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Eggs Drop During Engineering Week

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Students from the UC Davis College of Engineering hosted a series of events marking the 50th National Engineers Week, February 20–24, to showcase the work of engineers through fun and educational events.

On the Friday of Engineering Week, local school students took laboratory tours, built towers and paper airplanes and experimented with slime. About 140 students were introduced to engineering concepts in the annual egg-drop contest. The students — divided into three divisions: K–5, 6–8, and 9–12 — designed, built and tested a device that could protect an egg dropped from a five-story building. Scoring was based on egg survivability, accuracy and mass, and prizes were awarded to those students who finished with the most points.

At UC Davis, the Engineering Joint Council, representing all the student engineering clubs on campus, organized the events. This year's Egg Drop was co-sponsored by the Society of Women
Engineers and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

For more information, contact Karin Mack, Director of the Center for Women in Engineering, at (530) 752-4636; klmack@ucdavis.edu; or visit the UC Davis Engineering Week Web site or National Engineering Week site.