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YHS NASA HUNCH Program

Congratulations to York High School students David Patterson, Tye Scheidegger, Ngan Quach, and Andrew Stewart.

These four York High School students have been invited to travel to Houston, Texas in April to present an engineering project to NASA engineers and astronauts as part of their participation in the NASA HUNCH Program.

The HUNCH program partners NASA mentors with students around the country and challenges students with fabricating real-world products for NASA as they apply their science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills as well as learning to work in teams and think creatively.

Patterson and Scheidegger developed a clamp system for the ARED (advanced resistive exercise device), which is an exercise machine on the International Space Station (ISS) used to help keep astronauts healthy in the zero-g environment. Student teams were challenged to develop a clip or bracket that can keep the lifting arm from floating around the station when the ARED is not in use.

Quach and Stewart also developed food storage systems for the ISS and while that design was not selected as one of the 70 finalists to present their prototypes in April, the students are still recognized as part of the YHS team.

The students have worked closely with YHS teacher Anthony Jones and NASA aerospace engineer Andy Paddock for several months to develop their prototypes.