On June 6, Osaka Electro-Communication University held the annual "Egg Drop Contest", a welcome event for new students in the Department of Basic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, at Building Y of the Neyagawa Campus in Hatsucho, Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture.A presentation tournament is also planned on the 3th.
According to Osaka Electro-Communication University, the egg-dropping contest consists of a team of three or four freshmen from the Department of Basic Science and Engineering, and uses A3 Kent paper, cellophane tape, etc. to create a cushioning material that absorbs shocks, height 4 A competition to drop eggs with cushioning material from the 2th floor of the metric school building.It has become an annual event to welcome new students in the Department of Basic Science and Engineering.
In a brain competition that requires not only scientific knowledge such as physics but also ideas and a sense of manufacturing, an award for excellence is given to a team that can drop an egg without breaking it.At the presentation competition to be held the following week, the "Idea Award" will be given to outstanding ideas, and the "Presentation Award" will be given to excellent presentations.
It is an event that makes the campus exciting every year, but in 2020 it was abandoned due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. In 2021, the infection situation settled down, and the meeting was held in the fall when face-to-face classes were resumed, but in 2022, it was held at the same time as usual after thorough infection control measures.
