Team #2: Chris Bierman, Austin Ramaeker, Ben Coneally, Rowan Gruber, Dan Pavlik, John Mikulicz, Griffin Willer |
Mount Michael drafting team #2 in the Society of American Military
Engineers (SAME) contest included team members John Mikulicz, Austin Ramaekers,
Danny Pavlik, Rowan Gruber, Ben Coneally, and Chris Bierman, all juniors. The
project was A New Home for YES, which involved working in Drafting Class to
design a new outreach center for Youth Emergency Services, which serves at risk
and possibly homeless youth in the Omaha Area. The final project took hours of
research and design and included a 30 page book, a model, and a 45 slide
PowerPoint presentation. When the group proposed our solution to YES, they were
very excited and wanted them to present it again in the future to help with
fundraising efforts.
At the competition
the judges evaluated the project in the areas of sustainability, applied
science, innovation, research, teamwork, technology, presentation, and the
proposal. The project received gold ratings for the applied science and
presentation, and silver ratings in innovation, research, teamwork, technology,
and sustainability. For the project as a whole, the team won an Award of
Distinction and received $250, one of only five given away at the high school
level.
Mount Michael SAME team #1 also competed. They created a campus to aid in the education of disabled returning veterans. The campus was designed to accommodate 200 students..