The Coaster101 Podcast: Champions of the 2023 Theme Park Design Competition
The 2023 TPEG ALUMNI Community Theme Park Design Competition is in the books and the top teams have been announced. On this week’s episode of the...
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Recapping OSU’s SITE 2023 Student-led Conference
THE Ohio State University’s Theme Park Engineering Group (TPEG) began hosting their own conference for students interested in the themed entertainment and attractions industry in 2019....
TPEG Alumni Community Design Competition Returns in 2023
After a one year hiatus, the TPEG Alumni Community Design Competition will return in 2023. When the COVID-19 global pandemic hit in early 2020, hundreds of...
Coasters-101: Roller Coaster Terminology
Most of you who read our website are “coaster enthusiasts,” but in case you happen to be a member of the “GP” who stumbles upon us...
The Coaster101 Podcast: Matt Schmotzer of Print My Ride Detroit
Matt Schmotzer of Print My Ride Detroit is the designer behind some of the best roller coaster models you’ve ever seen, or maybe even built yourself....
ISU TPEG’s Ride Engineering Competition
This Saturday, April 17, 2021, Iowa State University’s Theme Park Engineering Group is set to debut the only Hands-on Engineering Competition in the Attractions Industry. Ride...
Engineering a Dark Ride Vehicle with Matthew Musial
Over the years, we’ve seen some incredible student projects that just seem to keep getting better and better. From Kate Kujawa’s wheel material experiments, to Team...
Model Coasters and Homemade Haunts with Eric Roberts – Part 2
Earlier we talked with Eric Roberts about his awesome working model roller coaster. In that interview, he mentioned he creates his own Halloween dark ride with...
How Entech Innovative Engineering Can Build Just About Anything
Designing and building something that has never been constructed before? That’s what the team at Entech Innovative Engineering has done for 25 years on a startlingly...
Coaster101 Featured on HuffPost Live
I had the pleasure of appearing on HuffPost Live’s “Tell Me How” segment today where I talked with future roller coaster designer Hayden about his passion...
Wild Eagle Review
First, I want to apologize for not getting any good pictures of the ride or the park. One of my cameras broke the night before. I...
Interview with Andreas Wild of Stengel Engineering
When we wanted to know more about roller coaster design, we decided to go straight to one of the most well known and respected businesses in the industry. Fortunately,...
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