Winning the World Punkin’ Chunkin’ Competition with a Student Design Project

The design of a pumpkin thrower was assigned to three Mechanical Engineering Technology students as a project for senior level "ETME 475 Mechanical Systems Design" course. As a first step, each student worked on their own pumpkin thrower. During the final phase, students worked on the design and manufacturing of the different parts of the project. During the early Fall semester one student, with faculty supervision, worked on the project to redesign the pouch and tune the system. Students from the Engineering Society have also helped to set it up for tests and decorations. Competition day was of course a Department affair.