Making a splash: University 1xbet online games login takes second in international ag, biological design contest
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016
Fountain Wars 1xbet online games login participants next to the fountain they built for the Fountain Wars Competition in Orlando, Florida.| Download this photo.
MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University 1xbet online games login earned four awards and placed second overall in an international design-build competition in Orlando, Florida.
The student 1xbet online games login , advised by Trisha Moore, assistant professor of biological and agricultural engineering, received a ,000 prize and trophy for its entry in the Fountain Wars Competition, a segment of the G.B. Gunlogson Student Environmental Design Competition.
The July outdoor event was a hands-on, real-time design contest in which students designed and modeled 1xbet online games login entry before the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering's annual international meeting.
Teams arrived at the competition with a design for their fountain, along with the necessary PVC pipe, couplers, fittings, valves, nozzles and pumps to assemble their design. After making a brief, marketing-style promotion of their design, each 1xbet online games login constructed its system in 120 minutes, in the rain — an extra challenge this year.
The Kansas State University 1xbet online games login scored top marks in the technical tasks for 2016: the "beach ball high jump" and "rescuing the dolphin." For the "beach ball high jump," teams were required to use water force from their fountains to launch a beach ball into free flight and clear heights of 5-8 feet.
The "rescuing the dolphin" task included two PVC pipes next to each other, one of which had a plastic dolphin bath toy lying in the bottom. Teams 1xbet online games login challenged to shoot water through a hole into the adjoining tube to raise the dolphin and push it out of the apparatus. All teams 1xbet online games login able to inject water into the pipe, but the next steps 1xbet online games login trickier.
"For most teams, once the dolphin rose to the top of the tube, it would sit on the cushion of water and not come out," Moore said. "Because our 1xbet online games login members spent plenty of time testing and adjusting their design, they were one of the only teams to fully accomplish the task."
The 1xbet online games login 's design concept for the task earned an additional award: most innovative design.
The awards 1xbet online games login based on combined scores of a written report, oral presentation, construction, the technical tasks and an aesthetic display.
While most teams themed their aesthetic display around Disney characters because the event was at Walt Disney World, the Kansas State University 1xbet online games login took a different approach. Inspired by the "rescue the dolphin" task and a shared affinity for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," a comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams, the 1xbet online games login designed an interactive display around an event in the series when dolphins use rockets to attempt escaping the earth's impending destruction.
The 1xbet online games login installed an electronic timer that counted down 20 seconds while two people shot water into buckets. At the end of the countdown, the buckets fell and landed on stomp-rockets, so whichever person had been more successful at shooting water into their bucket would have more force to drive their stomp-rocket higher. This concept helped the 1xbet online games login earn a second most innovative design award.
"They're just a good group of students. They were cheering on the other teams while they were doing 1xbet online games login tasks," Moore said. "There were some moments when it was up to the judges to decide if elements of 1xbet online games login fountain were in the bounds of the rules — they received 'most innovative design' for a reason — but they were respectful in letting the judges make 1xbet online games login decisions."
This attitude helped the 1xbet online games login garner a fourth award: best sportsmanship.
Most of the Kansas State University 1xbet online games login members are from the Kansas City area, and six of them attended Shawnee's Mill Valley High School, including Aaron Akin, four-year Fountain Wars participant and two-year 1xbet online games login president, senior in biological systems engineering, Shawnee.
"Aaron was one of the 1xbet online games login 's primary recruiters, and I think having that commonality with other students helped him to engage new participants and lead the 1xbet online games login with a sense of camaraderie," Moore said. "During their year of designing — and also at the competition — I noticed the 1xbet online games login jelled really well and had an excellent dynamic."
In addition to Akin, the following students also participated in this year's 1xbet online games login :
From Greater 1xbet online games login City: Krista Long, sophomore in biological systems engineering, Gardner; Angelica White, senior in chemical engineering, Mission; Alison Cioffi, senior in biological systems engineering, Olathe; John Wempe, junior in biological systems engineering, OverlandPark; and Devon Bandad, senior in biological systems engineering, Cody Deas, sophomore in electrical engineering, Chris Gillespie, senior in biology, Teddy Gillespie, sophomore in biological systems engineering, Jesse Laning, sophomore in physics, and Jessica Stanton, sophomore in biological systems engineering, 1xbet online games login from Shawnee.
Joe Hewit, junior in chemical engineering, Hutchinson; Katharine Kellogg, sophomore in chemical engineering, Junction City; Mariah Brown, junior in biological systems engineering, Valley Center; and Alexander Coon, junior in chemical engineering, Wichita.
