Elder JETS Team 2000

Front Row (l-r): Joe Riestenberg, Keith Hammersmith, John Sullivan, Adam Day, Ken Weisker, Keith Nienhaus, Doug Stuerenberg. Second Row: Alex Albuquerque, Matt Banzhaf, Rob Altenau, Chris Morman, Jay Arns, Nick Westerman, Joe Sedgwick, Brian Korte. Third Row: Ben Bessler, Matt Goettke, Matt Lammers, Clint Kersting, Sean Ernst, Nick Krummen, Dave Kroner. (Not Photographed: Scott Pfirrman, Dave Roellig, Tom Reilly.)

This year's JETS Team competed at the University of Cincinnati on February 29, 2000.

In the Part I (Regional - Multiple Choice) part of the test, the Junior Varsity team finished third out of 6 teams in their division with a score of 42. The two varsity teams finished 5th (Team A) out of 9 teams, and tied for 4th (Team B) out of 7 teams. The national scores showed the varsity A team's score of 235 placed them 59th out of 103 teams nationally; the junior varsity team's score of 234 placed them 19th out of 57 teams in the country. (Regional divisions are based on the schools' admissions policies and size of the senior class.) In the Egg Drop competition, Tom Reilly's entry received Second Place in the William Tell Category, for the closest drop to the target.

The Elder JETS Junior Varsity Team
The Elder JETS Varsity Team A
The Elder JETS Varsity Team B

The JETS TEAMS (Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science) Program illustrates engineering work in a realistic way. TEAMS is an open-book, team-discussion-focused academic competition, in which students solve real-life engineering problems. Students are challenged to use higher order thinking and logic to solve realistic problems. TEAMS problems are indicative of the level of rigor found in first semester engineering courses.

 

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