by Pari Kahlon

The week of September 11, North Springs teacher Dr. Sharmila Durai welcomed the start to the competition Fundamentals of Engineering. Students had been preparing for this competition weeks. Students were tasked with designing and building a rubber band powered plane with the constraint of not being able to use hot glue. For almost a month, student tirelessly worked to create the plane and tested it to make sure it would fly. The plane had to be powered by a rubber band mechanism and could not be thrown by hand. When it came time for the competition to go down, it was all a matter of distance. Students’ planes flew across the hallways, but there could only be one winner. After everyone had flown, Dr. Sharmila announced the winners were Tristian, Eli, and Brien. However, we had to also account for the design portion of the plane. After all, students had spent almost a month creating the plane. Dr. Sharmila called on all the students to decide who had the best design. After all the students chose who they wanted to win, the votes were collected, and the winning team was announced. Ben, Bennett, and Scott won the design portion of the competition, and all the students were finally at ease after the weeks of working on their planes.