The McGill Chem-E Car Design Team was founded in 2013. Since then, the team has substantially grown from 13 to 81 active members from varying academic disciplines. Team members put their innovative ideas and engineering skills together to produce a car completely powered and stopped by chemical reactions. Our design team incorporates aspects of electrical, mechanical, software, computer, material and chemical engineering. Every year, we design, develop and build a new car to compete with teams from universities from around the world at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) Chem-E Car competition. Over the years, our team has achieved remarkable success, including 1st place finishes in both the poster presentation and the Jeopardy competition in 2025, a 3rd place poster presentation in 2024, and a 1st place award for car performance in 2019. These accomplishments reflect our dedication to innovation, teamwork, and technical excellence.

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