Updated at 2:40 p.m., Saturday, February 24, 2007
Hawai'i student wins Rube Goldberg contest at Purdue
Advertiser Staff
Ian Esaki, a freshman majoring in materials science and engineering from Kapa'a was a first place winner in the 2007 Local Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held today at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.Esaki is a member of the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team.
The annual competition rewards creativity and efficiency in completing a simple task. This year's task was to create a machine that employed principles of engineering and physics to take a whole orange, juice it and then pour the juice from a pitcher into a cup in a minimum of 20 steps.
The winning team will compete at the National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest that will take place at 10:30 a.m. March 31 at Purdue University.
The contest honors the late cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who specialized in drawing whimsical, complicated machines to perform simple tasks.
Complete coverage of the event can be found at news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007a/070224RubeRegional.html.
