The 5-week fall Challenge concluded on November 1, 2015. So, until spring, the prizes are gone but the game is still on. With your existing logins, you can still play weekly engineering problem sets while learning the engineering workflow. Use the Knovel Toolkit from the left sidebar during gameplay to solve each question. If you are new to the Challenge, register for free at any time by selecting ‘Play’ below. Enjoy!
Please note, you can exit and re-enter the game at any time between questions. Email us at knovelac@elsevier.com with any questions.
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Daniel is a fourth-year B.S./M.S. student in Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, respectively. His research centers on integrating multiscale experiments and simulations to accelerate design and deployment of new engineering materials, such as functional fabric devices. He holds a research appointment at Los Alamos National Laboratory and serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Natural Sciences & Engineering section of Drexel University’s Undergraduate Research Journal.
Rishiraj is a senior year B.S. student in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics. He has been part of the NASA RASC-AL forum of 2015 and led the team for Drexel to present their ideas pertaining to Earth independent habitats and Mars colonization. He has done research on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with the Drexel Smart House and is currently striving to popularize The Drexel Transformers, an organization designed to cultivate sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship among students at Drexel.
Krzysztof is a second year B.S. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics. During his first year at Drexel University Krzysztof joined the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics group and completed a Freshman Design Project focusing on damage detection in hard armor composites. In the summer, through Drexel’s STAR Scholars research program, characterized knitted functional fabrics.
Savannah Lee is a third year B.S. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Savannah serves as President of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Student Branch at Drexel. This year, she organized the first student-run hackathon at Drexel, Dragonhacks, with over 150 participants. Savannah completed two co-ops as a Hardware Engineer at Woodward McCoach and a Mission Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin. In her free time, Savannah volunteers on the Mother-Infant Floor at Cooper Hospital. She enjoys camping and spending time with her family.
Professor of Practice, Department of Mining and
Geological Engineering University of Arizona
"Participating in the 2015 Knovel Academic Challenge was an amazing experience. Not only students were motivated to test their reasoning capabilities by using structured research and calculation tools, but also as an instructor I found that it helped me reinforcing fundamental engineering concepts."
Librarian
Drexel University
"The challenge is a fun and exciting way for students, from all over the world, to apply real-life engineering concepts to solving challenge questions in a healthy competitive spirit."
Student
University of Alberta
"As an engineering student, you often come across a situation where you need more than a simple definition of technical terms. With extensive database of units conversion, physical and chemical properties of materials, interactive graphs, interactive equation solving and, most important of all, a wide collection of books and publications to search from, Knovel proves more than just a search engine for engineers. Knovel academic challenge is a fun way of understanding the wide applications of Knovel tools in our every day technical problems."
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