EAA’s 2015 Student Impact Project Final Awards Event was held on Saturday, April 25 at the PG&E Auditorium in San Francisco, marking its 15th straight Student Impact Project with exceptional participation by students, volunteer engineers, teachers and dedicated donors.Participating high school students spent nine weeks developing bridge designs for the new Transbay terminal Pedestrian Bridge in San Francisco, CA, USA, or a replacement for the Champlain Bridge which crosses the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada.
In-School Program
More than 200 students from three San Francisco, four East Bay, and one peninsula high schools participated in EAA’s 10-week, in-class program. Fourteen Bay Area firms provided 36 volunteer structural engineers to teach the weekly curriculum.
Winning Teams
Every student on a winning team received a trophy. The awards and the program were made possible by the generous support of our sponsors.
1st Place, Best in Show
Karen
San Francisco, CA
Carlmont High School, Class 3
1st Place
Harper Bridge
Montreal, Canada
El Cerrito High School
2nd Place
The Trilogy
San Francisco, CA
Carlmont High School
2nd Place
The X Oval
Montreal, Canada
Abraham Lincoln High School
3rd Place
The Vine
San Francisco, CA
Abraham Lincoln High School
3rd Place
The Big Red
Montreal, Canada
Abraham Lincoln High School
President’s Award
Starbound
Montreal, Canada
NEA Community Learning Center
Nancy Bonneville Award
Golden Rays Bridge
San Francisco, CA
El Cerrito High School
Best in Class
Beauty of the Bay
San Francisco, CA
Alameda Community Learning Center
Best in Class
Bodkin Point Bridge
San Francisco, CA
Immaculate Conception Academy
Best in Class
Saint’s Gateway Bridge
Montreal, Canada
Carlmont High School, Class 1
Best in Class
Hephaestus
San Francisco, CA
Mission High School
Best in Class
Robin Williams
Montreal, Canada
Oakland School of the Arts, Class 3
Best in Class
Death Bridge
San Francisco, CA
Oakland School of the Arts, Class 2
Best in Class
M.T.B. Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Oakland School of the Arts, Class 2
People’s Choice
Transbay Traveler
San Francisco, CA
Abraham Lincoln High School
2015 Judges
An eclectic panel of expert architects, artists and engineers provided a broad array of viewpoints this year:
Stephen Thomas, Oxbow School
Robert Becker, Presenting Architecture
Nick Sitar, Edward G. Cahill and John R. Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Darrick Hom, President SEAONC / Engineer
Ben Levi, Ratcliff Architects
Taryn Williams, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Lisa Cassedy, HOK
Patrick Murren, SOM
2015 School Teams
A total of 87 teams from eleven high school classes in San Francisco and the East Bay participated in this year’s SIP. Each school held its own semi-final event to select the top three bridges in each class to participate in today’s final awards event.
Congratulations to all of the students who completed EAA’s 10-week enrichment program.
SCHOOLS
Abraham Lincoln High School
Teacher: Karen Melander
Student Teams:
QU.E.B.E.C. Quadro- Esoteric Biomass Energy Cachet Bridge: Martha Alcorn, Kimberly Liang, Gustavo Marinez, Jia Yi Tan
The Big Red: Brian Che, Alexander Hom, Michael Lee
Canadiens Bridge: Monty Choy, Andrew Hipon, Wesley Lin, James Rathe
The Vine: Jocelin Chen, Youen Tsang, Brooke Vu, Emma Wong
Twizzler: Ethan Reidenbach, Gwendolyn Wong, Angela Wong, Rika Muraki
Courbe: Spencer Lam, Alexander Baldi, Vivian Lo, Kelsey Fong
Robin Williams Memorial: Lucy Ganner, Jocelyn Sumi, Natalie Morales, Sophie Genolio
Transbay Traveler: Emily Hu, Kaitlyn Sao, Rose Carion, Isabel Wolf
SKY: Panu Phan, Conor Muerle, Xitlaly Martinez, Nathan Vargas
The Beaver: Rickey He, Justin Wong, Tommy Fang, Taylor Tan
Maple Drive: Christopher Villa, Erick Solares, Brian Zhang, Jet Huie
The X Oval: Hilary Lin, Tiffany Lo, Megan Tom
Reflections: Naomi Chong, Brittany Liu, Lily Liu, Victoria Wong
Montreaux: Derek Jeong, Justin Lee, Henry Ho, Brandon Yu
Iris: Gabrielle Palomo, Etana Volpe, Emily Zehm
Transition: Christian Chun, Jason Tan, Flora Hui, Sonia Dang
Park Escape: Maya Campos, Isabella Volpe, Josephine Clay
Alameda Community Learning Center
Teacher: Daniel Bradac
Student Teams:
Beauty of the Bay: Michelle Luo, Winnie Zhou, Sandy Evsanna
Nouveauté: Kenyon Shutt, Cami Galt, Catie Norboe, Rudi Skowronski
The Quebest: Jake Ng, Devin Hom, Michael Peng, Billy Chow
Rolex: Laurance Liu, Noah Mogilewski, Jorge Sopon
Carlmont High School
Teacher: R. Scott Chan
Student Teams:
The Brian Gordon: Nicholas Revoir, Brian Gordon, Jacob Gioffre, Alessandro Di Paola
The Gate: Maria Moreno, Bryan Lee, Alex Chung
Spizzerinctum: Jack Carlson, Douglas Muller, Sydney Salzman
Yung Lean: Nicholas Hsu, Sohun Awsare, Justin Nguyen, Nathan Klebanov
Horangejello Bridge: Jason Finch, Brandon Mendoza, Kian Karamdashti, Chris Lovelace
White Walker: Michael Cunninhgam, Boston Funk, Ryan Bautista
The Maple Leaf: Julian Billot Mariya Chichmarenko, Mariko Kondo, Gio Allen
Saint’s Gateway Bridge: Kyle Pease, Connor Abernathy, Saptarshi Roy
The Trilogy: James Xie, Daryush Shahid, Brian Lee
Pont Requin: Alex Moropoulos, Gabe Lorvan, Nicco Del Carlo, Patrick Hsu
Armor Bridge: Zac Reiley, Bobby Lyon, Josh Morey, Kevin Yip
Quentian Yao Memorial Bridge: Sean Yao, Quentin Gachot, Matt Lane, Ian Good
La Lien: Madeleine McGee, Veronika Dvorakova, Erin Lucett, Ravina Gujral
Archoverarches Bridge: Simon Rostin, Mitchell Chang, Joey Magaline
Champlane Memorial: Brandon Monteiro, Nathan Rosenthal, Alex Shimota, Andrew Martinez
The Golden Arch: Lara Ostroff, Morgan Manter, Michael Bastaki
The Raymond: Jacob Segal, Hannah Knoot, Carlos Rama, Kaitlyn Kelly
The Little Golden: Teo Vargo, Kaelen Ghandhi, Pierre Llorach,
The 500ft Bridge: Shimpei Koike Martin Plut, Jeremy Clay, Christopher Jabs
Bonjour Bieber Crossing: Daniel Wang, Sakumaru Streets, David Maia, Thomas Dietz
Shia LeBeouf Memorial Bridge: Jack Stanger, James Pak, Griffin Kimura, Michael McGill
Pont Macdonald: Adam Stafford, Michael Durlofsky, Brendan Schoemehl
Karen: Andrew Yazhgur, Keenan Allen, James George, Noa Garcia-Brown
Karl the San Francisco Bridge: Nicole Dermenjian, Alison Marsh, Emily Rudger
El Cerrito High School
Teacher: Linda O’Connor
Student Teams:
Cobalt: Brunna Daros, Paula Garcia, Yomani Mapp, Andres Montes Clemens, Miguel Ponchione
San Francisco Runway: Monet Boyd, Carol Comandao, Aylin Jimenez, Saba Khan, Nanette Thompson
Big Blue: Abdul Black, LaVonia Bobo, Alex Meurer, Taylor Redditt, Austin Wansick
Le Pont: Davina Defreese, Jay La Donaville Smith, Lauren Hopkins, Howard Phun, Keith Thomas, Kaleb Yachdav
Golden Rays Bridge: Feji Etibo, Leslie Herrerra, Ursula Lochner Bravo, Charlotte Pine, Natasha Rohrsetzer, Emani Walker
Keystone: Daniel Feitelberg, Jack Giddings, Andrew Kyong, Alex Mason, Travis Wan
Harper Bridge: Luisa Bezerra, Elaine Chu, Emily Leung, Julia Mason, Natalie Meacham
Immaculate Conception Academy
Teacher: Gigi Torres
Student Teams:
Bodkin Point Bridge: Alicia Koon, Marinna Madrid, Lauren Pattugalan, Rosemary Santamaria
Memorias del Cielo: Ariana Chacón, Lynelle Magat, Jemm Magaling, Lani Irizarry, Maria Rivera
Pont Papillion d’ Exellence: Angelica Campos, Sarah Gibson, Andrea Zelaya-Mendoza, Sommer Broussard, Gladis Figueroa
Pont de Beaulé Intemporelle: Karla Galo, Carla Valdivia, Erika Reina, Ashley Montoya, Virginia Vazquez
Cantor: Team Members: Michelle Dearden, Denise Dung, Claire Mande, Alyse Wong
Mission High School
Teacher: Tera Freedman
Student Teams:
Crossy Road at Montreal: Jeremiah Campbell, Evan Wong, Dat Vu, Hunter Cutting
Morning Star: Liam Thirtyacre, Carlos Gomez
Eden Fall: Duncun Lau, Byron Rivera, Yuzhen Zhang
Hephaestus: Gilbert Fong, Leon Louie, Michael Buckner
Black Lives Matter Memorial Bridge: Lourdes Perez, Karma Jigmay, Dajuan Simpson
Nea Community Learning Center
Teachers: Daniel Pasker
Student Teams:
The Gangway: Tabatha Cass, Nyema Edwards, Illinois Skirboll-Roche, Nhan Huynh
San Frankissco: Lauren Rawson, Jenny Ng, Gavriel Loeb
Meeting Arch: Zachary Finer, Briana Thang, Mona Yu, Daragh Hughes
Starbound: Maryam Nasirova, Xavier Sanders, Simon French, Amya Harris
Oakland School for the Arts
Teachers: Bethany Lourie
Student Teams:
The Maple Bridge: Mikhi Woodley, Hec Georgia Gutbezahl, Kelsey Tostenson, Hector Corrales
M.T.B. Foundation: Mamiyana Brown
The Equilibrium Bridge: Joe Lahrs, Fatir Muhammad, Uthman Shareef, David Pyle
Art Gallery: Sara Fitting, Michaela Poyner-Haas, Nyah Ginwright, Phoebe Hyer
Arch Ya Back: Chris Hahn, Cicoia Zelie, Caris Shelton, Kira Baldizan
Fey Bridge: Ben Roten, Adrian Altaffer, Heather Adams, Sylvia, Abrams-Wolffsohn
Barred Bridge: Stewie Homans, Max Bowers, Henry Rowe, Ola’i Wildeboar
Chevalier: Kenyah Evans, Kaiia Cherry, Jade Chevalier, Aaron Rodgers
Montreal: Keinan Woodson, Najaye Buford
Squad: DaniRose Fernandez, Satchel Cummings, Jazmine Datcher, Charles Cheeks
Haven Bridge: Richard Yracheta, Desmond Blande, Steven Beard
Gredamyonica: Daniel Trowbridge, Greta Losee-Unger, Veronica Taylor, Amy Schaffer
Enya Bridge: Avery Deward, Barbara Fairweather, Winston Grove, Max Ehrhardt
Death Bridge: Adam Silva, Keegan Pfeiffer, Sonya Lustig, Maggie Donavin
Tibetian Harp Bridge: Lena Castello- Downey, Daisy Copperwaite, Gabe Grotke, Lizzy Christenson
The Trussing Bridge: Morgan Chan, Andrew Fredenburg, Alana Murry, Alexis Gobea Cohen
One Direction: Elena Ruiz, Zearah Tyson, Elliot Carroll, Matthew Duldulao
Polar Tundra: Charlotte Cohen, Barbara De Veaux-Griffin, Conrad Rocha, Tehya Ruiz-Imani
Harp Bridge: Michelle Doty, Kieta Muller, Ella Duchesneau, Lilli Fore
JNW Bridge: Jack Isaacson-Brewster, Nahome Michael, Wilgens Grigsby-Olson
Robin Williams: Lena Cliett, Tatiana Cordoba, Vincenzo Alatorre, Blu Gengo
