Urbandale Community School District: UHS Physics Teams Earn Six Awards During 22nd Annual Engineering Competition

Urbandale IA

23 April, 2022

3:08 PM

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Press release from the Urbandale Community School District: April 21, 2022 The 22nd annual Tau Beta Pi Roller Coaster Engineering competition was held on Wednesday, April 20th in the Howe Hall Atrium on the Iowa State University campus. The competition provides middle and high school students an opportunity to apply STEM-related theories to a project that is both fun and challenging while accomplishing a Rube Goldberg Challenge® during the performance of the roller coaster. A Rube Goldberg Challenge consists of a comically involved, complicated invention, laboriously contrived to perform a simple operation. Students throughout Iowa competed in this year's challenge by designing a "Roll A Die!" themed roller coaster. See all roller coasters in action here: UHS Engineering Urbandale Physics teams captured the following six awards: 1st Place Overall: "Everest Expedition" Team members: Brett Cullinan, Jake Mulligan, Zach Vorphal, Parker Hamann, and Phillip Doan 2nd Place Overall: "Congratulations Class of 2022″ Team members: Hannah Serdarevic, Ashlyn Perry, and Sydney Dial 3rd Place Overall: "Hogwarts" Team members: Geni Williams, Julie Pham, Catherine Clifford, Peggy Barley, Maya Vanderleest, Megan Sawyer, and Nellie Leaverton Technical Skills Award: "High Rollers" Team members: Jaida Morrison, Hallie Ladwig, Morgan Svec, and Alena Havran Theme Award: "H20 Just Add Physics" Team members: Tristan Parmerlee, Dylan Luong, Jackie Hernandez, Addy Kerr, Elise McDowell, and Laynie Sand Presentation Award: "Geese Squad" Team members: Bryce Getz, Michael Andrews, and Will Shoemaker Urbandale Community School District congratulates the UHS Physics teams for their engineering expertise and notable accomplishment of bringing home six awards during the Physics Roller Coaster Competition! Well-done! #UHSpride This press release was produced by the Urbandale Community School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.