Updates

The following changes have been made to this handbook from the 2022 Engineering Machine Design Contest Handbook:

  1. Section 3.3 Machine Dimensions
  2. Clarification: Machine dimensions are measured from the floor up (even if machine is placed on a table) and will include the entire machine structure and all components. Only electrical cord may be outside the parameters.
  3. Section 3.8 Team Journal
  4. Changed reflection word count limit to a 1-page limit.
  5. Section 4.4 Score Sheet 4: Machine Design and Operations
  6. Category 3: Innovation and Creativity changed “creative use of everyday items and materials in new or different ways” to “creative use of everyday items and materials in unexpected or different ways”.
  7. Category 5: Machine Complexity changed “steps demonstrated a higher degree of difficulty and precise transfer of energy” to “steps demonstrated a higher degree of difficulty, reliability, and precise transfer of energy”.