Engineering students at Pottstown High School are earning numerous top awards at regional competitions. Auto manufacturing plant Dana Incorporated hosted the Jr. BotBall last week, and the high school’s engineering competition team did not disappoint. Caden Nihart, Nye Powell, and Trinity Rhodes-Fisher all took first place, reported Evan Brand for The Mercury.   

The trio will move on to Dana’s finals at its corporate headquarters in Maumee, Ohio.

There, they will compete with high schools in nearby states like Indiana, Michigan, and Tennessee. If they win, team members get scholarship spots for Purdue University’s Pre-Freshmen Cooperative Education program.  

The trio isn’t the only team succeeding at the school.

The seven-member Pottstown High School Engineering Competition Team also qualified for the ninth annual Governor’s STEM Competition.

The team constructed a 3-D printed device called The Walkabout, a shoe attachment for the tip of a cane or crutch to increase stability, especially on uneven terrain.

The team won second runner-up for the invention.

The Walkabout device won a ninth place at Bloomsburg University’s “Dog Pound” competition, the school’s version of Shark Tank.

Read more about Pottstown High School’s engineering accolades in The Mercury.  

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