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Year 2000
ASME Student Mechanism Design Competition

at the 26th Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
September 10-13, 2000, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Visit the conference site for details about the conference.

What did the winners get?

The winners were announced after the oral presentations at the conference in the awards luncheon on Septemper, 11th. The certificates were presented at the conference luncheon. Monetary prize checks were mailed later. The names of the winners are listed below. Congratulations to all the winners!

Winners
Graduate category

  • First prize: certificate and a cash prize of $250
    Nathan B. crane and Brent L. Weight from Brigham Young University for "A compliant Floating-Opposing-Arm (FOA) Centrifugal Clutch".
  • Second prize: certificate and a cash prize of $150
    Brian Roberts from the University of Maryland for "Evaluation of a Three-Dimensional Roller Clutch Reversible Hand Socket Wrench for Extravehicular Activity".
  • Third prize: certificate and a cash prize of $100
    Scott Lyon and Mike Baker from Brigham Young University for "Micro Bistable Mechanism".

Undergraduate category

  • First prize: certificate and a cash prize of $200 each
    A tie!
    Brian Mathews from Ohio University for "Walking Robot"
    and
    Daniel Ateya from State University of New York at Buffalo for "Electro-Thermal-Compliant Micro Gripper".
  • Third prize: certificate and a cash prize of $100
    Jacob Levine, Stacie Depner and Mark Zeh from the University of Minnesota for "The Tete-a-Tete Folding Rocking Chair".