Coaster101 Podcast: Thinking Like A Theme Park Creative with Patrick Kling
We’re all theme park fans, but there’s a fine line between fan and theme park creative. Sometimes, as a fan, it’s difficult to see why things...
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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...
Team 31 Showcase: 2020 TPEG Alumni Theme Park Design Competition Winner
When the COVID-19 global pandemic hit earlier this year, hundreds of college students with lifelong dreams of working in the themed entertainment industry saw summer jobs...
The TPEG Alumni Community Theme Park Design Competition 2020
When the COVID-19 global pandemic hit earlier this year, hundreds of college students with lifelong dreams of working in the themed entertainment industry saw summer jobs...
Building Better Rides: What Should Attraction Designers Focus On?
It’s no secret that Disney and Universal design some of the world’s most up-to-date rides and attractions, each striving to amaze guests more than the last....
Book Review + Giveaway: Imagineering an American Dreamscape
The concept of a theme park — although popularized by Walt Disney — extends far beyond the boundaries of Mickey Mouse and big-shot movie studios. Imagineering...
Highlights of Students in Themed Entertainment 2020
The second annual Students in Themed Entertainment (or SITE) was held on the campus of The Ohio State University this past weekend. College students from twenty-four...
Registration now open for SITE OSU 2020
Ohio State Theme Park Engineering Group has announced they will be hosting SITE OSU, their themed entertainment and amusement industry conference, again in January 17 –...
Themed Entertainment and Haunt Design with Designer Nate Mitchell
Halloween events at theme parks across the country are becoming more and more intricate with incredibly detailed set design and back stories. But these haunts don’t...
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...
Theme Park Design & The Art of Themed Entertainment with David Younger
If your ultimate career goal is to design theme parks then the number one book on your “Must Read” list is Theme Park Design & The Art...
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