Students from the Manufacturing and CADD technologies at Vinal Technical High School were selected to participate in the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s (CBIA) Technology and Engineering Challenge Program at Manchester Community College. 

The sophomores, juniors and seniors that were selected will spend four Saturdays exploring technologies and engineering, fine-tuning their team building skills, participate in leadership workshops and brush up on their technical writing skills.  All the students who complete the program will receive a $300 stipend.   The students selected are Ben Engel, Stephanie Robinson, Ryan DiPace, Brandon Hood, Chase White, Felisha Gaerner, Edward Tautkus, Adam Schenk, Matthew Brechlin, Jamie Tafuto, Joel Smith, Lauren Bradley, Justin Layman, Brittney Vice, Will Monarca, Chris Dickinson, Matthew Barthel, Ken Demoranville, Rebecca Michaud, Brittany Nichols, Nick Gotta, Robert Domenico, Freddy Weber, Dakota Butler and Amber Henderson.

The program is designed and run by the Birch Group LLC and the Technology and Engineering Challenge Program was coordinated by CBIA’s Education Foundation in cooperation with the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, a program of the Connecticut Community College System’s College of Technology.  Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation.