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Beaumont High School

Monday, April 30, 2012

Beaumont, CHHS Let Sparks Fly

Both Cleveland Heights schools participated in second annual RoboBots competition at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland

For the past six months, Ann Kent has been without a car on Saturday mornings. However, she saw the reason why this weekend at the second annual RoboBots competition in Kirtland, and she was fine with it. "On Saturdays, he's up at 6:10 a.m. — a 17-year-old — and starts picking up his buddies on the way out to Willoughby to Heisler Tool Company," Kent said of her son, Bryan, a junior at Cleveland Heights High School. "He's going into mechanical engineering, he's very certain." Bryan spent that time in Willoughby building and preparing for his CHHS Street Sweepers' robot to face off against 23 other school teams at Lakeland Community College. The team suffered an early exit, leaving Bryan and teammate Gabe Wojnarowski to discuss how much …

WATCH: Beaumont Student Stands Up for Female Engineers

Beaumont freshman Ana Maria Vargas has some choice words for anybody doubting that women can succeed in engineering.

Beaumont High School's "Deus Ex Machina" robot nearly fought for a championship in its creators' first year of competition at RoboBots. The girls were sponsored by Solon-based Christopher Tool & Manufacturing Co. Their strong performance led to a strong statement from freshman Ana Maria Vargas, who was asked about the capabilities of women in a field many still associate with men.

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