{"id":2669,"date":"2024-06-20T21:48:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centers.purdue.edu\/fusion-studio\/?page_id=2669"},"modified":"2024-06-21T10:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:03:34","slug":"smdc-2010-university-of-illinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centers.purdue.edu\/fusion-studio\/smdc-2010-university-of-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"SMDC 2010 | University of Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2010 MMDC at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<\/h1>

From 2009 to 2010, prior to its relaunch at Purdue University in 2019 as the Stage Machine Design Competition, this event was held under the name Midwest Machine Design Competition at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n

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2010 Design Challenge<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
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2010 Challenge Description: Basketball Shooter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What to design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Your mission is to design a functional basketball shooter<\/strong>. You may choose the parts, materials and means of propulsion with one exception: no explosives. (Prototypes containing explosives or pyrotechnics cannot be fired on campus\u2014sorry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should your basketball shooter do?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In short, your basketball shooter should be accurate enough to hit \u201cfree throws\u201d at a regulation basketball hoop and yet be adjustable enough to hit baskets from increasingly greater distances\u2014specifics to come later in this document. You can also enter the competition for best aesthetic design, best design proposal, and best overall design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limited and Full Competition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Students can enter a prototype and costing (limited competition) and be in the running for Most Accurate, Target Array, and Best Aesthetic design. Limited competition is designed for younger students who have not yet learned drafting or technical writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To enter the full competition, students need to provide a written proposal for their design and corresponding paperwork. Those students will be in the running for the above awards as well as Best Design Proposal and Best Overall Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design Parameters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n