Roberts High School is the distance champion in the 2008 Intel/Trail Blazers Engineering Challenge, setting an official record of 558 feet. The Roberts T-shirt shot cleared the top row seating in the Rose Garden and was still heading upward as it bounced off the upper wall of the arena.
Students designed and built the launcher as part of a physical science class and under the guidance of teacher Todd Anderson and instructional assistant John Duda. The student launch team at the Portland Trailblazer half-time was Amanda Murdock, Jose Nigerette, and Allan Pinard.
Nine Oregon high school teams demonstrated their engineering prowess designing and building T-shirt launchers. Their creations were demonstrated during the Dec 12 Portland Trail Blazer game at the Rose Garden. Participating schools received a $400 grant from Intel Corporation to assist with the production of their t-shirt launchers.
Camas Valley was the winner in the best design category and Arlington was designated as the overall winner of the engineering challenge.
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