The 2011 Edible Car Contest

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 EDIBLE CAR CONTEST SURVEY - 2011    

Completed by 38 students of  75 participating or 51 %

Major or career field

Non Engineering
21 IVCC Students

Engineering-related  majors
7 IVCC Students

High School
10 Students

Gender

12 male - 9 female 4 male  - 3 female 5 male   5 female

 

 YES RESPONSES

Non Engineering - YES

Engineering majors - YES

High School - YES

Did planning and building your car make you more aware of the creativity required to be an engineering technician?

14
67%
7
100%
8
80%

Did it increase your interest in any engineering related field?

8
38%
7
100%
6
60%

Designing a car from food that actually rolls requires competence in technology, science and math. Were you surprised that you were able to build your car?


14
67%

5
71%

5
50%

Are you aware that IVCC offers transfer programs in engineering and industrial engineering technology and two-year career degrees in computer-aided engineering and design and certificates in computer-aided drafting?


15
75%

7
100%

9
100%

 

 

Strongly agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

There are good career opportunities in engineering and engineering technology.

       
          Non-engineering IVCC students

71%

29%    
          Engineering-related IVCC 71% 29%    
          H.S. students 70% 30%    

Engineering and engineering technology talent is in short supply in the U.S.

       
          Non-engineering IVCC students 35% 55% 10%  
          Engineering-related IVCC 43% 57%    
          H.S. students 20% 70% 10%  

What did you most like about building the car?

 

What was the most difficult part of building the car?

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