2006 Design Competition

Each year, the College of Engineering hosts a design competition open to high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors.

This year, 67 teams of 126 students from 32 New England schools competed for the prizes, some of which included tuition scholarships to BU after graduation.

Their task: "To design and construct a vehicle that will descend a hill from the start line, drop a "hacky sack" bean bag through the hole in the vertical wall at the bottom of the
hill, climb back up the hill, knock over a flag located at the centerline (to the right of the vehicle), stop at the "top-of-the-hill", hold its position against an opposing vehicle, and be closest to the centerline at the end of a
20-second time interval."