Yandal Waugh:
Frank Fountain, President—The Chrysler Foundation, conversing with the first place winner of the 2008 Walter P. Chrysler “Closing the Technology Gap in Education” award in the middle school category, Yandal Waugh of George Washington Carver Academy in Highland Park, Mich., and the first place winner of the high school category, Kyle Hughes of Clarkston High School’s OSM Tech Academy in Clarkston, Michigan. Waugh’s middle school rocketry program introduced students to the fields of aerospace and aeronautical engineering by incorporating physics, engineering and complex math into a fun, hands-on experience. The students started by building kit rockets, then built custom rockets using CAD engineering software and advanced rocketry techniques. The school’s "Team America Rocketry Challenge", team qualified to represent the state of Michigan in the national finals held last year in Washington, D.C. See Yandal's Class In Action |