Chem-E-Car Competition

AIChE's annual Chem-E-Car Competition® engages college students in designing and constructing a car powered by a chemical energy source, that will safely drive over a given distance and stop within a specified time limit. Learn more: https://www.aiche.org/students/chem-e-car-competitionr

Round 1

IMPORTANT:

• EDP Deadline is March 5, 2022 . Please see the "For Participants" section below for more details.
• Implementation of the "No Syringe" Safety Rule 11.2 is deferred until the Annual ChemE-Car Competition in November.
• Event will be live-streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4__uVNwMxWM
• Check whether your chemicals have arrived here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bCj6ByEDvkiuUDfJ8

Learn about NJIT's Chem-E-Car History

​2022 Second Place Chem-E-Car Mid-Atlantic Performance Competition at NJIT

2022 First Place Chem-E-Car Mid-Atlantic Poster Competition at NJIT

2021 Second Place Chem-E-Car Mid-Atlantic Performance Competition at University of Maryland, College Park (Virtual Meeting)

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2021 First Place Chem-E-Car Mid-Atlantic Poster Competition at University of Maryland, College Park (Virtual Meeting)

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Captain: Christian Kielbowicz

Co-Captain: Sabrina Vasquez

Team: Natalie Wilson, Stephany Cabrejos, Monica McEvoy

Mentor: Anh Tong

Safety Judge: Irina Molodetsky

TA: Nikky Rodriguez

Lab Coordinator: Shawn Yetman

2020 First Place in the Chem-E-Car Poster Competition Nationwide:

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2020 Third Place Chem-E-Car Mid-Atlantic Competition at Virginia Tech (Virtual Meeting)

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2020 Second Place Chem-E-Car Mid-Atlantic Poster Competition at Virginia Tech (Virtual Meeting)

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2019 Second Place Chem-E-Car Mid-Atlantic Poster Competition at Penn State

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2016 Third Place in the Chem-E-Car Competition Nationwide:

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For Participants:

Register your Chem-E-Car

• Please go here and choose the Chem-E-Car ticket type to register for the competition: https://aiche2022.njit.edu/registration
• Each Chem-E-Car member must also purchase an individual General Admission ticket. The Chem-E-Car ticket is just a way for us to ask the schools participating in the competition to contribute a little more, given the additional expenses associated with this particular contest. Previous in-person conferences used a similar cost structure.
• Note that your friends and family can watch you compete in the Chem-E-Car competition for free from home using the "ChemE Car Contest Virtual Spectator" ticket.

Submit your Chem-E-Car EDP

IMPORTANT: EDP Deadline is March 5, 2022 . Please upload your EDP using this link (also found in the Chem-E-Car Rules document) by the specified deadline: https://aiche.app.box.com/f/13035fd1e8454e41a9f1c21491216805

Ship your Chem-E-Car Chemicals to NJIT

• Please do your best to ship appropriately-diluted chemicals directly from chemical manufacturers, so that you don't have to prepare the desired concentration on site
• You may NOT bring Chemicals yourself to NJIT
• We are making an exception in case of Deionized water (DI), since we don't have a good way to generate it on site. If you bring your own, make sure to properly label it, so that somebody doesn't confuse it with regular water and drink it! We can provide you with distilled water, however.
• You can also bring any over the counter ingredients (e.g., sugar, iodine) yourself.
• Shipping address:

SHAWN YETMAN (CME)

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECH

161 WARREN STREET

NEWARK, NJ 07102

ATTN: _________________ (Please put down the name of your school on the attention line)

• Please try to order only what you need, as we are trying to minimize excess chemical waste.
• Please let us know ahead of times if there any special storage instructions (e.g., refrigeration is required)
• Make sure to note the "lead time" from the vendor to make sure that the chemicals arrive well ahead of the conference
• You are NOT allowed to transport any chemicals yourself!
• Check whether they have arrived here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bCj6ByEDvkiuUDfJ8

Bring your Non-Chemical Supplies & Car to NJIT

• You are responsible to bring your own glassware (beakers, funnels, graduated cylinders), tools, wires, spare parts, etc.
• You are responsible for your own Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): lab coats, gloves, goggles, etc.
• We will have a limited supply of glassware, balances, hotplates with magnetic stirrers, gloves, and disposable coats, meant for teams that may have forgotten to bring something

Make us Aware of Any Specialized Requirements

Please let us know ahead of time if your team requires any specialized requirements, like freezer storage of your chemicals, DI water (see the note in the chemical shipment tab), etc. Your tables will have electricity.

Upload your Chem-E-Car Poster

• Please use the Google form upload link provided to you at the time of Chem-E-Car ticket purchase to submit your Chem-E-Car poster. This should be done at least one day before the conference begins.
• The posters will be electronically displayed on LCD screens, which means you can make them animated, zoom in and out, etc. You do NOT need to bring a printed poster.

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• Our LCDs have a 1920x1080 screen size, therefore any 16:9 presentation above 720p resolution will look good. However, to match the screen ideally in PowerPoint:

Go to the Design tab.
Click on the "Slide Size" and select "Custom Slide Size. "
For Width, enter 20 Inches.
For Height, enter 11.25 inches.
Click OK.

• Please bring a backup of your poster on a USB stick, just in case of troubles with your uploaded file
• You car, EDP & PPE should be displayed next to the poster.