Purdue group wins Rube Goldberg contest
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University students who devised a contraption that prepared a hamburger in 101 steps, including a conveyor belt that moved the cheese and buns, won Purdue’s regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.
Saturday’s win by the 17-member Purdue Society of Professional Engineers earns them a spot in the April 5 national Rube Goldberg contest, named for the late cartoonist known for his drawings of complicated devices performing simple tasks.
Team captain Drew Wischer said the group began working last fall on its entry in this year’s regional challenge of creating the most complicated way to make a hamburger. He and his teammates had spent about 4,000 hours perfecting its many pieces, parts and motions.
“I’ve been with this team for four years, and this is a wonderful way to leave the competition,” said Wischer, a senior in aviation technology from Cedarburg, Wis.
The team used a global travel theme in their hamburger-making machine. That journey began at Purdue, activated by a ticket punch for the Boilermaker Express before embarking first to London, with a stop at Big Ben…
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