2006 Miracle Yearbook

Hard at work in one of the engineering labs, sophomore Stephen Boles and his design partner focus on the details and mull over their next step. Together with Dr. Jeffrey Fawcett, Dan Nikitin and Drew Steury, members of the IBC company Mugs Inc., inspect the first shipment of heat-sensitive mugs when it arrives in October. A Senior Earl Girouard and junior engineering student Jameson Reichart fit together the skeletal pieces of their project -- a supermileage car. "Building this car and working on it is a lot of fun! We get to use all the equipment in the shop to fabricate metal parts, weld, and basically create whatever we want," said Earl Girouard. .4*. Senior Alan McIver fits together parts for his supermileage car, a project he has been a part of for more than two years. -6. Company employees of CarryAll Inc, Tim Luety, Phil Woodbury, Ryan Stutzman, Matt Schermer, Joel McCloskey, Josh Gruber, Dan Jaquery, Sara Douglas, Joel Green, Julia Bradley, Mike Pritts , Sarah Welch, Nichole Putnam, Lindsay LoDico, Ashley Burnett, Laura McCully, Stacy Alexander, Holly Olmstead, Betsy Verwys, Rob Stahl, Chad Miller, and Tim Sandlund, revel in the success of their product. Cars that reach upwards of 1000 mpg, weight-bearing trusses made of popsicle sticks, and the birth of new companies -- all begin the same way. Ideas are born. Sparks fly. And blueprints come to life. Activities 155