Forty middle and high school students represented Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at the 30th Annual North Carolina Technology Students of America (NCTSA) State Conference.
More than 700 students from across the state took part in the event.
Winners from Chapel Hill High School were: John Cook, third place, dragster design; Chris Chiesa and Galen Burns-Fulkerson, second place, engineering design; Arjun Ajmani and Aidan Burns-Fulkerson, second place, remote control power boat; Aidan Burns-Fulkerson and Sally Rothwell, first place, construction systems; Aidan Burns-Fulkerson and Sally Rothwell, first place, film technology; and Aidan Burns-Fulkerson, Sally Rothwell, Anna Geer, Galen Burns-Fulkerson and Chris Chiesa, first place, on-demand video. Ajmani was elected the 2009-10 NCTSA state president.
Winners from Carrboro High were: Darien Lombardi, third place, extemporaneous presentation; Natalie Carpenter, third place, imaging technology; Darien Lombardi, third place, music production; Andriy Rusin, second place, extemporaneous presentation; and Christian Persico and Natalie Carpenter, first place, debating technology.
Winners from Smith Middle School were: Luke Shaw and William Collins, third place, problem solving; and Luke Shaw and William Collins, second place, electronic game design.
Winners from McDougle Middle School were: Leah Westendorf, third place, communication challenge; Nate Powers and Giovani Silva, third place, structural challenge; Nikita Ermoshkine and Thomas Nguyen, second place, remote control marine design challenge; Leah Westendorf, Bryanna Chazotte, Dunmi Alabi, Caleb Roenigk, Thomas Nguyen and Nikita Ermoshkine, second place, chapter team; Maddie MacMillan, first place, career challenge; Caleb Roenigk, Thomas Nguyen and Nikita Ermoshkine, first place, system control; and Dunmi Alabi, Joel Anil, Adam Carpenter, Bryanna Chazotte, David Eron, Marie Fisher, Nikita Ermoshkine, Rosie Kerwin, Abel Koshy, Maddie MacMillan, Thomas Nguyen, Nate Powers, Caleb Roenigk, Giovani Silva and Leah Westendorf, first place, construction challenge. McDougle’s chapter was named the second-place middle school chapter of the year. In addition, McDougle instructor Redmond Grigg received the International Technology Educator’s Association’s Program of Excellence Award.