Awards Event - Engineers Alliance for the Arts

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2010 Student Impact Project & Awards Event

sunshine bridge EAA’s 2010 Student Impact Project Awards Event was held on Saturday, April 24 at PG&E Auditorium in San Francisco. Nearly 150 students (29 teams) completed an eight-week course taught by Bay Area volunteer structural engineers at five participating high schools. Their resulting model bridges – made from foam board, string, ping pong balls, pins and glue – were judged on a combination of viability, inventive design, appearance, construction and oral presentations.

Thank you to all of the teachers, students, volunteer engineers and judges who participated in this year’s program. Special congratulations to all of the winning teams!

WINNERS:
Best in Scenario
• Oakland
  > 1st Place – Abraham Lincoln High School – Sunrise
  > 2nd Place – Immaculate Conception High School – Oakland Airport Connector
• Washington, D.C.
  > 1st Place – Abraham Lincoln High School – Tranquility
  > 2nd Place – 2nd Place – Immaculate Conception High School – The Trustee Bridge
• Haiti
  > 1st Place – Immaculate Conception Academy – 2010 Memorial Bridge
  > 2nd Place – El Cerrito High School – HELP

Best in School
green • Oakland School for the Arts – Bridge of Hope
• San Francisco School of the Arts – Oakland Transit

People’s Choice Award
• El Cerrito High School – Boomerang

Nancy Bonneville (Oral Presentation) Award
• Immaculate Conception Academy – Dreamscape

EAA President’s Special Recognition Awards
haiti bridge • San Francisco School of the Arts – Tri-Beam
• El Cerrito High School – Khadafy
• Oakland School for the Arts – BART Bridge

Best Overall Bridge
• Abraham Lincoln High School – Sunrise

2010 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
During the past 10 years, EAA and its core of volunteer structural engineers have worked with 14 Bay Area high schools, benefiting nearly 1,500 students. We are proud of the long-term established relationship we have with a number of these schools. In 2010, EAA partnered with five Bay Area high schools and their math, science and architecture instructors. They are:
• Abraham Lincoln High School (San Francisco) – Karen Melander
• El Cerrito High School (El Cerrito) – Linda O’Connor
• Immaculate Conception Academy (San Francisco) – Gigi Tan
• Oakland School for the Arts High School (Oakland) – Andrew Junge
• School of the Arts High School (San Francisco) – Louis Chala

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