Behold, the Gluten Super Car?

YOUNGSTOWN

A meal of bread and pasta may leave you feeling weighed down, but the ingredients didn’t slow the Gluten Super Car.

Corey McVicker of Leavittsburg, an electrical engineering major, and Mathew Conti of Boardman, a chemical engineering major, both students at Youngstown State University, used a hoagie bun, rigatoni and bagels to create an edible car.

It’s a project in Kerry L. Meyers’ first-year engineering class at YSU.

Each car had to meet certain criteria. It had to be made of all edible parts, resemble a car, roll — not slide — down a 25-degree ramp and continue rolling for at least 12 inches across the floor. It had to complete that run at least twice.

“This is the fun, creative part of the project,” said Meyers, director of YSU’s first-year engineering program.

For the next part, students have to gather data, determine why their cars did or didn’t work and develop a report and a presentation explaining it.

Read more about the innovative project in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.