Engineering students excel at competition at University of Kansas
Sophomores Devin Lauts, Ethan Taylor, Ryan Hafenstine and Ian Henricks pose victoriously with their medals after their second place win at the University of Kansas engineering competition. Photo courtesy of Charlie Lauts
November 20, 2015
Engineering students competed at the University of Kansas School of Engineering for the annual High School Design competition on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Sophomores Ian Henricks, Ethan Taylor, Devin Lauts and Ryan Hafenstine tied for first place and ended up in second place after the tie breaker.
The competition’s theme this year was “The Heist.” The four students participated in three competitions: the Egg Drop, Crack the Safe and Break Out.
During the egg competition, the goal was to keep the egg protected during the fall and impact, have the vehicle descend as slow as possible to the ground, and land the egg as close to the middle of the target as possible.
In Crack the Safe, the goal was to have students work together to break into a safe using different methods to reveal the correct key number.
For Break Out, students had to design a self- propelled car to race across a level track to escape from the bank.
“We executed our plan pretty well. We put together a pretty solid car,” Henricks said. “For our fishing pole, it worked on a job… We practiced it pretty well. We came out tied for first, but we lost the tie breaker and ended up in second.”
