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TCC Engineering Campus and Club Events

The Mousetrap-Powered Vehicle Competition ~ You are invited to attend!

When: 12:30 pm on Thursday, March 17

Where: The TCC Advanced Technology Center, Virginia Beach Campus ~ directions

The TCC Engineering Club is sponsoring a mousetrap-powered vehicle competition.
Both TCC Engineering students and ATC high school students will be competing. The cars are only powered by a single snap of a mousetrap. You will amazed at the clever designs. There will be two different races with cash prizes award for the top three finishers in each category:

  • the fastest car to travel 25 ft
  • the car that travels the longest distance down a tapering 150 ft lane

The complete official rules are available at http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/PGordy/WhatsNew/Mousetrap2005.pdf

 

TCC Engineering Club
Truss Busting Competition

March 25, 2004, 12:30 pm

Students built cantilever trusses loaded with weight until they fail. The competition is always a lot of fun to watch and we had structural engineers on hand to serve as judges and offer comments.
(Kempsville Bldg, Virginia Beach Campus). [map]

Paul E. Gordy, PE
Engineering Program Head
Email: PGordy@tcc.edu


Select an event below for photos and more (most recent events listed first).

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TCC Engineering Club Picnic - May 2001
TCC Engineering Club Christmas Party 2000
TCC HalloweenFest 2000
TCC FallFest 2000
TCC Engineering Club Picnic - May 2000
TCC SpringFest 2000
TCC Engineering Club Picnic - May 1999
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