Hack the Plains
Hosted by AU Mesh Club and Auburn IEEE
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- When
- January 22–24, 2027
- Friday 5:00 PM to Sunday 1:00 PM
- Where
- Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center
- Grand Hall A and B, third floor
- 152 Wilmore Dr, Auburn, AL 36849
- With the Auburn Makerspace
- Who
- Up to 60 Auburn students
- Registration
- Opens December 1, 8:00 AM
- Cost
- TBD
- Theme
- TBA
Schedule
| 5:00 PM | Registration and team formation Teams sit together at their tables. |
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| 6:00 PM | Dinner and keynote speaker |
| 6:30 PM | Event kickoff Rules, expectations, and logistics. |
| 7:00 PM | Design problems released Teams get their design constraints and problems, then plan, work around expected challenges, and write code. No physical work. |
| 8:00 PM | Advisor check-in |
| 10:00 PM | Day 1 wrap-up |
| 8:00 AM | Makerspace opens |
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| 9:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 11:00 AM | Advisor check-in 2 |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 5:00 PM | Advisor check-in 3 |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner |
| 8:00 PM | Makerspace closes |
Teams may work around the clock Saturday into Sunday, but no physical work (soldering, etc.) outside Makerspace hours.
| 8:00 AM | Final advisor check-in |
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| 8:00 AM | Makerspace opens |
| 10:00 AM | Makerspace closes, team presentations begin |
| 12:00 PM | Judging |
| 12:30 PM | Awards |
| 1:00 PM | Dismissal |
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