E Stands for Engineering, E Week and Expo
E WEEK!
ASME E-Weekopoly Team
We do engineering and accounting.
ASME participated in E-week this spring, which ran from February 18th-22nd. The team competed in multiple events, including Bean Bag Toss, Euchre and the Spelling Bee. Senior Jack Lund took first place in the Mario Cart Races and the team took 7th place in the event overall. ASME was in charge of the E-weekopoly game (pictured above) which they also won due to the expert banking skills of seniors Zach Gaertner, Jeff Albrecht and Kate Slattery.
Engineering Expo!
ASME Members Trent Thomas and Mark Gavin test their Lego cars on the ramp. Energy is cool!
A student takes control of the robot car
A visiting student controls the design car using an Xbox 360 controller and watching the video stream from the webcam mounted on the car.
Students watch as the design car maneuvers around the obstacles.
A student watches carefully as the robot picks up a wooden dowel.
ASME had a great time running an exhibit at the Engineering Expo from April 18th – 20th.
The Expo is put on by the College of Engineering every two years, and is open to Elementary and Middle Schools on Thursday, High Schools on Friday and the general public on Saturday. In order to appeal to this wide range of ages and interests, ASME set up two demonstrations at their exhibit. In one section of the room the Design Team let students drive the car they had built for ASME conference earlier in the spring. The car is controlled by viewing the video stream recorded by a webcam mounted on the car. When an ASME member asked the kids what they liked about the exhibit, one student exclaimed, “It’s like we are simulating the Mars Rover!”
ASME also ran a Lego Car Racing demonstration, which was also a big hit with the visiting students. Seniors Zach Gaertner, Jack Lund and Kate Slattery built a ramp for the exhibit, and the team was able to purchase multiple Lego sets thanks to a grant from University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Polygon Engineering Student Council. The students enjoyed building and testing their cars on the ramp, and received help from ASME members who volunteered at the event.
— Kate Slattery, ASME Polygon Representative, Spring 2013
The Lobby 