June 25, 2010
Engineering Academy Attracts 36 Students From Six States
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Thirty-six students from 23 high schools in six states will be on Marshall University’s Huntington campus Sunday, June 27 through Thursday, July 1 to take part in the 10th annual Exploring Engineering: Academy of Excellence (EEAE).
Dr. William Pierson, chair of the Weisberg Division of Engineering and Computer Science at Marshall, said the participants include 20 boys and 16 girls in the ninth through the 11th grades. Twenty-three students are from West Virginia, six from Ohio, four from Pennsylvania and one each from Kentucky, North Carolina and New Jersey.
Sponsors of the event include Chesapeake Energy, the Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (RTI) and other local businesses and organizations.
“As always, teamwork is one of the themes of the engineering camp,” Pierson said. “The students participating will see that teamwork is important in planning and working together to achieve a common goal. The camp is a great opportunity for the students to not only explore the field of engineering, but also to explore Marshall University and what we have to offer.”
The camp gets under way at 3 p.m. Sunday in Room BE 5 on the lower level of the Memorial Student Center with a presentation titled “Building Strong” by Coy Miller, Professional Engineer, United States Army Corps of Engineers Deputy District Commander for Programs and Project Management.
Students are selected for the camp based upon their interest in and aptitude for engineering. Grades, courses taken and letters of recommendation are taken into consideration. The camp primarily tries to attract rising high school juniors.
The 2010 camp participants include:
Robert Agee of Huntington; Caleb Bailey of Huntington; Jessica Bailey of Nitro, W.Va.; David Bender of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; Nathan Betts of Mertztown, Pa.; Kyle Bryant of Vinton, Ohio; Molly Callaghan of Charleston; Matt Cardwell of Milton, W.Va.; Dakotah Copenhaver of Ona, W.Va.;
Grayson Davis of Huntington; Morgan France of Nitro, W.Va.; Paul Gemperlein of Tarentum, Pa.; Meredith Gillespie of Hurricane, W.Va.; Carly Gima of Follansbee, W.Va.; Cody Griffin of Huntington; Akhil Gudivada of Proctorville, Ohio; Kalene Hanson of Cary, N.C.; Saul Harlow of Nettie, W.Va.
Mary Hillwig of Pikeville, Ky.; James Horner of Wellsburg, W.Va.; Elizabeth Lawhon of Hurricane, W.Va.; James Long of New Martinsville, W.Va.; Kimberly Macenczak of Alliance, Ohio; Mark Malmquist of Natrona Heights, Pa. Andrew McLaughlin of Hurricane, W.Va.; Kelly O’Brien of Mertztown, Pa.; Kendra Pegg of New Martinsville, W.Va.
Keya Phillips of Hurricane, W.Va.; Dwight Rice of Oceana, W.Va.; Jordan Rothstein of Newton, N.J.; Anna Rubenstein of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; Paige Rutter of Oak Hill, W.Va.; Savana Schrader of Beaver, Ohio; Nathan Wang of Proctorville, Ohio; Katherine Warner of Morgantown, W.Va.; and Trenton Williams of Piketon, Ohio.
Here is the complete schedule of events for the 2010 academy:
Sunday, June 27
· 2 to 3 p.m.: check-in, Haymaker Hall, Marshall Commons
· 3 to 5 p.m.: welcome and presentation, “Building Strong,” by Coy Miller, PE, USACE Deputy District Commander for Programs and Project Management, Memorial Student Center, Room BE5
· 5 to 6 p.m.: dinner, MSC John Marshall Room
· 6:30 to 9 p.m., icebreaker and team-building activities, Marshall Recreation Center
Monday, June 28
· 8 to 9:45 a.m.: lecture time, Weisberg Engineering Lab classroom (WEL101)
· 9:50 to 11:30 a.m.: introduction to civil and environmental engineering: surveying, GPS, materials testing, and environmental sampling, Buskirk Field and Weisberg Engineering Lab
· 11:30 .m. to noon: lunch, Harless Dining Hall
· 12:30 to 4 p.m.: introduction to civil and environmental engineering: surveying, GPS, materials testing, and environmental sampling, Buskirk Field and Weisberg Engineering Lab
· 4:30 to 5 p.m.: roller coaster design: introduction and planning
· 5:30 to 7 p.m.: dinner
· 7 to 8:30 p.m.: roller coaster design: construction, testing and competition
Tuesday, June 29
· 8 to 9 a.m.: introduction to trebuchet design, WEL101
· 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.: trebuchet design and construction, Buskirk Field
· 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: luncheon with Society of American Military Engineers members, Harless Dining Hall, Ed Grose Room
· 12:30 to 2 p.m.: complete trebuchet construction
· 2 to 3 p.m.: trebuchet competition
· 3 to 4:30 p.m.: intelligent transportation systems presentation, WEL101, Andrew Nichols
· 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Introduction to GPS, Jamie Wolfe, Weisberg Engineering Lab
· 5:30 to 7 p.m.: dinner
· 7 to 8:30 p.m.: team building exercise
Wednesday, June 30
· 8 to 9:30 a.m.: introduction to robotics, WEL
· 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.: work on robot design/construction, WEL
· 10:30 to 11:30 p.m.: robotics competition, WEL
· 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: lunch, Harless Dining Hall
· 12:30 to 2 p.m.: Introduction to CS, GH 211
· 2 to 3 p.m.: CS scavenger hunt
· 3 to 4:30 p.m.: visualization lab presentation, WEL
· 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: concrete testing, WEL
· 5:30 to 7 p.m.: dinner
· 7 to 8:30 p.m.: GPS competition, MSC Fountain
Thursday, July 1
· 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.: field trips
· 8 to 9 a.m.: travel to Toyota plant in Buffalo, W.Va.
· 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.: tour Toyota
· 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: lunch at Golden Corral in Cross Lanes, W.Va.
· 1 to 1:30 p.m.: travel to DOH Bridge site in South Charleston, W.Va.
· 1:30 to 3 p.m.: tour bridge site
· 3:15 to 4 p.m.: travel to J.H. Fletcher in Huntington
· 4 to 6 p.m.: tour J. H. Fletcher
· 6 to 6:30 p.m.: travel to Waves of Fun
· 6:30 to 9 p.m.: dinner and pool party, Waves of Fun, parents invited
· 9 to 9:30 p.m.: students depart with parents
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Engineering Academy Attracts 36 Students From Six States
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Thirty-six students from 23 high schools in six states will be on Marshall University’s Huntington campus Sunday, June 27 through Thursday, July 1 to take part in the 10th annual Exploring Engineering: Academy of Excellence (EEAE).
Dr. William Pierson, chair of the Weisberg Division of Engineering and Computer Science at Marshall, said the participants include 20 boys and 16 girls in the ninth through the 11th grades. Twenty-three students are from West Virginia, six from Ohio, four from Pennsylvania and one each from Kentucky, North Carolina and New Jersey.
Sponsors of the event include Chesapeake Energy, the Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (RTI) and other local businesses and organizations.
“As always, teamwork is one of the themes of the engineering camp,” Pierson said. “The students participating will see that teamwork is important in planning and working together to achieve a common goal. The camp is a great opportunity for the students to not only explore the field of engineering, but also to explore Marshall University and what we have to offer.”
The camp gets under way at 3 p.m. Sunday in Room BE 5 on the lower level of the Memorial Student Center with a presentation titled “Building Strong” by Coy Miller, Professional Engineer, United States Army Corps of Engineers Deputy District Commander for Programs and Project Management.
Students are selected for the camp based upon their interest in and aptitude for engineering. Grades, courses taken and letters of recommendation are taken into consideration. The camp primarily tries to attract rising high school juniors.
The 2010 camp participants include:
Robert Agee of Huntington; Caleb Bailey of Huntington; Jessica Bailey of Nitro, W.Va.; David Bender of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; Nathan Betts of Mertztown, Pa.; Kyle Bryant of Vinton, Ohio; Molly Callaghan of Charleston; Matt Cardwell of Milton, W.Va.; Dakotah Copenhaver of Ona, W.Va.;
Grayson Davis of Huntington; Morgan France of Nitro, W.Va.; Paul Gemperlein of Tarentum, Pa.; Meredith Gillespie of Hurricane, W.Va.; Carly Gima of Follansbee, W.Va.; Cody Griffin of Huntington; Akhil Gudivada of Proctorville, Ohio; Kalene Hanson of Cary, N.C.; Saul Harlow of Nettie, W.Va.
Mary Hillwig of Pikeville, Ky.; James Horner of Wellsburg, W.Va.; Elizabeth Lawhon of Hurricane, W.Va.; James Long of New Martinsville, W.Va.; Kimberly Macenczak of Alliance, Ohio; Mark Malmquist of Natrona Heights, Pa. Andrew McLaughlin of Hurricane, W.Va.; Kelly O’Brien of Mertztown, Pa.; Kendra Pegg of New Martinsville, W.Va.
Keya Phillips of Hurricane, W.Va.; Dwight Rice of Oceana, W.Va.; Jordan Rothstein of Newton, N.J.; Anna Rubenstein of Cross Lanes, W.Va.; Paige Rutter of Oak Hill, W.Va.; Savana Schrader of Beaver, Ohio; Nathan Wang of Proctorville, Ohio; Katherine Warner of Morgantown, W.Va.; and Trenton Williams of Piketon, Ohio.
Here is the complete schedule of events for the 2010 academy:
Sunday, June 27
· 2 to 3 p.m.: check-in, Haymaker Hall, Marshall Commons
· 3 to 5 p.m.: welcome and presentation, “Building Strong,” by Coy Miller, PE, USACE Deputy District Commander for Programs and Project Management, Memorial Student Center, Room BE5
· 5 to 6 p.m.: dinner, MSC John Marshall Room
· 6:30 to 9 p.m., icebreaker and team-building activities, Marshall Recreation Center
Monday, June 28
· 8 to 9:45 a.m.: lecture time, Weisberg Engineering Lab classroom (WEL101)
· 9:50 to 11:30 a.m.: introduction to civil and environmental engineering: surveying, GPS, materials testing, and environmental sampling, Buskirk Field and Weisberg Engineering Lab
· 11:30 .m. to noon: lunch, Harless Dining Hall
· 12:30 to 4 p.m.: introduction to civil and environmental engineering: surveying, GPS, materials testing, and environmental sampling, Buskirk Field and Weisberg Engineering Lab
· 4:30 to 5 p.m.: roller coaster design: introduction and planning
· 5:30 to 7 p.m.: dinner
· 7 to 8:30 p.m.: roller coaster design: construction, testing and competition
Tuesday, June 29
· 8 to 9 a.m.: introduction to trebuchet design, WEL101
· 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.: trebuchet design and construction, Buskirk Field
· 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: luncheon with Society of American Military Engineers members, Harless Dining Hall, Ed Grose Room
· 12:30 to 2 p.m.: complete trebuchet construction
· 2 to 3 p.m.: trebuchet competition
· 3 to 4:30 p.m.: intelligent transportation systems presentation, WEL101, Andrew Nichols
· 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Introduction to GPS, Jamie Wolfe, Weisberg Engineering Lab
· 5:30 to 7 p.m.: dinner
· 7 to 8:30 p.m.: team building exercise
Wednesday, June 30
· 8 to 9:30 a.m.: introduction to robotics, WEL
· 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.: work on robot design/construction, WEL
· 10:30 to 11:30 p.m.: robotics competition, WEL
· 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: lunch, Harless Dining Hall
· 12:30 to 2 p.m.: Introduction to CS, GH 211
· 2 to 3 p.m.: CS scavenger hunt
· 3 to 4:30 p.m.: visualization lab presentation, WEL
· 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: concrete testing, WEL
· 5:30 to 7 p.m.: dinner
· 7 to 8:30 p.m.: GPS competition, MSC Fountain
Thursday, July 1
· 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.: field trips
· 8 to 9 a.m.: travel to Toyota plant in Buffalo, W.Va.
· 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.: tour Toyota
· 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: lunch at Golden Corral in Cross Lanes, W.Va.
· 1 to 1:30 p.m.: travel to DOH Bridge site in South Charleston, W.Va.
· 1:30 to 3 p.m.: tour bridge site
· 3:15 to 4 p.m.: travel to J.H. Fletcher in Huntington
· 4 to 6 p.m.: tour J. H. Fletcher
· 6 to 6:30 p.m.: travel to Waves of Fun
· 6:30 to 9 p.m.: dinner and pool party, Waves of Fun, parents invited
· 9 to 9:30 p.m.: students depart with parents
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