The Aviation Engineering Team from Xavier High School in Middletown will be representing Connecticut in the national finals of the Real World Design Challenge for the fourth straight year.
The team of six seniors and one junior topped seven other teams at the state competition held at the Coast Guard Academy in New London. Now it’s on to Washington, D.C.
This year’s challenge was to design a small unmanned aircraft system, which includes one or more fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle, and to develop a business plan in support of commercial applications based on a mission scenario that involved searching for a missing, injured and immobilized child.
Xavier’s Engineering Club will also be entering a team in this year’s RWDC Surface Transportation Challenge. The surface team won their national challenge in 2012.
Federman will chair regional arthritis board
David Federman, managing partner of Federman, Lally & Remis LLC, was recently installed as chairman of the Arthritis Foundation, New England Region Board of Trustees.
Federman has been involved with the Arthritis Foundation for many years, having served on the national board from 2008 to 2010. In addition, he was chairman of the board for the former Northern and Southern New England Chapter and most recently served as treasurer for the New England Region. In 1999, he was awarded the National Volunteer Service Citation by the Arthritis Foundation.
He is a life officer of the Mandell Jewish Community Center, corporator of Hebrew Health Care, and member of the Board of Governors for Hartford Hospital.
S&S WORLDWIDE HONORED
Easter Seals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut has named S&S Worldwide of Colchester as its employer of the year.
“To truly understand S&S Worldwide’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, one needs only to spend an afternoon walking through their warehouse and offices, and stopping to chat with the employees,” career specialist Rick Geisman said Feb. 4 at Easter Seals’ annual meeting and donor appreciation reception in Hartford. “You quickly realize that there is a culture of acceptance and understanding throughout the building. You also realize that this isn’t new. S&S has individuals with disabilities who have worked for them for over 25 years.”
“Over the years our company has received many awards, but never for the kind of company we are,” said Stephen Schwartz, CEO of the arts and crafts supply company.
