A document containing a brief description of the TEK8 program and the instructor guides and the student guides for all of the 2014 design challenges is available here.
2014 Design Challenges Available
Title | Description | Engineering area |
Aerodynamics |
Reduce the drag on a cargo container by modifying its shape and design your modifications in order to produce lift. |
Aeronautical Engineering |
Candy Catching Enzymes |
Design a two-pocket enzyme that can fit in the cell and catch both of the substrates (M&Ms and caramels). |
Chemical Engineering |
Contaminated Groundwater Filtration
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Design a series of filters to catch different size particles at different levels.
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Environmental Engineering |
Critical Crayons – Recycling |
Develop new processes to recycle “critical crayons” and other components of a mixture of waste.
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Materials Science and Engineering |
DNA Origami |
Create a structure that is strong enough to hold a molecule that will attach to another molecule. |
Biomedical Engineering |
Double Stranded DNA | Build a strand of base pairs (magnets) that will match up with an existing strand. | Biomedical Engineering |
Engineering Micelles |
Using a paper cup in the design, engineer a micelle that holds as many marbles as possible with the materials provided.
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Biomedical Engineering |
Extracelluar Matrix |
Design a structure that is strong enough to provide shape and support to the body tissue, in this case approximately 5 pounds.
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Biomedical Engineering |
Football Knee Braces |
Design a knee brace that allows full range of motion front-to-back and prevents leg bones moving side-to-side separately.
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Biomedical Engineering |
Graphene |
Get just the top sticky note from the whole stack without any body part crossing the boundary.
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Electrical Engineering |
Magnetic White Blood Cell |
Mimic antibodies that make the white blood cells magnetic. Create a way to attach the magnets to the Styrofoam ball. Collect magnets from ice cube trays
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Biomedical Engineering |
Moving Cells |
Build a device that uses a magnet to move a cell and then use the device to move the cell through all three levels of the maze (White, Black, and Silver) and to the two targets in the back. |
Biomedical Engineering |
Velocity Detector |
Design a detector that directs low-speed incoming particles to a certain cup and high-speed incoming particles to a different cup. |
Engineering Physics |