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Celebrate Engineering Ingenuity (CEI) Day is an annual event showcasing engineering where students learn more about careers and educational opportunities available to them in the field of science and engineering. There are two competitions for middle school and high school students, Egg Drop or Popsicle Stick Bridge. See below for more details on these competitions. This is an open format event with many engineering and technical societies having booths set up with information to share and answer any questions student, parents or educators might have about engineering. Some booths will also have activities for student to engage in.
CEI Day 2025 is Sunday, February 23, 2025 at the Dewey Gottwald Center at the Science Museum of Virginia, 2301 W Leigh St, Richmond, VA 23220. We ask those attending to enter the CEI Day event at the main entrance to the Dewey Gottwald Center, not the Science Museum entrance. There is a large parking at the Dewey Gottwald Center available for free parking.
CEI day is a free event and all are welcome, BUT only contestants participating in the Egg Drop or Popsicle Stick Bridge contests participates and one chaperon will receive free admission that day to the Science Museum. Anyone else who would like to visit the Science Museum (exhibits, dome movies, experiences, the Forge, etc.) will have to purchase a ticket through the Science Museum.
Schedule for CEI Day:
11:30 AM Event Starts
12:00 PM Check
12:30 PM Competitions Start
3:00 PM Event Ends
Egg Drop Contest
American Society of Material Engineers (ASME) sponsors the Egg Drop Contest, were dozens of eggs are dropped from the balcony at the Science Museum in an attempt to prevent the eggs from breaking when they land. Students much build their devices before the contest and bring them to CEI Day. No advanced registration is required. ASME will provide the eggs on the day of the contest. Here are the rules for the Egg Drop Contest.
Paper Airplane Contest
American Society of Materials (ASM) sponsors a new contest where students make an airplane from supplied material at the CEI day. Click here for rules to Paper Airplane Contest.
Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) sponsors the Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest. Students much register for this events by February 3, 2024 on ASCE’s website. Here are the rules for the Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest.
If you have any questions about the CEI Day or your group would like to participate please reach out to Crystal Hill at cei@rjec.org
