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Rules & Regulations

Team Formation and Eligibility

  1. Each E-Week team shall have at least two but no more than four members. At least one member of the team must be enrolled as an undergraduate student in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering. All members of the team must be enrolled as undergraduate students at Virginia Tech.
  2. Each E-Week team shall provide a team name upon registration. Team names may not contain inappropriate language, profanity, or anything deemed inappropriate by the SEC Executive Board. Any team with a team name deemed inappropriate may face possible penalties including but not limited to disqualification and point reductions.
  3. Each E-Week team shall have at least one member with an Instagram account. If your team is representing an engineering organization or design team, please note the respective Instagram account upon registration.
  4. By participating or attendending E-Week events or E-Ball, you authorize the use your image and likeness for, but not limited to, publication on the internet.

Engineering Organizations

  1. If an engineering organization or engineering design team has multiple representing E-Week teams, the SEC will only record the team with the highest involvement throughout the week for SEC involvement credit.
  2. At least one member of the E-Week team must be an active member of the representing engineering organization or engineering design team in order for E-Week team to be classified as representing an engineering organization or engineering design team.
  3. Representing a design team must be indicated upon initial registration.

Prizes

  1. The top three teams with the highest point count will be considered the SEC E-Week 2023 winners and awarded the first, second, and third place prize, respective of their rankings.
  2. The first place prize to be awarded is $1000.
  3. The second place prize to be awarded is $500.
  4. The third place prize to be awarded is $250.
  5. The top three teams will also be awarded four complimentary tickets to attend the Engineers’ Ball (E-Ball), where they will be presented as the 2023 winners.

SCORING - [Subject to Change]

  1. Each event will be worth a maximum of 200 points.
  2. Any team and/or person(s) caught cheating, will result in disqualification for all parties involved.

Events Breakdown

  1. Trivia Night
    1. Participation: 40 points.
    2. Performance-Based Points: Up to 160 additional points according to trivia leaderboard ranking.
  2. Distinguished Lecture: "An Engineer's Journey Through Atoms and Pixels"
    1. Attendance Points: Each individual that attends the entire duration of the lecture on behalf of your team earns 50 points, with a maximum of 200 points per team.
    2. Team Representation: Individuals may only represent one team, but attendees need not be team members. This means your team can include guests to maximize points.
    3. E-Ball Ticket Raffle: 10x E-Ball Tickets will be distributed at random to the attending audience.
  3. Talent Show
    1. Participation: 100 points
    2. Attendance: 40 points
    3. Judges Choice Awards: Judges will allocate up to 100 points at their discretion based on performances.
  4. Laser Tag
    1. Participation: 40 points
    2. Performance-Based Points: Up to 160 additional points according to laser tag bracket position.
  5. Amazing Race
    1. Participation: 40 points.
    2. Performance-Based Points: Up to 160 additional points according to amazing race leaderboard ranking.

E-Week Rules & Regulations are subject to change at anytime without warning.
E-Week Rules & Regulations were last updated February 23rd, 2024.