Emma Gregory and Hannah Halsell
The Spain Park High School (SPHS) Engineering Academy announced the remarkable achievements of its students in the 2023 beEntrepreneurial (beE) competition at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). SPHS teams secured significant accolades in this prestigious event. Earning second place in the competition was the visionary project “Wheelchairs for Everyone,” spearheaded by Emma Gregory and Hannah Halsell. The project entails the design of a wheelchair prototype accompanied by straightforward instructions, enabling volunteer groups to construct wheelchairs using affordable materials like PVC pipes. These wheelchairs aim to serve communities in third-world countries and impoverished areas of the United States. Additionally, Audrey Peacock and Sam Lin clinched third place with their project “TakBot.” Tasked with devising a safe method for an SPHS Spanish teacher to conduct piñata smashing parties, Audrey and Sam developed a rig that suspends the piñata from the ceiling, controlled remotely by the teacher.