Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: March 31, 2006
CONTACT: Donna Myers, 206.546.4717

Shoreline CC student wins engineering
student paper competition

Kenmore resident and Shoreline Community College (SCC) engineering student Jeromy Kostner took first place for his presentation of a human-powered paper vehicle in a student paper contest hosted by the Western Washington American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at Seattle University last month. Participants presented engineering projects and fielded questions from judges. Competitors were judged for content, organization, delivery and effectiveness, and discussion of their presentation. Kostner competed with students from the University of Washington, Seattle University and Green River Community College. The students were judged by a panel of senior ASME representatives.

Kostner presented the paper vehicle that he and his SCC team, “Aftershock” built for a competition last year, winning first place for most innovative design and second place for vehicle performance. The SCC team broke the official course record and was recognized for good planning as well as one of the best designed for performance vehicles ever entered in the annual competition. The SCC team competed against 17 teams to win this competition.

Kostner will graduate this spring with a transfer degree in engineering. He plans to continue his education at the University of Washington or Seattle University.

For information about Shoreline CC’s engineering program, please visit the web site at http://www.shoreline.edu/engineering/. Shoreline Community College is located at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, west of Aurora Avenue and just north of Seattle city limits.

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