What is Chem-E-Car?
The 2022 Chem-E-Car competing in Nationals
Virginia Tech’s Chem-E-Car team is a chemical engineering design team where ChemE students of all classes work together to make a small box-sized car powered and controlled by chemical reactions to compete in regional, national, and international competitions host by AIChE. The team is comprised of three sub-teams: Battery, Controls, and Chemistry. Each team focuses on a different aspect of designing and testing the functionality of the car.
Awards
The 2023 Chem-E-Car Team at the 2023 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Orlando, FL
Virginia Tech’s Chem-E-Car team has won first place in the 2020 International Competition held virtually on November 15th, 2020. Their entry that year was Car-ona, powered by a Zinc-Carbon battery and controlled using four Vitamin-C Clock reactions.
In 2021, the team’s car, H2GO2, came in second place in the 2021 International Competition held at the 2021 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. H2GO2 was powered using a Lead-Acid battery and controlled by two pressure reactions and a Vitamin C reaction.
contact
If you are interested in joining the Virginia Tech Chem-E-Car Team, check out their website for more information and instructions on how to apply.
Above is our last year’s National Competition video!