1 Celebrating National Engineers Week SAMC’s 1 st Annual Egg Drop Contest 2005

2 “Moooove Over” for Chicken (Suzanne La Rue Haladyna)

3 “Clucky” The Chicken…

4 Strutin’ His…

5 Stuff !!

6 “Clucky” - Lets Go!

7 Our Illustrious Judges (B.S. Degree of “Crackteria”)

8 Category 1 - Kitted Device Rules: Open to the first 30 “Eggineers” Must use only the materials in the kit. Kits will be distributed prior to the event for assembly 2 Butterfly clips 1 Dental floss 2 Rubber bands 1 Flying disk 5 Packing peanuts1 Balloon Three elimination rounds will be conducted successively at 8ft, 12ft and 16ft drop

9 2 Butterfly Clips 1 Dental Floss 2 Rubber Bands 1 Flying Disc & Pouch 5 Packing Peanuts1 Balloon Category 1 - Kitted Device

10 “Clucky” a little afraid of heights?

11 Look Out below!

12 Assessing the Crowd’s ROAR!

13 Chris Thomas, Preparing for 1 st Drop

14

15 ……… a Safe Landing

16 Tell Me this isn’t the Egg!

17 … a tense moment!

18 Nate McKendrick, with his entry. It just might Do It!

19 Here it Goes… as Willy Rivers releases

20 Ouch!... A double Whammy! LOOK OUT... in coming

21 The Judges Inspect….

22 with Careful Examination

23 Sorry Nate!

24 The Crowd looks on with Anticipation….

25 Lets Go Higher!

26 How about a “Best of Show” Trophy ?

27 Hey… I’ve got an Idea!

28

29 … a bad Break

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31 Nels Frostenson & Charlie Baldwin give it a good look….

32 But it doesn't look good

33 Sorry Chris, an Unfortunate Crack!

34 Dwight Addy, helping with the clean-up

35 Sharon Allred’s - The “Final Drop”

36 … it’s a loooong way DOWN!

37 …but its a Survivor!

38 The “WINNER”

39 Sharon Allred, with Her Winning Entry!

40

41 …one of the judges is starting to Crack!

42 Marty Thompson, gathers a peak of Troy’s Design?

43 Having Fun

44 “Clucky” & Clara Edwards, Having a good Laugh!

45 Category 2 – Opened Design Device Open to the first 10 “Eggineers” Devices must not: have hard-boiled, frozen or man-made eggs (plastic, rubber, etc) be bigger than a shoe box, weigh no more than 2 lbs have any powered devices Only one elimination round will be conducted at 16 ft drop

46 Category 2 - Contestants

47 “Clucky’s” Antics give Willy Rivers & Marty Thompson a Laugh! “Clucky’s” Antics give Willy Rivers & Marty Thompson a Laugh!

48 John Freese’s Design is ready to GO!

49 WAL-MART’s Plastic Bag Opens Perfectly!

50 Final Drop is 16 ft

51 CAT 1 - Contestants Look On

52 Buzz Ryan’s Entry ?? Padding ?? Padding

53 … a Full Shute!

54 Troy Livingston’s Design

55 Sharon Allred’s Compact Design

56 Max Weiss’ Rocket Entry

57 Paul Honour’s Shoebox Entry

58 “The Gallery” Looks On

59 The “Happy” Bunch

60 Management, assess Nate’s design

61 Tim (DCMA) is on hand for Design Approval

62 Judge Joe O’Steen Carefully Opens and Examines the Eggs Judge Joe O’Steen Carefully Opens and Examines the Eggs

63

64 … once again, a Successful Egg

65 Christina Garcia, Jeremy Barrows, & John Johnson Look on Christina Garcia, Jeremy Barrows, & John Johnson Look on

66 Barbara Mill, Clara Edwards, Karen Cates, and Scott Burton Tally the Results Barbara Mill, Clara Edwards, Karen Cates, and Scott Burton Tally the Results

67 The Results are in – A Multiple Tie Win

68 “Clucky” Draws Winning Positions

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70 Don Fox, Receives His Gift Certificate

71 John Freese Accepts

72 Chris Thomas, Picks up His Certificate

73 Max Weiss Receive certificates Troy Livingston

74 “Clucky” Congratulates Paul Honour

75 Dan Edwards Receives His Certificate

76 SAMC - 1 st Annual Egg Drop Contest

77 SAMC’s EGG Drop Competition Winners Category 1: KITCategory 2: OPEN DESIGN 1 st Place: Sharon Allred – Methods Eng 2 nd Place: Chris Thomas – Stress Eng Max Weiss – Elect Eng Troy Livingston – Stress Eng Sharon Allred – Methods Eng John Freese – Quality Eng Don Fox – Stress Eng

78 Congratulations to all The Organizers & Participants