Twelve Independent high schools and six teams from QU participated in this year’s edition of 2nd ChemE Car Competition.
Qatar University (QU) chemical engineering teams Q-CAR, the Professionals and MadMax were placed first, second and third respectively in their category at the recent closing ceremony of the 2nd ChemE Car Competition.
Omar bin Abdulaziz Independent Secondary School, Jassim bin Hamad Independent Secondary School, and Khalifa Secondary Independent School were named first, second and third place winners in their category.
The competition was organised by QU College of Engineering (CENG) Department of Chemical Engineering in collaboration with its AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) student chapter and sponsored by Oryx GTL Qatar. Twelve Independent high schools in Qatar and six teams from QU participated in this year’s edition.
The competition, which was held for the second consecutive year, aims to encourage creativity and innovation among CENG Department of Chemical Engineering students and also to reach out to high school students to motivate them towards studies in chemical engineering.
The competition required participants to design and race a small car that is operated through chemical processes and carrying a load of water (0-500g) for a distance of between 15-30 metres. Teams were given information of the load amount and distance about 2 hours before the competition.
In the lead-up to the competition that started in December 2016, the Department of Chemical Engineering team offered several sessions for the participating schools to guide them on competition guidelines, rules, and safety regulations in addition to the main phases they need to go through to accomplish their car designs and calibration tasks.
