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RENSSELAER
CELEBRATES
NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK
February 18-25, 2003
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Enter
and WIN!
Can
you solve this problem?
What
is the total weight of the marbles in the water in Newtons?
(Clues: The weight of one marble is 5000
dynes and the radius of one marble is 8.23 mm. Neglect the surface tension
of the water.)
GRAND
PRIZE for the closest
guess is the choice of:
- Kodak
CX4230 Zoom Digital Camera, or
- Palm
m130 PDA, or
- Archos
Jukebox 10 mp3 Player (10mb)
Second
prize:
A Rensselaer Sweatshirt
Third prize: Two FREE Passes to the
New England Air Museum
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You
can view the marble tanks in two locations:
- Hartford
Campus - at the Cole Library, 5th floor
- Groton
Site - at the Student Lounge
The
contest runs from Tuesday, February 18, 2003 through Tuesday,
February 25, 2003.
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Fill
out an official entry form by printing your answer along with your name
and daytime phone number and drop it in the entry box.
- Rensselaer
employees are not eligible to win, however their participation
is encouraged for recognition and other prizes at the next Rensselaer
Community Meeting.
- Enter
as many times as you like on separate entry forms.
- The
closest guess WINS!
- In
case of a tie, the winner will be selected at random from the
correct entries by the judges.
- The
decision of the judges is final.
- You
need not be present to win.
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The
marbles will be donated to Rensselaer at Hartfords Summer Computer
Camp.
Also,
be sure to stop by the Hartford Cafeteria for daily creative, engineering-related
offerings!
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