UBC CHEM-E-CAR
Designing innovation, Engineering performance
A B O U T:
Our team is a multidisciplinary engineering design team representing UBC at the annual AlChE, or American Institute of Chemical Engineers at regional and national levels of competition.
The goal of competition is to build a shoebox sized car designed and programmed to travel a specified distance as set by AIChE.
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The Chem-E Car team hopes to provide opportunities for UBC engineering students to diversify and fine tune their skills within our four disciplinary sub-teams.
Within these opportunities, we aim to give technical experience as well as real world experiences such as project management and interpersonal skills.
Current Work:
​​UBC Chem-E-Car will attend the 2025 National AlChE Chem-E-Car Competition in Boston, Massachusetts.
The team strives to design a unique car with innovative timing mechanisms, and electro-chemical cells every year. We hope to continue to do this while teaching others about the technology, and growing as a team.
Accolades:
2024
AIChE Regionals Chem-E-Car Competition - 2nd Place
AIChE Regionals Poster Competition - 3rd Place
2023
AIChE Nationals Chem-E-Car Competition - 31st out of 50 teams
AIChE Regionals Chem-E-Car Competition - 1st Place
AIChE Regionals Poster Competition - 1st Place
2022
AIChE Nationals Chem-E-Car Competition - 15th out of 37 teams
AIChE Regionals Chem-E-Car Competition - 1st Place
AIChE Regionals Poster Competition - 1st Place
2021
AIChE Nationals Chem-E-Car Competition - Top 5
AIChE Nationals Poster Competition - 2nd Place
AIChE Regionals Chem-E-Car Competition - 1st Place
AIChE Regionals Poster Competition - 1st Place
2020
2019
Competitions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AIChE Regionals Chem-E-Car Competition - 1st Runner-Up
AIChE Regionals Poster Competition - 1st Runner-Up
AIChE Student Paper Competition - 1st Runner-Up
2018
AIChE Nationals Chem-E-Car Competition - 25th out of 40 teams
AIChE Nationals Poster Competition - 1st place
AIChE Regionals Chem-E-Car Competition - 1st place
AIChE Regionals Poster Competition - 1st place
2017
World Congress Competition - 7th out of 18 teams
World Congress Poster Competition - 1st place
