AIChE's Annual Student Conference welcomed 31 teams from the United States and around the globe to compete in the Chem-E-Car Competition® at the Annual Student Conference. We received great coverage on the event. SFGate said:
It was Super Sunday for more than 30 U.S. college teams and a handful of international competitors. The field was a wooden parquet floor instead of Astroturf. The protective gear involved eye glasses and lab coats. And the battle was about brains, not brawn.
Read the story in full: "Chem car contest for engineering students like Super Bowl"
2013 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners
University of Tulsa took first place, at 3.0.
City College of New York earned second place, at 6.0.
University of Houston ranked third, at 13.0.
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Teams getting set up for the competition
See complete photo gallery on Flickr.
Full list of competing teams
Student Chapter |
Captain |
Advisor |
Region |
Place in Regional |
| University of Tulsa | Jasmine Htoon | Tyler Johannes | Mid America | 1 |
| Oklahoma State University | Meg Lees | Heather Fahlenkamp | Mid America | 2 |
| Kansas State University | Kevin Diehl | Jennifer L Anthony | Mid America | 3 |
| Rutgers University | Maya Gelman | Maria S Tomassone | Mid Atlantic | 1 |
| Virginia Tech | Meredith Cook | Peter Rim | Mid Atlantic | 2 |
| City College of New York | Evgeniya Rubin | David Rumschitzhi | Mid Atlantic | 3 |
| University of Maryland | David Vanaskey | Chunsheng Wang | Mid Atlantic | 4 |
| Stony Brook University | Weida Zhang | Taejin Kim | Mid Atlantic | 5 |
| University of Toledo | Mr Kevin Garverick | Dong S Kim PE | North Central | 1 |
| Ohio State University | Gabrielle Vasquez | David L Tomasko | North Central | 2 |
| University of Akron | Benjamin Sauer | Ed Evans | North Central | 3 |
| University of Michigan | Chris Fair | Pablo Levelle | North Central | 4 |
| Purdue University | Henka Darsono | Michael Harris | North Central | 5 |
| Cornell University | Brianna DeRooy | Roseanna Zia | Northeast | 1 |
| University of New Haven | Mr Mina Elias | Arthur S Gow | Northeast | 2 |
| University of Maine | Kody Allcroft | John J Hwalek | Northeast | 3 |
| Washington State University | Ian Vanhouten | Richard L Zollars | Pacific Northwest | 1 |
| University of British Columbia | Colleen Chau | Fariborz Taghipour | Pacific Northwest | 2 |
| University of North Dakota | Dylan Shallbetter | Frank M Bowman | Rocky Mountain | 1 |
| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | Wyatt Hunter | Kevin Hadley | Rocky Mountain | 2 |
| University of Utah | Kat Bell | Anthony E Butterfield | Rocky Mountain | 3 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Leon Liu | Victor Breedveld | Southern | 1 |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Kelli Byrne | Steven Paddison | Southern | 2 |
| University of Puerto Rico | Southern | 3 | ||
| University of South Florida | Spencer Davis | Ryan G Toomey | Southern | 4 |
| University of Tennessee | Mr Benjamin Kegley | Tricia A W Thomas | Southern | 5 |
| Tecnol?gico de Monterrey, Mexico | Guillermo Alberto Garc?a Candanosa | Miguel A Romero-Ogawa | Southwest | 1 |
| University of Houston | Rishabh Mahajan | Manolis Doxastakis | Southwest | 2 |
| San Jose State University | Jason Everett | Gregory Young | Western | 2 |
| University of California | Kevin Chan | Roya Maboudian | Western | 3 |
| Texas A&M Qatar | Mostafa Aly | Ghada Salama | International |
Stay tuned for interview with some Chem-E-Car teams plus the official video for this year's competition. See 2012 Chem-E-Car Highlights