Egg Protection Device Competition

Tishk International University– ACI Student Chapter in cooperation with ACI Kurdistan Chapter completed its 3rd annual competition with the University of Raparin and University of Duhok Student Chapters. On March 29th, 2022, another ACI competition titled “Egg Protection Device Competition” was successfully held at Tishk international University.

The objectives of the event were to design and build the highest-impact-load resistant plain or reinforced concrete Egg Protection Device (EPD). The competition also aimed to enable students to learn and report on concrete’s sustainable benefits related to durability, impact resistance, and other real-life aspects that an EPD simulates.

In this competition, teams were challenged to design and build the highest-impact-load resistant reinforced concrete column beam within the exact specifications set out by ACI. Underneath the beam, there’s an egg that faces certain destruction due to the load applied to the reinforced concrete beam. Any crack in the beam might destroy the egg. The weight drops from a half-meter at first and is then released from ever-increasing heights until it reaches maximum. This year, 19 teams participated in the competition from different universities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq at Tishk international University- Erbil Campus.

Winners were chosen according to durability and performance categories. The first, second third, fourth, and fifth place teams received cash awards of $600, $400, $200, $100, and $100 respectively.

1st place – Tishk international University

2nd place – University of Duhok

3rd place – University of Duhok 4th place – Tishk International University

5th place – University of Raparin

– Tishk International University

On behalf of TIU, we would like to extend special thanks to the sponsors of the event:

– BYK for construction chemicals – Oprah beauty center – RV Company.