WHS Design Squad Wins Engineering Contest

As part of celebrating National Engineers Week, the students of the Engineering & Technology Education Department participated in the Cleveland State University (CSU) College of Engineering Day recently. 

Students started off the day with an engineering design contest, conducted by Diane Burrowbridge, Education Coordinator of the University Transportation Center and Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Cleveland State University. 

Teams of three or four students brainstormed, designed and constructed a Design Squad project called the “Paper Table”. They had to build a structure out of newspapers and a limited amount of masking tape. It had to be at least 6 feet high and hold as many books as possible. 

The all girls team, named the Girl Quad, of Claire Turgeon, Julia Button, Megan Rochford and team captain Ashley Kay won the contest with a structure that held a dozen books!

Other events throughout the day included a Unit Ops lab tour of the Chemical Engineering Department, guided by Chemical Engineering Graduate Assistant Chris Hardulak, a presentation titled “What Do Engineers Do?” by Gregg Schoof, Manager of Engineering Student Programs & Assistant Director of Fenn Academy at CSU, a tour of the newly renovated Fenn Tower residence hall, and a presentation from CSU admissions counselor Anthony Sambola on the college application process, entry requirements and scholarships.

Students ended the day with a raffle of CSU door prizes and rides to a lucky handful that were able to ride the official CSU College of Engineering Segway.

National Engineers Week celebrates the positive contributions engineers make to society and is a catalyst for outreach across the country to students and adults alike. National Engineers Week is part of many corporate and government cultures and is celebrated on every U.S. engineering college campus annually. National Engineers Week 2012 celebrated a 61^st anniversary (1951-2012).