Smackdown Winners Announced!

The Challenge – Move the egg from the stand to the nest across the road. The stand is a 2” high 3x4 with a nice egg-sized hole in the middle. The nest is a 12”X12” foam rubber matt in a 1” high box.

The Rules – Using the supplied materials and legal augmentations, build the ultimate egg-motivation system. You must navigate the course in the least amount of time without cracking the egg.

Beyond the supplied materials, teams are allowed to augment with anything that could be found at a junkyard or in a trashcan. Teams that choose additional RC components or autonomous components will not be eliminated but will face a penalty for the time competition. Teams have two minutes prior to start to modify the course in any way they see fit.

The Course

The Prizes

• Fastest -- $200 book Store Gift Certificate
• Most Modified to complete the course (but not fastest) -- $100 book Store Gift Certificate
• Least Modified to complete the course (but not fastest) -- $100 book Store Gift Certificate

Below are the winners, their achievements, and their times in the SMACKDOWN Challenge!

Special thanks go to ECE Assistant Professor Doug Barlage as well as student leaders Glen Garner, President of HKN, Andrew Pita, President of SHPE, Kyle Luthy, President of ECE-GSA, and Michael Alligood, President of IEEE, for making this happen.

Also of note, the SMACKDOWN Challenge was turned into a community outreach activity, with 30 6th-8th grade students in the Region O Council for Advancement of Minorities in Engineering (ROCAME) Club of Hallsboro Middle School attending.

Check out more pictures from the SMACKDOWN Challenge here!