Kalispell Middle School seventh-grader Parker Miller holds up two different versions of designs the team came up with to prevent/reduce ice buildup on airplane wings. The team submitted the gray model as its final version for the Youth Design Challenge organized by the Missoula-based nonprofit, Biomimicry Institute, earning them second place. The model designs were inspired by the biological strategies of mint leaves, cicada wings and pine needles. (Hilary Matheson/Daily Int…
June 11, 2022
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Middle school team takes second in national Youth Design Challenge
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s biomimicry! A team of Kalispell Middle School seventh-graders took second place in the middle school category of the Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge, which asks students to find inspiration in nature to engineer designs that solve or mitigate problems. The team included Jayson Aurand, Brodyn DeShaw, Zavier Innerbichler and Parker Miller.