{"id":52124,"date":"2019-12-17T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=52124"},"modified":"2019-12-17T13:43:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T19:43:59","slug":"fort-hays-state-technology-teams-take-4-firsts-at-regional-teeca-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=52124","title":{"rendered":"Fort Hays State technology teams take 4 firsts at regional TEECA competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teams from Fort Hays State University brought home first-place awards in four of the seven competitions at the recent Technology and Engineering Education Collegiate Association conference and competition in Pittsburg at Pittsburg State University\u2019s Technology Center.

Fort Hays State placed first in Live Manufacturing, Transportation, Technology, and Robotics.

Tiger TEECA teams from the Department of Applied Technology also brought home five second-place and two third-place finishes. Of the seven competitions, FHSU placed in six and was shut out only in the Problem Solving competition.

In Robotics, university teams took all three top spots. In three other competitions, FHSU placed first and second \u2013 Transportation, Technology Challenge and Robotics. In Teaching Lesson, FHSU took second and third.

\u201cDedicated to their department, profession, and careers, these individuals showcased their skillsets and talents amassing six podium finishes with four first-place finishes,\u201d said Eric Deneault, associate professor and team sponsor.

\u201cA dominant regional performance is a testament to their desire and determination to achieve success at the highest level,\u201d he said. \u201cThese students have earned the right to be called champions!\u201d

Fort Hays State teams will next complete at the International Technology and Engoineering Educators Association conference in Baltimore from March 11 to March 14, 2020.

The events and competitors:

Live Manufacturing \u2013 First place<\/strong>
This year\u2019s competition required students to design, engineer, manufacture and present a desktop organizer. Each team had to draft the part files as well as the jigs and fixtures used in their production run. They were given four hours from start to finish to develop the most efficient assembly line production run with the highest overall part quality.

The Fort Hays State team was:
BENTON: <\/strong>Casey Shinkle, junior;
GREAT BEND: <\/strong>Jordan Boone, sophomore;
HAYS: <\/strong>Michael Dick, sophomore, and Jerry Hoffman, senior;
MANHATTAN: <\/strong>Eric Prockish, junior;
MINNEAPOLIS: <\/strong>Dason Sweat, junior;
RUSSELL: <\/strong>Nathan Bitter, freshman.

Live Communications \u2013 Second place<\/strong>
The Live Communication challenge is to create a 90-second multimedia video program that introduces student design teams in a TEE classroom to principles and practices that will assist them in learning to become dynamic, high functioning teams.

Students had to produce an industry-quality, informative video.

The FHSU team was:
AURORA, Colo. (80013): <\/strong>Benjamin Windom, junior;
GARDEN CITY: <\/strong>Alex Vazquez-Visoso, junior;
HAYS: <\/strong>Mark Schuckman, sophomore;
SALINA: <\/strong>Edgar Silvestre, freshman;
and Dick and Hoffman.

Transportation \u2013 First and second place<\/strong>
In the Transportation Challenge, the task is to design, engineer and construct a propulsion driven airplane. The plane must take off on its own, fly or glide in a circle and land safely. \u00a0Primary goal was to stay in flight for the longest duration possible.

Two FHSU teams competed in this event:
ALMA, Neb.:<\/strong> Jesus Felix, junior;
BENTLEY: <\/strong>Bryant Odendahl, freshman;
CAWKER CITY: <\/strong>Caleb Hake, freshman;
HALSTEAD: <\/strong>Andrew Blaylock, sophomore;
NATOMA: <\/strong>Dylan Pruter, junior;
VALLEY CENTER: <\/strong>Owen Casey, freshman.

Problem Solving<\/strong>
Pittsburg State took all three top spots in this challenge, which involved building a \u201cRube Goldberg\u201d mechanism that would launch a ball up a skee ball ramp into the target zone.

Technology Challenge \u2013 First and second place<\/strong>
The Technology challenge is a quiz bowl style event.

FHSU competitors were:
ALMA: <\/strong>Luke Barber, freshman;
HAYS: <\/strong>Derek Steede, special student (a full-time but not degree-seeking student);
ULYSSES: <\/strong>Bryan Garcia, sophomore;
and Bitter, Blaylock, Hoffman, Schuckman and Shinkle.
\u00a0
Teaching Lesson \u2013 Second and third place<\/strong>
This year\u2019s teaching lesson topic was \u201cThe Impacts of Technology on the Environment.\u201d FHSU was represented by Matthew Freel, Minneapolis<\/strong> sophomore, and Zach Peach, La Crosse <\/strong>sophomore.

Robotics Challenge \u2013 First, second and third place<\/strong>
The 2019 robotics competition was designing, building and programing a robot that could place different sized rings over poles of differing heights, scoring points on either side of the arena by crossing over a teeter-totter. Each pole could then be capped with a ball by the scoring team or the opponent to prevent further scoring during the round.

FHSU dominated this event placing three teams on the podium. This year was unique in that for the first time in school history students from the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science and the Academy of Mathematics and Science programs competed with students from the Department of Applied Technology.

Fort Hays State\u2019s representatives on the three teams were:
ANSHAN, China: <\/strong>Yuxuan Ma, AMS student;
DAEGU, South Korea: <\/strong>Hwuiyun \u201cJacob\u201d Park, AMS student;
GALVA: <\/strong>Vincent Evans, senior;
GWANGJU, South Korea: <\/strong>Hanbit Kim, AMS student;
RANSOM: <\/strong>Jordan Sargent, senior;
RUSSELL: <\/strong>Micah Nuss, sophomore;
SALINA: <\/strong>Aum Patel, KAMS student;
SEOUL, South Korea: <\/strong>Jaeyol Lee, AMS student;
SILVER LAKE: <\/strong>Kayla Brannick, KAMS student;
ST. FRANCIS: <\/strong>Brady Schoenrogge, KAMS student;
SUPERIOR, Neb.: <\/strong>Tage Rothchild, sophomore;
YONGIN, South Korea: <\/strong>Hyunjun \u201cBrian\u201d Chang, AMS student;
and Freel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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