{"id":362,"date":"2010-11-23T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T16:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/pumpkin-chunkin-with-wright-state-university-team-ethos-and-solidworks-simulation"},"modified":"2013-07-30T11:47:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T11:47:29","slug":"pumpkin-chunkin-with-wright-state-university-team-ethos-and-solidworks-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2010\/11\/pumpkin-chunkin-with-wright-state-university-team-ethos-and-solidworks-simulation.html","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Chunkin with Wright State University Team Ethos and SolidWorks Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348974d654970c.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e201348974d654970c\" title=\"Team ethos pumpkin chunkin\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e201348974d654970c-800wi.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Team ethos pumpkin chunkin\" width=\"237\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>Can SolidWorks Simulation be used with Pumpkins?&nbsp; Engineering students from Team Ethos and Wright State University say YES! They produced this video covering 5 years of their development and design changes using SolidWorks Simulation to analyze structural members and drag of&nbsp; pumpkins.&nbsp; Projectile motion is cool when pumpkins are invovled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" class=\"mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; top: 0px; left: -10000px;\">?<\/div>\n<p>\n<object width=\"475\" height=\"288\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mAX-dtTEbmo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mAX-dtTEbmo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"475\" height=\"288\"\/><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p>The world finals of this year&#8217;s Pumpkin Chuckin will be televised on Discovery Channel&nbsp;on Thursday Nov 25 after the Mythbuster Marathon.&nbsp; Check you local tv <a href=\"https:\/\/www.examiner.com\/cable-tv-in-national\/mythbusters-marathon-and-punkin-chunkin-thanksgivng-programming-on-discovery\" target=\"_self\">listings<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fun TV for the entire family and it invovles Physics &#8211; lots of Physcis!&nbsp; For SolidWorks educators, you can try out the Trebuchet Curriculum located on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/customerportal\" target=\"_self\">SolidWorks Customer Portal&nbsp; <\/a>for more fun with engineering, math and science.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e20147e01880f9970b.jpg\"><\/a><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e20147e0188318970b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e20147e0188318970b image-full\" title=\"Catapult-full-assembly-new\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e20147e0188318970b-800wi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Catapult-full-assembly-new\" width=\"7598%\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n<p>Marie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Can SolidWorks Simulation be used with Pumpkins?&nbsp; Engineering students from Team Ethos and Wright State University say YES! 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