Boiler Tech Challenge 2011
Ride of Your Life

Theme for Boiler Tech Challenge: Amusement Park
What's on the Itinerary?
Problem-Solving Technological Literacy Cooperative Learning Team-Building Competition Communication Technology Education Student Interaction
Each school must participate in a minimum of 3 out of the 5 competitions (Launch It, Create It, Design It, Invent It, and Swing It) in order to be eligible for the Traveling Trophy (Excluding Know It – a Jeopardy Style Knowledge Bowl). The top 3 team scores for each school will be used to determine the overall winner – the recipient of the Traveling Trophy and a 1st place trophy. Individual team trophies will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for the 6 challenges (Launch It, Create It, Design It, Invent It, Swing It, and Know It).

2011 BTC article in The Republic:

http://tinyurl.com/3dueqws

Thank you...

Sponsors

• Community Education Coalition
• Cummins Inc.
• EcO15
• Game Plan Graphics L.L.C.
• Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari
• John Purdue Club
• NFPA
• Purdue College of Technology Columbus
• The Engraver

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Emcee:

John Foster, WCSI News/Talk 1010, Director of Programming

Judges:

Dewey Swanson, Associate Professor, Computer & Information Technology

Joe Fuehne, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Lloyd Feldmann, Purdue Professor Emeritis, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Participating High Schools

• Columbus North High School
• Columbus East High School
• Greenwood Christian Academy
• Hauser High School
• Jennings County High School
• New Palestine High School
• South Dearborn High School
• South Decatur High School

Boiler Tech Challenge 2011: Ride of Your Life winners:

2011 BOILER TECH CHALLENGE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE CHAMPION: Columbus East

2nd Place: Columbus North

3rd Place: South Decatur

CREATE IT

1st Place: South Decatur (Betsy Cunningham, Ashleigh Ewing, Ann Gilly, Amanda Wiggins)

2nd Place: South Dearborn (Will Bennett, Nathan Craig, Brandon Gray, Connor Nichols)

3rd Place: Columbus East (Levi England, John Hughes, Eric Long, Michael Weiss,)

DESIGN IT

1st Place: Columbus North (Rob Hughes, Spencer Memering, Jacob Phillips, Jake Stewart,)

2nd Place: Columbus North (David Benson, Tim Hofmeister, Seth Reisinger, Neil Semmel)

3rd Place: Columbus East (Justin Coffelt, Nick Fish, Matt Kimmet, Tristen Louden)

INVENT IT

1st Place: Columbus East (Peter Bohall, Breanne Gibson, Tyler Jackson, Dustin Parks)

2nd Place: Jennings County (Jacob Green, Robert Lewis, Billy McNicholas, Josh Wade)

3rd Place: Jennings County (Brandon Hendrix, Kyle Poole, James Trotter, Josh Woodward)

LAUNCH IT

1st Place: Columbus East (Sid Bhagwat, Jose Burgos, Jordan Kurtz, Daniel Zwissler)

2nd Place: Columbus North (Justin Aimers, Bill Doub, AJ Huston, Jacob Nevins)

3rd Place: South Dearborn (Maura Manor, Megan Neuendorf, Hannah Schmahl, Kooper Vertz)

SWING IT

1st Place: Columbus East (Andrew Henrichsen, Joe Tumey, Christine Awad, Michael Wenning)

2nd Place: South Decatur (Kyle Ritchey, Abby Saylor, Natalie Smiley, Danielle Wenning)

3rd Place: South Dearborn (Jordan Busse, John Greco, John Houchens, Kyle Kelly)

KNOW IT

1st Place: Columbus North (Tim Hofmeister, Alex Memering, Matthew Prall, Ella Wildemann)

2nd Place: Columbus East (Jose Burgos, Nick Fish, Andrew Henrichsen, John Hughes)

3rd Place: Hauser (Andrew Brod, Jerrick Snyder, Rachel Thayer, Phil Ulrich)