::DC 2005::Fourplay

Alumni

As you know, DC strives to independently develop a unique competition format open to all NU students. Typically, this competition requires the assembly of complex electronics and robotics to navigate a special course. This year is no exception, as we have devised a competition that awards points to robots that pop a certain number of balloons. The robots are tethered to each other to allow each to influence the direction and speed of the other robots, and thus affect the ability of the other robots to score. The robot that accumulates the most points by popping balloons wins!

Unfortunately, neither the course nor the competing robots are cheap, and since we do not receive financial assistance from the university we rely on help from private donors to build the course and help fund the robots. Design Competition needs your help to continue to provide a high caliber engineering competition to Northwestern undergraduates.

You can help us achieve our goal of continuing to provide an excellent Design Competition! There are several materials that we are in need of to develop this yearā??s course, and you can assist us in acquiring these materials by providing us with a monetary donation to help us purchase these materials and fund our contestants. As we are a not for profit organization affiliated with Northwestern University, all donations are tax deductible.

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Levels of sponsorship:

Platinum ($500-$999.99 donation)

Gold ($250-$499.99 donation)

Silver ($100-$249.99 donation)

Bronze ($50-$99.99 donation)

Supporter ( < $50 donation)

If you are interested in making a donation, you can send a check made out to Northwestern University to the following address:

Design Competition
c/o Professor Allen Taflove
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60201

As always, feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.