Mitchell Students Win National Fluid Power Challenge
Eight Mitchell Middle School students competed—and one team took top honors—at the challenge, held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Eight students from Mitchell Middle School’s Technology Education classes competed in the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) Challenge at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). Each team, made up of two boys and two girls, was shown an engineering problem that had to be solved using fluid power applications during the first of two daylong workshops on the MSOE campus on November 9, 2012. They were led by their Technology Education teacher Keith Kohlmann, and School Counselor Kate Mascarette. The students were given four weeks to develop and build a working prototype of a hydraulic powered machine that could lift a block of wood and precisely place it within the confines of an arc radiating away from the starting point. The …
Kristie Formolo
9:21 am on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Congratulations to all the students for working hard and taking part in this! Also, congratulations to Mr. Kohlmann and Mrs. Mascarette. Our son was in this Tech Ed class in Middle School and our daughter attended the Engineering Camp in Madison. These are great programs and both Kohlmann and Mascarette have inspired hundreds of kids! more ›