Engine/HTML Presentation Topics
Listed by Team Name

Cannondale: What does the phrase four-cycle mean?

Santana: How is fuel and air mixed and moved into the combustion chamber at the right time?

Ibis: How does the burning air fuel mixture cause reasonably smooth motion of the output shaft that can be used to power a lawnmower or snowblower?

Burley: How is the air fuel mixture ignited (and at the right time)?

Co-Motion: How are the parts that contact each other, and are in motion with respect to each other, kept from wearing away?

Erickson: What keeps the engine from becoming so hot that it destroys itself?

Rodriguez: How do we get the engine running and how do we stop it?

Important: We expect fairly in depth answers to the above questions. Try to anticipate what kind of questions the audience would have answer them in your presentation. Try to build a reasonable level of understanding in your audience