Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz

throwing an 8-lb pumpkin246 feet away.The design of a pumpkin thrower was assigned to three Mechanical Engineering Technologystudents as a project for senior level "ETME 475 - Mechanical Systems Design" course. As a firststep, each student worked on their own pumpkin thrower. During the final phase, students workedon the design and manufacturing of the different parts of the project. During the early Fallsemester one student, with faculty supervision, worked on the project to redesign the pouch andtune the system. Students from the Engineering Society have also helped to set it up for tests anddecorations. Competition day was of course a Department affair.Students enjoyed working on this good engineering applications project. The Project