Engineering the Future: NMS Team Compete
Mailed free to requesting homes in Douglas, Northbridge, Uxbridge, Linwood, Whitinsville and North Uxbridge Vol. VIII, No. 13 Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: WWW.STONEBRIDGEPRESS.COM Friday, March 9, 2018 Engineering the Future: NMS team compete Six Northbridge Middle constructed from paint stir- Courtesy photo School competition rers and glue, each weigh- Hunter Criasia, Skyler bridge building teams ing less than 24 ounces. Criasia, Annalise McDonald, recently competed in the Each bridge was set onto Kassandra Pouliot, Rowan Model Bridge Program at a platform and tested with Borruso, Britnei Chen, Aidan Wentworth Institute of weight to the point of fail- Roy, Ben Chase, Adam Chen, Technology, sponsored ure. Among 19 identified Payton Brooks, Bridget by the Boston Society of middle schools, one of the Roy, Dan Fung-A-Phat, Mrs Civil Engineers. The teams Northbridge teams came in Elizabeth. Wermuth, and had been working on their third place for Efficiency, Mr. Matt Schwartz. Bridge bridge projects diligent- a ratio of bridge weight to shown is “Trussful”. (Not ly since the beginning of total weight carried. The pictured: Ryan Searles, December, under the super- bridge for team “Non-a- Matt Waterson, Christian vision of Middle School Bridgeable”, whose mem- Bedard, Poula Fahmy, Zac STEM teacher, Elizabeth bers included Adam Chen Tevepaugh) Wermuth, as well as volun- and Dan Fung-a-Phat, car- teer mentor, Matt Schwartz ried 55.46 pounds, for an and Skylar Criasia, also from Green International efficiency score of 58.77. came in third place among Affiliates. The winning bridge of the identified middle schools This year, 60 teams of competition carried just for Aesthetics, with a total high school and middle over 200 pounds! score of 86, only two points school students braved the Bridge team “Trussful”, below the first and second cold February 3rd, to travel which included Annalise place winners for that cat- to Wentworth with bridges McDonald, Britnei Chen, egory.
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