Sun Feb 12 2012
by Laura Freeman
Reporter
Hudson -- Students from Hudson High School and Western Reserve Academy took top honors at an annual engineering competition Feb. 23 at The College of Engineering at the University of Akron.
Students from 10 local high schools formed 33 teams and competed in the annual Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science.
TEAMS is sponsored by the Junior Engineering Technical Society, a national nonprofit educational organization promoting engineering and technology careers.
In the TEAMS competition, students in grades nine through 12 work in teams to utilize practical applications of math and science to answer engineering questions about everyday world challenges.
In Division 1, Hudson High School's 9-10 grade team won second place.
The 9-10 grade team included Brendan Russo, Catherine Cavoli, Kara Sosinksi, Stephanie Lee, Michael Phillips, Megan Donnan and Priyakrit Chari.
Hudson High School's 11-12 grade Team B won first place in Division I. Team D won third place.
Team B included Matt VanAvermaete, Rob Zartman, Ed Karabinus, Mike Szymanski, Angie Peng, Ruth Thomson, Tyler Merrill and Jeff Choi.
Team D included Zefrem Vesel, Eric Xie, Peter Yao, Tiffany Lin, Matt Lichtenberger, Ellen Chuang, Ben Schaller and Grant Nicholas.
In Division 2, WRA's 9-10 grade Team A won first, and Team B won second.
Team A included Michael Lee, Monica Mehta, Eric Rauckhorst, Ramya Shah, Krista Sandercock, Peter Suwondo, Tract Tien and Albert Wang.
Team B included Chevonne Anderson, Ronan Keane, Mitesh Mehta, Rebecca Park, Blanchard Richardson, Nick Sovich, Ji Hoo Woo and Zack Zockoll.
Also in Division 2, WRA's 11-12 grade team came in third. Team members included Eun Cho, Oliver Curtiss, Jack Hoover, Jenny Hu, Lisa Jung, Joseph Marmerstein, Bethany Qiang and Chris Tonge.
The winners from the University of Akron competition are eligible for state and national honors. National winners will be announced after March 16.
Marie Fieldler has been the advisor for WRA's teams for more than 20 years. Christine Wooley is the advisor for the HHS teams. She was Fieldler's student at WRA and participated in JETS.
"The competition helps students solve a real practical problem," Fieldler said.
"This competition takes what [students have] learned in all their classes and take those skills and use them on one-day very intensely in the competition."
WRA and HHS students didn't have very much time to prepare for the competition because of busy schedules. They relied on what they had already learned in math and science classes.
"We look for students with creative problem solving skills," Wooley said. "They can use what they've learned in one context and apply it in another context."
Wooley credits the strong showing to the math and science programs at HHS.
"We afford students opportunities to take upper level classes at a younger age and others have in-depth applications," Wooley said. "They're learning the theory behind problems so they can apply them in both math and science."
The contest is sponsored by professional engineers to encourage students to pursue careers in science, medicine, pharmacy and engineering.
"It's practical field," Fieldler said. "Engineering is a problem solving approach to any problem -- electrical, chemical, mechanical or any field."
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