IED Projects

[Tom Mattson]

Any engineering major at any engineering school in the US must take a course entitled Introduction to Engineering Design (IED), or something similar. Right now, I am teaching that course at a local college. I think it would be useful for students to have a thread in which information on various IED projects can be posted.

To keep things nice and organized, I am going to ask that there be only one post for each type of project. If you find info on a project that has been posted and think your info should appear here, then please PM the author of that post and ask him/her to edit it in.

[Tom Mattson]

You've all heard of it. Just about every high school physics club in the US does this project. The project is to design a vehicle powered by a standard size mousetrap, and there are a variety of criteria on which the car may be judged.

Your Ultimate Online Mousetrap Cars and Vehicles Help Guide (http://www.mousetrap-vehicles.com/index.cfm) Free articles, FAQ's, books for sale.
Your ultimate source for mousetrap powered cars and vehicles (http://www.docfizzix.com) Docfizzix.com sells books and racer kits.
Mousetrap Car and Vehicle Propulsion Theory (http://www.docfizzix.com/how_work.htm) A book for sale at Docfizzix.com.
Mousetrap Car Plans (http://www.docfizzix.com/plans.htm) Another book for sale at Docfizzix.com.
Ultimate Mouse Trap Car Homepage (http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5080) An Honors Physics project, and links to other mousetrap car websites.

Let me know via PM if you have any good sites for mousetrap cars, and I will add them by editing this post.