The 2021 Roller Coaster Competition is over for Spring 2021!
In conformity with COVID-19 precautions, this year’s Roller Coaster Competition was held virtually! Here are this year’s official winners and their entries! Entries in the following categories were judged separately: High School student teams and Middle School student teams.
Winners of the 2021 Roller Coaster Competition were:
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- Jason Ahn – First Place High School Submission
Around the world- https://iastate.box.com/s/dn0c7ux8pxco7nihpt454uwa1rx4rajm
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- Stephen burn, Carmen Perdew, Sam Bredensteiner, & Levi Kettle – Second Place High School Submission
Whyzics– https://iastate.box.com/s/ts80zexlwrvc3rbh3yqytktz8yytfyo1
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- Ellen Cook, Bryson Stockman, Hayley Burnett, Kylee Larmore– First Place Middle School Submission
Drac’s Lil’ Engineers- https://iastate.box.com/s/nxk424k8ocwc3m7ly4v9qvml3whpqlvk
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- Broox Stockman, Brady Boulton, Claire Erselius, Luke Erselius, Kami Mathes, Isaac Wedgewood, Peyton Tindle – Second Place Middle School Submission
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The Tune Squad- https://iastate.box.com/s/ixf20bc9nji299lvxpvthwooi30r66ri
Requirements:
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- Participants should be K-12 students.
- Teams may be composed of 1-4 people.
- Video submissions may be made beginning on April 1 and must be received by April 15, 2021.
- Must include: oral presentation and Rube Goldberg machine run
Rules:
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- Parental assistance for younger students is encouraged. For middle to high school students, coaches/parents can contribute ideas and technical advice, but should not assist in construction of the roller coaster.
- Prefabricated construction toys (ex: Hot Wheels tracks (cars are acceptable), LEGOs, etc.) may be used for theme or decoration, but should not be part of the operating machine.
- Once the machine starts, no further human intervention is allowed.
- The more creative the mechanisms used, the better.
- Each team is only allowed to submit a video of one Rube Goldberg Machine.
- Machines can run for any length of time, however, in judging the entry, the technical score will be doubled for machines that operated for 30 seconds ± 3 seconds, and the Rube Goldberg Challenge is completed.
Video Submissions are now open until April 15th! Please submit Roller Coaster Competition Videos at this link: Roller Coaster Competition Submission
The Rube Goldberg 2021 challenge is “Pop A Balloon”!
For a full list of rules and technical requirements, take a look at the following documents:
2021 Roller Coaster Judges Form
For high school seniors, who participate in this event and attend Iowa State University to study engineering beginning Fall 2021, you may apply to receive a $500 Tau Beta Pi Scholarship!
Requirements for scholarship eligibility:
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- Graduating from high school this spring semester.
- Attending Iowa State University in the fall 2021.
- Enrolled in an engineering major.
Requirements for scholarship submission:
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- High school transcript
- One letter of recommendation
- A 500-1000 word essay that discusses the question, “What responsibilities do engineers have to society, to the companies for whom they work, and to themselves?”
For the full description of the scholarship requirements, please look at the following document: 2021 Scholarship Application.
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