Scenes from the 2003 Rube Goldberg Machine Competition, held on February 17, 2003 at the Texas Union Ballroom.  The IEEE team was declared the winner and will advance to the national competition at Purdue University in April.

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Students from the Aerospace team make last minute adjustments on their machine before the competition.

Theta Tau's team captain, Brody Knudeson, explains the particulars of his team's machine before their run at the Rube Goldberg Competition. They went on to win the people's choice award.

The IEEE team set their machine "Liability Land" for competition.

The team from IEEE poses in front of their winning machine "Liability Land."

The judges for the competition debate the performance of one of the machines at the Rube Goldberg Machine Competition.

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Photos by Charlie Fonville