2005
West Kentucky Regional Moonbuggy Competition
The
College of Science, Engineering and Technology and the Department of Physics
& Engineering invite you to attend the 2005 West Kentucky Regional
Moonbuggy Competition on Saturday, March 12, 2005 beginning at 10:00 am.
In this competition, students and teachers from seven high schools in
our area have been given the challenge to design and build a human-powered
vehicle that addresses a series of engineering problems that are similar
to problems faced by the original designers of the rovers used on the
Apollo missions. In order to test their designs, each team will pedal
their moonbuggy in a grueling endurance race over simulated lunar terrain
including craters, rocks, inclines and loose soil constructed through
the heart of campus. The course will begin in the breezeway of Blackburn
Science Building and stretch to the south past Waterfield Library and
north to Elizabeth College.
This program has been organized by the Department of Physics & Engineering and is sponsored by the Kentucky Space Grant Consortium and College of Science, Engineering & Technology. Special thanks also to Hester Residential College who has served as the bridge residential college for this program and to Wayne Harper and the facilities staff. Faculty and staff directly involved with the planning of this event include Dr. James Rogers, Dr. Steve Cobb, Mr. Randy Linn, Mr. Jim Barnett, Mrs. Rhonda Rogers, and Dr. Ted Thiede.
If you know of a school who might be interested in participating in this event next year, please have them contact Dr. Rogers via phone or email (270-762-4976, james.rogers@murraystate.edu). We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, March 12th.
2005 Moonbuggy tee-shirt design by Carl Woods
