Congratulations to the Manchester Township Middle School Engineering Team for placing first and second in the 2024 NY/NJ Regional Seaperch Underwater Robotic Competition at the Neptune Aquatic Center this past weekend!
The students were tasked to create an underwater robot to simulate real-life water sampling and retrieve rock samples from the waters around the Galapagos Island hydrothermal vents as well as a timed obstacle course. Both of the MTMS teams placed first and second overall. They were recognized for their hard work and dedication to the preparation.
The first-place team will move on to compete at the 2024 International Seaperch Challenge. The annual International SeaPerch Challenge is an invitation-only event that tests the skills learned in the SeaPerch program with a series of obstacles and real-world inspired tasks. The challenge is open to teams that excel at registered regional competitions and earn a slot to compete in the season’s culminating event. Each season a new theme and set of competition tasks are released.
Congratulations to these students and their Engineering Team Coach Maura Simister!