In May, four Upper School students competed as a team in the inaugural Offshore Technology Conference Energy Challenge, sponsored by BP. In this challenge, teams of high school students were asked to develop solutions for real-world energy challenges. 12 teams from across the Houston competed as they area presented their findings to the broader OTC audience. The Kinkaid team of Emmy Heyser '17, Christos Papandreou '18, Amanda Roff '18 and Ayush Krishnamoorti '20 took home 2nd place and were awarded the BHP Billiton award of $4000.00! Specifically, their challenge was to find ways in which the industry could reduce the weight of an offshore facility.
Along with their on campus academic coach, Upper School Science Chair Sonia Clayton, the students worked with industry mentors, including a number of BP engineers and geoscientists. Projects focused on areas of remote offshore power, facility design, offshore wind energy, remotes monitoring, and decommissioning. Congratulations to the team for their amazing accomplishment! See photos from the event below.