This past Saturday (2/20/2015), representatives from ASME UD traveled to Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA to compete in a Rube Goldberg machine building contest. Each machine has an overly complicated series of intricate steps to accomplish a simple end goal, like stapling some papers together. This competition was judged by members of the ASME Philadelphia Professional Section; ASME UD members ended up being on the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place design teams.
