Rube Goldberg competition

Saturday morning I went to watch our Engineering students demonstrate the Rube Goldberg machines they had built under the direction of Dr. Mairead Greene (Math and Physics Department).  If you don't know what one is, think back to the Mousetrap game from when you were a kid; or, better yet, check out the OK Go video for "This Too Shall Pass." These students did a phenomenal job with their machines (pictures of two of them below) and it was a lot of fun to see them in action.