Tag archives: engineers

Engineers Ride Crash Course to Victory
By Scott Craig   |   December 16, 2025

Westmont engineering’s fifth annual remote-control (RC) car showdown was packed with crashes, flips, stalls, missed turns—and, for the first time, a three‑car championship race. When the dust finally settled, the team of Ben Mandani and Isaac Silva, who launched their car, named NESI, more than five feet off a ramp to win a one-jump playoff, […]

Student Engineers Are Off to the Races
By Scott Craig   |   December 10, 2024

Westmont’s junior engineering students will take part in the fourth annual remote-control car competition on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 1:30 pm in front of Kerrwood Hall. The public is welcome to cheer on the students, who’ve spent the last 10 weeks working in teams to assemble hundreds of parts to create their race cars. This […]

Engineers Put Creations to the Test
By Scott Craig   |   December 20, 2022

Westmont’s junior engineering students were revved up for the annual remote control car competition on December 8 in front of Kerrwood Hall. The students spent the last 10 weeks working in teams to assemble hundreds of parts to create their race cars, which count for five percent of their overall grade in the Machine Design […]