St. Edith School Repeats as Grand Champion at SAE International’s STEM Competition
St. Edith School (Archdiocese of Detroit) Team 3 captured the grand championship at SAE International’s 4th Annual A World In Motion® (AWIM) International Motorized Toy Car Competition, which was held Tuesday at the SAE 2015 World Congress at Cobo Center.
The Motorized Toy Challenge is a competition hosted by SAE International and sponsored by Honeywell and Henkel. Engineering design teams of three or four students compete in a variety of engineering design competitions. After participating in the classroom-based AWIM program for several weeks, the students demonstrate the skills learned during the competition.
The award-winners were:
Grand Champion
St. Edith School (Archdiocese of Detroit) Team 3
15 degree ramp
- 1st Place – St. Edith School Team 3
- 2nd Place – Roosevelt Elementary Team 16
- 3rd Place – Cornerstone Schools Team 18
30 degree ramp
- 1st Place – St. Edith School Team 2
- 2nd Place – Detroit Academy of Arts and Science Team 20
- 3rd Place – Roosevelt Elementary Team 14
Speed
- 1st Place – St. Edith School Team 2
- 2nd Place – St. Edith School Team 6
- 3rd Place – St. Michael Parish Team 13
Obstacle Course
- 1st Place – St. Michael Parish Team 12
- 2nd Place – Detroit Academy of Arts and Science Team 21
- 3rd Place – Reuther Team 44
“SAE International wants to congratulate all the students who participated in this year’s event. They all are winners,” said Chris Ciuca, Director of Pre-Professional Programs, SAE International. “We also want to thank our sponsors, Honeywell and Henkel, and our volunteers who helped make the event a success. The International Motorized Toy Car Competition is unique in that it enables students, teachers and volunteers to come together and share their engineering skills and knowledge.”
SAE International is a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for the engineering profession. By uniting over 137,000 engineers and technical experts, we drive knowledge and expertise across a broad spectrum of industries. We act on two priorities: encouraging a lifetime of learning for mobility engineering professionals and setting the standards for industry engineering. We strive for a better world through the work of our philanthropic SAE Foundation, including programs like A World in Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series™. – www.sae.org