[Editors] 2.007 Robot Competition and More This Thursday, May 7!

[Alissa Mallinson]

Hi All,

I just wanted to let you know about a big day in MechE this Thursday! Please feel free to drop by or pass the invitation along to anyone who may be interested!

Best,
Alissa Mallinson

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Dear Friends,

This is a friendly reminder that you have been invited to attend a full day of festivities on MIT’s campus to celebrate mechanical engineering innovation.

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

de Florez Award Competition: 10am-12pm
Inspiring Engineering Lecture Series: 4-5:30pm
2.007 Robot Competition: 6:30-10:30pm

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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>>Watch video about this year’s 2.007 Robot Competition<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=112657&eid=376655>
The day begins at 10am with the de Florez Award Competition, a showcase of student science and design projects. $20,000 in prizes will be awarded to MIT MechE students demonstrating outstanding ingenuity and creative judgment in mechanical engineering knowledge or practice.

The day continues with the first of our Inspiring Engineering Lecture Series at 4pm, featuring John Hennessey of Hennessey Performance, makers of the world’s fastest production car, the Venom GT, which reached 270.49 mph in a record-setting run.

We cap the day with the 2.007 Final Robot Competition, starting at 6:30pm. This year, student-built robots will “Hack to the Future" to compete on a course inspired by the popular movie Back to the Future. Students earn points when their robots open the DeLorean’s doors, throw bananas into Mr. Fusion to power the car, and save Doc Brown by helping him zip-line down the clock tower.

Robot Competition spectators will also enjoy perusing the adjacent Engineering Petting Zoo, featuring the Hennessey Venom GT, a Ferrari F1 race car, a real DeLorean, MIT’s Formula SAE race car, MechE student research projects, MechE Professor Sangbae Kim’s robotic cheetah, and more!

We hope you will join us for this celebration of mechanical engineering innovation!*

If you can’t make it but would like to tune in, watch it live here<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=112656&eid=376655>.

For more information, please visit:

De Florez Award Competition<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=112655&eid=376655>
Hennessey Performance<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=112654&eid=376655>
2.007 Robot Competition<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=112653&eid=376655>

For questions, please email alissam at mit.edu<mailto:alissam at mit.edu>.

*This day of events does not require advance registration or tickets. It is open to the public, and we encourage you to bring guests, including children.

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