Eight students who participated in the UVM/GIV Engineering Institute held June 26-July 3, 2010 at UVM have been selected to represent the United States at the 2010 Fourth International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) to be held September 19 to 28, 2010 at the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They are:

Chapin Bryce, Cambridge, VT busybryces2@yahoo.com
Josh Crane, Montpelier, VT ivjkc@comcast.net
Alexis Grant, Framingham, MA akrgrant@gmail.com
Hunter Grosvenor, Stowe, VT lilgrovies@gmail.com
Cody Johansen, III, Tallahassee, FL info@hojoco.info
Connor Meehan Stowe, VT condorizhere@gmail.com
Sarah Roberts, Oldfort, TN tsdsarah@yahoo.com
Nick Shallow, Richmond, VT shallow@gmavt.net

During the 2010 UVM/GIV Institute a total of 87 high school students (alpha listing below of in-state, out-of-state, and one student from Amenia) experienced hands-on engineering projects, tours, and presentations by professors, computer scientists, and mathematicians, and competed to attend the IESO Conference.

The focus of the IESO is on sustainability issues such as climate change. Chaperoned by Tom and Beth Tailer from Essex, VT, co-directors of the UVM/GIV Engineering Institute, the learning will continue for the eight IESO students who will work with international students on the world’s environmental problems in Indonesia. Students from 2009 who represented the US from the UVM/GIV Engineering Institute at the IESO, served as 2010 project assistants: Joseph Ricci, Arlington, MA; Benjamin Chapman, Ticonderoga, NY; and Courtney Devoid, Bristol, VT. Katie Mimms, a 2008 IESO bronze medal winner from Bow, NH, also returned as a project assistant.

Engineering Projects!

During the UVM/GIV Engineering Institute, students worked together to design and create prototype devices in five different engineering project categories. The Renewable/Sustainable Energy projects students examined the power and impact of wind and biomass. Robotics students programmed robots with artificial intelligence to perform specific tasks. Aerospace Engineering Project students created prototype aeronautical devices using parachutes, small balloons, and helicopter principles. Engineering Design Challenge Project students used Vermont Teddy Bears to design a Teddy Bear launcher toy for children. Earth Science Project students worked on possible solutions for storing hazardous waste products.

Students exhibited project prototypes and gave presentations to a panel of judges at the University Mall on Saturday, July 3rd at the University Mall on Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT. On July 3rd, awards were given to students for projects as well as written Technocratic Oaths that reflected their life purpose, and for Poetry that reflected their experience in the UVM/GIV Engineering Institute. (Recognition awards are listed below).

Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV)

The Engineering Institute is one of seven Governor=s Institute of Vermont offered in Vermont. GIV also offers Institutes on: Asian Cultures, Arts, Current Issues & Youth Activism, Information Technology, Science & Technology, and Mathematics. For more information visit: http://www.giv.org/

Major Contributors: NASA Vermont Space Grant Consortium, UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, and NSF MUSE Grant Scholarship, P.I. Jeff Frolik.

Other Institute Contributors: Hannaford=s Food & Drug Superstore, Shaw=s Supermarkets and the South Burlington University Mall.

Dawn Densmore, Director Outreach & Public Relations
The University of Vermont, College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences
Phone: 802-656-8748 Fax: 802-656-8802
densmore@cems.uvm.edu

RECOGNITION AWARDS

DESIGN

Cleverest Use of Material – TEDDY BEAR LAUNCHERS/SLINGERS

Matt Caye, Windsor, CT

Tristan Poplar, Manchester Ctr., VT

John Stantial, III, South Windsor, CT

DESIGN

Greatest Distance – SLING SHOT

Max Saylor, Stowe, VT

Noah Herwood, Stowe, VT

Samantha Perkins, Randolph, VT

James Fencil, Eldersburg, MD

DESIGN

Greatest Control – SCRAP METAL

Mark Kuglioski, Danville, VT

Ben Peacock, Mendon, VT

Christian Surprise, Alburg, VT

Connor Meehen, Stowe, VT

DESIGN

Attractive Product – THUNDER COUGAR FALCON BIRDS 2

Zach McAdam, Havredd Grace, MD

Taylor Parham, Amherst, MA

Kai Norden, Stowe, VT

Kelly Gochey, Marshfield, VT

DESIGN

Safest and Most Parent Friendly – SLING SHOT BANDITS

                                Cody Johansen, Tallahasee, FL

Evelyn Reed, Stowe, VT

Rehan Butt,Potamac, MD

Anthony Martel, Wolcott, VT

BIOMASS

Proof of Concept – BIO-SQUAD

                                Nathaniel Bauman, Castleton, VT

Yamoto Hart, Bronx, NY

Henry Astore,Essex Jct, VT

Jess Crozier, Townsend, VT

BIOMASS

Complex Fabrication – PARABOLIC SOLAR COOKER – SNAZZY SOLAR

                                Satchel Arnold, East Thetford, VT

BIOMASS

Benefit to Humanity – GREEN MOUNTAIN HEATING MACHINE

                                Katie Grasso, Brattleboro, VT

Diana Mayorga, West Windsor, NJ

WIND

Best Design – GOOD VIBRATIONS

                                Charlie Hoffert, East Montpelier, VT

Rachel Allen, South Pomfret, VT

Rebecca Hammond, Enosburg Falls, VT

Josh Trowbridge, Stowe, VT

Desirea Sicely, North Montpelier, VT

Kelsey McGlashan, Ripton, VT

WIND

Details Matter – STERLING PUB SQUAD

                                Sebastian Lissaarrague, Shelburne VT

Nick Laves, Bedford, NH

WIND

Teaching and Communication – LIFE’S A BEACH

                                Hunter Grosvenor, Stowe, VT

WIND

Scientific Validity – BLADES OF GLORY

                                Keith Kennett, Colchester, VT

Brennan Bugbee, Colchester, VT

Isaac Parker, Starksboro, VT

BIOMASS

Problem Solving – HYDRO CONDUIT

                                Nick Shallow, Richmond, VT

Aaron Schlossberg, Burlington, VT

WIND

Cost Benefit – WIND OF THE FUTURE

                                Kyle Charron, Vergennes, VT

James Loveland, Rutland, VT

Austin Bauman, Castleton, VT

BIOMASS

Best Mathematical Model – ECO-FREEZE

                                Owen Lyons, So. Burlington, VT

Carl Vitzthum, Montpelier, VT

Josh Crane, Montpelier, VT

BOTS

Robert A. Heinlein – Remote Manipulator Creative & Cutting Edge Extending our Capabilities Futurist Award

Skylar DiMaggio, No. Springfield, VT

BOTS

Best Design – BRICK WORKS

                                Zach Krasner, Rutland, VT

Noah Simms – Levey, Salem, NY

Sam Moody, Essex Jct., VT

BOTS

Perseverance Award – Viktoria Manukyan, Yerevan, Armenia

Allysa Grant, Framingham, MA

BOTS

Best Mechanism – WASTE SOLUTION

                                Dillon Welch, Duxbury, VT

                                Matthew Chambers, Fairfax Station, VA

AEROSPACE

Problem Solving – PROBE GROUP #1

                                Zack Sawyer, Poultney, VT

Matt Gilmartin, So. Burlington, VT

Orion Willis, Corinth, VT

AEROSPACE

Best Analysis – WE DON’T

                                Brandt Newton, St. Johnsbury, VT

Jonah Stoller, Brattleboro, VT

AEROSPACE

Outside the Box Award – SAY ANYTHING

                                Pat Etka, Bristol, VT

Travis Friend, Bristol, VT

Ethan Evans, North Worcester, VT

Tristan Hardy, Winchester, MA

AEROSPACE

Communication and Teaching Award – DORM CRASHERS

                                 Chris Hango,  Enosburg Falls, VT

Alexix Weightman, Starksboro, VT

Dominic Cicillio, Fairfield, VT

AERO

Experimentalist Award – Insert Text Here

                                Ben Marshal,  Weybridge, VT

                                Joseph Muir, Milton, VT

                                Mathew Potter, Milton, VT

EARTH SCIENCE

Analytical Decision Making Award – ESE

                                Sarah Roberts, Oldfort, TN

Alexis Grant, Framingham, MA

Chapin Bryce, Cambridge, VT