Making Friends
Akron District PDF Print E-mail

President's Welcome

This year, ADSPE supported several youth education programs, including the Imagine Engineering Coloring Contest for 2nd graders, MATHCOUNTS for 6th, 7th and 8th graders, and the 2010 Akron Science & Technology Expo.  In addition, ADSPE again sponsored a $500 scholarship for a University of Akron College of Engineering Student.

ADSPE members traveled the surrounding counties over the past two months presenting engineering opportunities to second grade classes.  The following entries were selected as local winners of this year’s Imagine Engineering contest.

  • First Place - J.J. Zingale, Brimfield Elementary
  • Second Place - Toviyanna Beard, Emmanuel Christian Academy Akron
  • Third Place - Christopher Neel, North Akron Catholic 

ADSPE hosted the local MATHCOUNTS Competition at Old Trail School in February. Please join me in congratulating the following winners who advanced to the State competition in Columbus.

  • First Place Team - Revere Middle School, including teammates Carl Ahlborg, Peter Feher, Kyle Kacprzynski, and Andrew Robinson with Coach Tom Bent
  • Second Place Team - Copley-Fairlawn Middle School, including teammates Inan Husain, Manit Jain, Jasmine Li, and David Patuwo with Coach Jill Plank
  • Third Place Team - Old Trail School, including teammates Alex Balli, Conor Burns, Robby Gray, and Lauren Kolar with Coach Cheryl Baker
  • First Place Individual - Carl Ahlborg of Revere Middle School
  • Second Place Individual - Jasmine Li of Copley-Fairlawn Middle School
  • Third Place Individual - Peter Feher of Revere Middle School

Sixth grader Connor Seitzinger from Inventor's Hall of Fame STEM School in Akron received an award of $75 for the "best engineering project" at the 2010 Akron Science & Technology Expo.  For his project, "Fact or Fiction," Connor built a robot from a kit to hammer nails into various species of wood with and without several kinds of lubricants to determine if some woods are softer and if lubrication could assist in nailing.  His work impressed our judges and was certainly indicative of the challenges that engineers face in the world today.  ADSPE encourages this award winner to pursue a career in engineering.

Again this year, ADSPE awarded a $500 scholarship to a University of Akron student enrolled in the College of Engineering who has demonstrated a dedication to the profession of engineering based on academic excellence, engineering work experience, participation in technical organizations, and extracurriclar activities. Please join me in celebrating the selection of Lauren Best, a junior
in chemical engineering. She has been on the dean’s list since enrolling in the University.

LEADERSHIP

President                         
Mark VanAuken, P.E.
330-376-5778  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it    

Vice resident                         David P. Tschantz, P.E.            330-666-3702 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Secretary                              Gerald Cafarelli, P.E.               330-733-9700   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Treasurer                               Mark Elicker, P.E.                      330-923-0401   This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Past President                     Gerard M. Neugebauer, P.E.  330-375-1390  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

NEWSLETTERS

March 2010 newsletter