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About our team

representing UC Berkeley & past competition results

The 2016-17 ChemE Car team at Western Regional Conference at UCSD in April 2017.

The Chemical Engineering Car team builds a shoebox-sized car powered and controlled by chemical reactions for the annual AIChE-sponsored Chemical Engineering Car competition. Every year, we build two cars to compete at the Western Regional against other schools from California, in hopes of qualifying for the National competition.

Past Competition Results

Year	Location	Results (Western Regional Conference)
2021 - 2022	UC Los Angeles	2nd Place Overall Car Performance (Bear-rari) 1st Place Car Poster Competition (Matt Moybile) Most Aesthetic Car Design Award (Bear-rari) 1st Place Student Paper Competition (Katherine Wang 1st Place Student Poster Competition (Matthew Moy) 2nd Place Student Poster Competition (Rustam Gandhi) 2nd Place ChemE Jeopardy
2017 - 2018	UC Irvine	1st Place Student Paper Competition (Richard Sim) 1st Place Research Poster Competition (Experimental Battery Team) 1st Place Car Poster Competition (TAEter Tots) 2nd Place car performance (TechniCAL Difficulties)
2016 - 2017	UC San Diego	1st place Jeopardy (First place Jeopardy at National Conference held in November at Minneapolis) 4th place car performance (Al-airmingly Fast) 5th place car performance (LamBEARghini)
2015 - 2016	UC Riverside	3rd place poster competition
2014 - 2015	Cal Poly Pomona	1st place poster competition 5th place car performance (Joe Biodine)
2013 - 2014	UC Davis	2nd place poster competition 4th place car performance (Shaggy Waggy Doo) (Qualified for National conference in November held at Georgia Tech)
2012 - 2013	UC San Diego	2nd place poster competition 3rd place car performance ([Au]ROAR-a) (Qualified for National conference in November held at San Francisco)

Plans for current year

For the 2022-2023 school year, we are excited to continue our work in the lab. We will also continue to develop our power sources and control mechanisms, in preparation for both AICHE National Convention 2022 and AICHE Western Regional Convention 2023.

One of the 2014-15 car, "Joe Biodine," in action at 2015 Regionals.

One of the 2014-15 car, "KT Peroxide," at 2015 Regionals.

The 2015-16 car, "The Dank Tank," in action at 2016 Regionals.

One of the 2016-17 cars, "Al-(air)mingly Fast," at 2017 Regionals.

One of the 2016-17 cars, "LamBEARghini," in action at 2017 Regionals.