And the Winner of 2018 ASC ChemE Jeopardy Is...

University of Texas, Austin, (pictured above with UT classmates) took home the top prize this year in the 2018 ASC ChemE Jeopardy with 5,400 points. Second and third places went to Louisiana State University, with 2,500 points, and Brigham Young University, with 500 points. 

2nd: Louisiana State University



3rd: Brigham Young University



The teams competing onsite were:

  • Princeton (Mid-Atlantic Region, USA)
  • Notre Dame (North Central Region, USA)
  • NIT Rourkela (India)
  • University of Idaho (Pacific Northwest Region, USA)
  • University of Iowa (Mid Atlantic Region, USA)
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medill铆n (Colombia)
  • Brigham Young University (Rocky Mountain Region, USA)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Northeast Region, USA)
  • Cairo University (Egypt)
  • Louisiana State University (Southern Region, USA)
  • University of Southern California (Western Region, USA)
  • University of Texas, Austin (Southwest Region, USA)

Preliminary round matchups

To determine which teams would compete in the semifinal round for the title of 2018 ChemE Jeopardy champion, all competing teams battled it out in three separate groups:

  1. Princeton (Mid-Atlantic Region, USA), Notre Dame (North Central Region, USA), NIT Rourkela (India)
  2. University of Idaho (Pacific Northwest Region, USA), University of Iowa (Mid Atlantic Region, USA), and Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medill铆n (Colombia)
  3. Brigham Young University (Rocky Mountain Region, USA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Northeast Region, USA), and Cairo University (Egypt)

Semifinal winners went head-to-head in the final round.

Categories, values, clues, and responses

Here are some of the questions teams had to answer:

Category: Industrial Processes

Value: 400

Clue: The Haber-Bosch process is used to convert atmospheric nitrogen and hydrogen to this hazardous gas.

Correct Response: What is Ammonia?

Category: Biology

Value: 100

Clue: : A cluster of bacterial genes encoding proteins with related activity that is often transcriptionally regulated as a single unit.

Correct Response: What is an Operon?

Category: Process Design

Value: 1,000

Clue: Nickel-chromium alloys are known by this name, which is a trademark of the International Nickel Corporation.

Correct Response: What is Inconel?

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Comments

Anna Wagner's picture

Wow Mid-Atlantic sent two teams