KUA STEM Team Wins NH Real World Design Championship for 3rd Consecutive Year
The Kimball Union Kimball Union STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) team has won the New Hampshire Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) for the third consecutive year. In doing so, they have once again qualified for the national championships which will take place in Washington, DC on November 14 to 16, 2014. They will also be honored at a reception hosted by NH Governor Maggie Hassan in Concord in May.
The Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) is an annual competition that provides high school students, grades 9-12, the opportunity to work on real world engineering challenges in a team environment.
This year's state challenge was to design a Small Unmanned Aircraft (UAS) to support precision agriculture, specifically the monitoring and assessment of crop conditions to achieve increased yield. The teams were required to employ a systems engineering design and integration approach to identify, compare, analyze, demonstrate, and defend the most appropriate component combinations, subsystem designs, operational methods, and business case to support the challenge scenario. Through use of an inquiry-based learning approach with mentoring and coaching, the students had an opportunity to learn the skills and general principles associated with the challenge in a highly interactive and experiential setting.
This year's state challenge was to design a Small Unmanned Aircraft (UAS) to support precision agriculture, specifically the monitoring and assessment of crop conditions to achieve increased yield. The teams were required to employ a systems engineering design and integration approach to identify, compare, analyze, demonstrate, and defend the most appropriate component combinations, subsystem designs, operational methods, and business case to support the challenge scenario. Through use of an inquiry-based learning approach with mentoring and coaching, the students had an opportunity to learn the skills and general principles associated with the challenge in a highly interactive and experiential setting.
“This competition requires students to draw on a complete range of 21st century skills,” says the KUA team’s coach, Dr. Thomas Pasquini, “From problem solving, critical thinking and communication to leadership, teamwork and creativity. These students have challenged themselves on many levels.”
KUA STEM team members include juniors Jin Kato, (Tokyo, Japan), Asher Lantz (Newport, NH) and Ryan Lee (Seoul, Korea), sophomores Grace Cahill (Athens, Ohio) and Henry Hamilton (Newport, NH) and freshmen Jason Hu (Beijing, China) and Arthur Hwang (Perth, Australia).
KUA STEM team members include juniors Jin Kato, (Tokyo, Japan), Asher Lantz (Newport, NH) and Ryan Lee (Seoul, Korea), sophomores Grace Cahill (Athens, Ohio) and Henry Hamilton (Newport, NH) and freshmen Jason Hu (Beijing, China) and Arthur Hwang (Perth, Australia).
