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Schedule

Check out the table below for Engineers Day 2024 schedule of speakers, competitions, tours, and exhibits. Check back closer to the day of the event for any final changes.

Time Event Location
9 a.m. Registration Opens Zeanah Engineering Complex, North Plaza (off 1st Floor)
Balsa Wood Bridge Competition (bridge must be made in advance)
Registration opens
John D. Tickle Engineering Building Room 211
9:30 a.m. Egg Drop Competition (device must be made in advance) Registration opens John D. Tickle Engineering Building, 4th Floor Atrium
9:45 a.m. Quiz Bowl Registration Min Kao Engineering Building, Room 622
10 a.m. Quiz Bowl Round 1 Min Kao Engineering Building, Room 622
Balsa Wood Bridge Competition
Testing begins
John D. Tickle Engineering Building, Room 211
Egg Drop Competition Drops begin John D. Tickle Engineering Building, 4th Floor Atrium (Egg drop to happen from Tickle Bridge)
Surveying Competition (10 a.m.–12 p.m.) TBD
Tours Start (tour times start on the hour and half hour until 1:30 p.m.) Zeanah Engineering Complex, North Plaza (off 1st Floor)
10:30 a.m. Info Session: Women in Engineering (10:30–11 a.m.) Zeanah Engineering Complex, Room 423
11 a.m. Info Session: Admissions (11-11:30 a.m.) Zeanah Engineering Complex, Room 423
11:30 a.m. Info Session: Pre-College STEM Programs (11:30 a.m.–noon) Zeanah Engineering Complex, Room 423
12 p.m. Quiz Bowl Round 2 Min Kao Engineering Building, Room 622
Info Session: Financial Aid (12-12:30 p.m.) Zeanah Engineering Complex, Room 423
Atomic Dogs and Wholly Souled Food Trucks. (Additional dining options are located in the Student Union. Note: UT is now a cashless university.) Engineering Courtyard
1 p.m. Quiz Bowl Round 3 Min Kao Engineering Building, Room 622
All Day Competitions Capture the Flag with Cryptography Competition Min Kao Engineering Building, Room 418
Cup Stacking Experiment John D. Tickle Engineering Building, Outdoor Plaza
Design Challenge Zeanah Engineering Complex, Ground Floor, First-Year Design Studio
Lego Assembly Line Competition Zeanah Engineering Complex, Ground Floor First-Year Design Studio
Penny Boat Competition Zeanah Engineering Complex, South Plaza (off Ground Floor)
Prosthetic Challenge (prototype must be made in advance) Zeanah Engineering Complex, Ground Floor, First-Year Design Studio
Radiation Shield Competition (shield must be made in advance) Zeanah Engineering Complex, Room 123
Rocky Top Stand Competition John D. Tickle Engineering Building, Room 405
Windmill Blades Competition Zeanah Engineering Complex, Ground Floor, Kao Innovation & Collaboration Studio
All Day Events Exhibits of Participating Student Organizations Zeanah Engineering Complex: 1st Floor Atrium, Ground Floor, and South Plaza (off Ground Floor); as well as John D. Tickle Building: 2nd Floor Atriums and 4th Floor Atrium (near Tickle Bridge)
Engineering Campus Tours Zeanah Engineering Complex, North Plaza (starting location)
Kao Innovation & Collaboration Studio Tours Zeanah Engineering Complex, Ground Floor, Kao Innovation & Collaboration Studio
Scintillation Materials Research Center Tours Zeanah Engineering Complex, North Plaza (starting location)
VOLS! Bingo Prize Table (*Bingo sheets sent ahead of time) Zeanah Engineering Complex, 1st Floor Atrium
Meet Our Robots! Zeanah Engineering Complex, North Plaza (off 1st Floor)
Seat Belt Convincer (*Permission slip needed) Zeanah Engineering Complex, South Plaza (off Ground Floor)
Biology Greenhouse Tours Zeanah Engineering Complex, North Plaza (starting location)
Nielsen Physics Building Solar Observations Zeanah Engineering Complex, North Plaza (starting location)
2 p.m. Engineers Day Ends