High school students test their skills at 9th annual Engineering/Computer Science Experience

They would be wise to heed his advice. The UM-Dearborn junior competed in the event twice as a high school student. And he and his teammate took home the top prize in robotics his senior year.

“It was a great learning experience to be able to build something on the spot without any preparation ahead of time,” he said. “Talking to members of the Formula SAE and Baja teams about the programs here was the reason I decided to attend UM-Dearborn.”

These days, Basnaw works the event, which offers high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to test their skills in one of four areas: robotics, programming, simulation and game design.

Nearly 210 students from 44 high schools competed in this year’s event. Teams from Southgate Anderson High School, Troy High School, and Kalamazoo AMSC each earned 1^st place finishes:

Robotics:
1^st place: Southgate Anderson, Ryan Sander and Thomas Jozwiak
2^nd place: Rochester Adams High School, Tyler Del Rose and Miles McGruder
3^rd place: Canton High School, Alex Yue and William Zhang

Simulation:
1^st place: Troy High School, Aditya Das and Frank Boudon
2^nd place: Edsel Ford High School, Paul Pursifull and Errick Lisk

Game Design:
1^st place: Kalamazoo AMSC, Parker Russcher and Bill Baldwin
2^nd place: William Dr. Ford Career-Technical Center, Thomas Cargle and Andrew McGuire

Programming:
1^st place: Kalamazoo AMSC, Abhay Goel and Kyle Milka
2^nd place: Detroit Country Day, Aaron Zeng and Jackie Brendenberg
3^rd place: Kalamazoo AMSC, Jacob Naranjo and Katherine Wu

The 9^th Annual Engineering/Computer Science Experience was sponsored by Ford Motor Company, The Woodbridge Group and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.