S&T’s Chem-E-Car Design Team’s two entries into the April 12-13 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) regional competition finished second and third. The high finishes qualified the team for a trip to the national 2019 AlChE Student Conference in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 8-10.

The competition required students to build a shoe-box-sized car that travels a specified distance carrying a specified water load. The car must be powered and stop without brakes or timing mechanisms and use only chemical reactions that the students control.

Photo Tom Wagner/Missouri S&T, ©2019

The S&T Super Maytik Bros’ Glo-Kart, led by Maytik Patel, a senior in chemical engineering, placed second in the competition and was awarded for “Most Creative Vehicle Design.”

Marky Mark and the Chem-E-Car Bunch, led by Mark Butler, a junior in chemical engineering, placed third in the competition with their vehicle, named Terry Cruise.

The following students will represent Missouri S&T:

• Mark Butler, a junior in chemical engineering from Ballwin, Missouri
• Cody Dunnegan, a junior in chemical engineering from Cedar Hill, Missouri
• Ele Hanson, a senior in chemical engineering from St. Charles, Missouri
• Garret Jensen, a sophomore in mechanical engineering from St. Charles, Missouri
• Roman Mendoza, a senior in chemical engineering from Kansas City, Missouri
• Maytik Patel, a senior in chemical engineering from Bonne Terre, Missouri
• Matt Perkins, a senior in chemical engineering from Ballwin, Missouri
• Jen Preuss, a junior in chemical engineering from Foristell, Missouri
• Ryan Radina, a junior in chemical engineering from Chesterfield, Missouri
• Emily Rapp, a junior in chemical engineering from Webster Groves, Missouri
• Nichole Rehagen, a senior in chemical engineering from New Bloomfield, Missouri
• Sara Robinson, a senior in chemical engineering from Rolla, Missouri
• Jonathan Sandberg, a sophomore in chemical engineering from Ballwin, Missouri
• Erik Valdez, a sophomore in chemical engineering from O’Fallon, Missouri
• Kaitlyn Watts, a senior in chemical engineering from Kansas City, Missouri
• Ian Wolf, a junior in chemical engineering from Kirkwood, Missouri
• Dae Yang, a senior in chemical engineering from Miami, Oklahoma.