eDay Competitions
Each competition is governed by independent student organizations or Herff faculty. Contact information for each is provided with the specific competition information. If you have any other questions about eDay, feel free to email us at engineering@memphis.edu.
Build a Biomaterial Scaffold
Hosted by the Biomedical Engineering Society
Particpants will be challenged to build the strongest, porous scaffold possible that can have a ball pass through it. Students will be prompted to build a biomaterial scaffold (in time limit of 10 minutes) using various supplies , and they will be graded on their model filling the criteria for a biomaterial scaffold.
0-10 for Biocompatibility (are the materials they chose natural oror not natural: choosing pasta or straws)
0-10 for mechanical strength (is their structure strong like a biomaterial needs to be and strength will be tested using books on top of it)
0-10 for porosity (is their structure porous like a biomaterial needs to be: ability for a tiny ball to go through)
Location: Edwards Research and Innovation Center 311
Contact: Paula Meier: pameier@memphis.edu
Coding Challenge
Hosted by The Cybertigers
This coding competition is for 3rd through 12th grade students. It is designed for teams of 2 to 3 participants who will be working on designing a Scratch project. Here is an example.
Location: Engineering Administration 102D
Contact Info: Mayira Sharif, mhsharif@memphis.edu
CNC Challenge
If you are not sure what CNC is, take a few minutes to see some of the cool CNC machines on YouTube. There are two options for the E-Day CNC Challenge, Manual and Programming. Choose the one you think is best suited to your team. The Manual Option requires no preparation, the Programming Option requires preparation well beforehand.
Contact: Robert Hewitt
Location: Engineering Technology 112
Egg Drop
Hosted by the Alliance of Women Engineers of Color
Teams are required to purchase their own materials and build their Egg Drop container prior to arrival at the competition.
Two Locations: Engineering Technology 2nd Floor Middle Stairwell, 2nd Floor End Stairwell Located Near Norriswood Street
Contact Info: Tanya Prahalathan: tprhlthn@memphis.edu
Flash Build
Governed By Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Students will design, construct and build an appropriate structure during the competition.
Location: Edwards Research and Innovation Center, 2nd Floor Lobby
Contact Info: Sydney Mitchell: scmtch@memphis.edu
Homopolar Motor Build Competition
Hosted by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Contact Info: Yaneli Mora-Antonio, ymrntnio@memphis.edu
Location: Engineering Science Classroom 220
K'NEX Challenge and Transportation Jeopardy
Student teams will compete with K’NEX vehicles that they bring and submit to the judges on E-Day.
Location: Engineering Administration 203
Paper Airplane
Students will design, build, and test their own paper airplanes, learning about basic principles of aerodynamics (lift, drag, thrust, and gravity). They can tweak their designs after each flight to see how changes affect the performance. We’ll have two categories: longest distance flown and closest to a target for accuracy.
By National Society of Black Engineers
Contact: Anthony Dontoh
Location: Edwards Research and Innovation Center 3rd floor Hallway
Competition to construct and throw a paper airplane furthest.
Pasta Car
By University of Memphis American Society of Mechanical Engineers chapter with support from University of Memphis Society of Automotive Engineers and University of Memphis American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
The competition is designed to test the ingenuity of the team to design an ‘artificial leg’ to kick a standard ping-pong ball into a target.
Location: Engineering Science 326
Contact Info: Cameron Tingley, Tyler Owens, Tanya Prahalathan: ctingley@memphis.edu
Penny Boat Challenge
Competitors are working to determine whether the shape of a boat can affect how much
weight it holds
– specifically, a foil boat holding pennies!
Location: Edwards Research & Innovation Center 203
Slingshot Powered Paper Airplane
By American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Students, in teams of three, will design their own paper airplane. They will get three changes to launch their airplane to a zone and rack up points.
Location: Edwards Research and Innovation Center, 104
Contact: Bryan Mendoza: bmndoza2@memphis.edu
Spaghetti Tower Marshmallow Challenge
Participants will work in teams of 6 to build the tallest freestanding tower using the following materials. The objective is to create a structure that can support a marshmallow at the top within a time limit of 18 minutes.
Location: Edwards Research & Innovation Center 207
The Wall, Grades 9-12
Hosted by American Society of Civil Engineers
Students tape a chair to the wall and see what team can hold one of their teammates up with the least amount of tape. The chair must not fall for a full three minutes. Scores are calculated based the weight of the student that will sit in the chair and the weight of the tape used.
Contact: Connor Caskey: crcaskey@memphis.edu
Location: Engineering Technology 233