluminum and oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat threw us off our guard last year was, it wasn\u2019t a reusable battery. So, we didn\u2019t know before the competition how well it would work,\u201d Chiang explains. This year the team came up with a reusable thermoelectric generator. \u201cBasically, you have a container with hot liquid inside it and another with cold water inside it, and something called a Peltier cell in between, and that creates electricity based on the temperature difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 12 to15 students showed up regularly to work on the car this school year, including five other members of last year\u2019s team. \u201cI was really happy with the amount of participation,\u201d Chiang says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is really a great opportunity to apply what we\u2019re learning in the classroom to a hands-on project, and a great way to get to know students from other class years,\u201d he added. \u201cThey were all really great to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next on the agenda: Planning for next year\u2019s competition, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of chemical engineering students from Rochester, in their second year building and 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