EWeek Event Details
NOTE: Not all events are held every year. This is a complete list of events that have been held during EWeek over the past 10 years.
Build-A-Bridge
Rules and Procedures TBD
Cardboard Canoe
Each engineering department may have a team of people build a canoe out of cardboard, duct tape, and trash bags in the racquetball rooms in the Fit. After a 30 minute build time, the teams must race their canoes in the swimming lanes of the indoor fit pool in a down-and-back style race.
Dodgeball
Each engineering department may have one team of six people compete in the dodgeball tournament held in the Memorial Gym C “Sweatbox.” The tournament will consist of a round robin and continue into a single elimination round after the round robin.
Egg Drop
The egg drop event is a test on how well a team can build a device with limited supplies that can protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from a pre-determined height. The teams will be judged on how intact the egg is after the drop, the distance the egg is from the target marked, and the weight of the device.
Engineering Bowl
Each engineering department may have a team of brainiacs who are well versed in both classroom knowledge and Tech history knowledge to compete in the Engineering Bowl. A speaker will read questions to two competing teams; any person on either team may click their buzzer to answer at any time.
Hackathon
Teams can have as many members as they want. On Monday, February 12th, every team will be given a “Raspberry Pi model B+” and up to $50 reimbursement** that can be used for buying sensors/parts for the competition. Teams will have to find a problem that they can solve using a Raspberry Pi. It is better if the problem they try to solve is somehow related to Tennessee Tech. However, team can make anything they want like an automatic light switch, distance meter, or Internet-streamed Wi-Fi radio. Include all technical blueprints, schematics, and code.
Mr. and Ms. Engineer
In a similar fashion to how Penny Wars are held, the EJC officers will place buckets in each engineering department’s office, where students may drop change (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, etc.) into their own departments bucket. Each cent in change is worth one point. However, bills may be put into other departments buckets to subtract points equal to the bill’s equivalent in pennies. For example, a ten dollar bill is negative 1,000 points! Whichever department has the most points at the end of the day on the 25th wins, and whoever they have nominated for Mr. and Ms. Engineer will be crowned at the Engineering Banquet. The money collected goes toward the EJC scholarship.
Poker and Chili Night
Multiple students from each engineering department may cook up a batch of chili to bring to the Poker and Chili night in the Tech Pride Room. There is no limit to how much chili, or how many different kinds of chili a department can being, and we encourage to bring as much as possible. The chili is anonymously judged by a panel of judges. Each department may also have people play in a poker tournament.
Scavenger Hunt
Starting on the Sunday of Engineer's week, the scavenger hunt will be held all across campus until the last day of competitions, Wednesday. Every day new clues and riddles will appear.
Tug-of-War
Each College of Engineering department team competes for top honors in the classic tug-of-war.
Video Game Tournament
Rules and Procedures TBD
