Engineers conduct the mousetrap car seminar. A video of the national competition, drawings, and reports usually precede the students building and racing their own mousetrap cars. Once the students design and construction phase is over, the engineers attach the rockets to the launch platform and blast them away. The computer seminars vary from year to year. This seminar is usually preceded by a hands-on activity unrelated to the Olympiad.
Students then use engineering software or visit pre-determined web sites related to engineering.