🥚 The Drop is an annual competition for students in grades K–5, hosted by the 🦅 Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University.In this exciting event, young engineers 👩‍🔧👨‍🔧 design and build a prototype to protect a raw egg from breaking when dropped from increasing heights ⬆️ along the ramps of Jordan-Hare Stadium 🏟️. The challenge encourages ✨ creativity, 🧠 critical thinking, and 🔧 hands-on problem solving as students explore basic engineering ⚙️ and physics 📐 concepts in a fun and engaging way.

Participants receive:

🍳 A competition packet with rules and guidelines

🥞 Breakfast

👕 A T-shirt

🏅 A medal

🎁 Fun engineering-themed goodies

❓ How high can your egg survive the drop? 🚀🥚💥

The Drop 2026
When: March 21, 2026 
Grades: K-5th
Location: Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center
Competition Fee: $35 per participant
Registration: Opening February 2026
Theme: After soaring through outer space, Aubie’s next mission takes him somewhere even more mysterious... and maybe a little fishy. 🐠👀

Start dreaming up your most creative costumes—think beyond the stars and maybe beneath the surface. Stay tuned for the big reveal! 🌊✨

Download the 2025 Supplies List and Directions Here

For more information please email our office at futureengineer@eng.auburn.edu