Webb Stuns Culinary to Capture Men’s Tennis Championship
FLUSHING, N.Y. — Third-seeded Webb Institute won four singles matches to come from behind to defeat the Culinary Institute of America, 5-4, to claim the 2018 Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday afternoon at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The Webbies (5-2) upended the top two seeds to secure their first title, handing the regular-season champion Steels (6-1) their first loss of the season and snapping their two-year reign atop the conference.
Culinary and Webb both earned spots in the final with 5-1 victories in their semifinal matches over Vaughn and Pratt, respectively.
The Steels took a 2-1 lead after the doubles session with the No. 2 pair of Alex Cordell and Eduardo Guevara earning a break at 7-6 and held to close out an 8-6 win.
In the singles play, Webb’s Kevin Prichard cruised to a 10-2 win at the No. 6 position to level the overall match before Culinary’s Cassidy Seo and Wonil Chung posted the next two points at No. 1 and No. 3 singles to move back ahead 4-2.
With Webb pulling away at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, the No. 2 match between Webb’s Oscar Como and Culinary’s Guevara proved to be the decisive match. Guevara battled through cramps to try to salvage the title for the Steels, but Como closed him out 10-5, to be the only player in the final two secure two points. Shortly after Como’s match went final, Luke Herbermann and Galen Ng both wrapped up the first title for the Webbies with matching 10-4 victories.
Founder’s Day 2018
This year’s Founder’s Day was celebrated on Friday, April 27, 2018. On Founder’s Day, the entire Webb campus comes together to dedicate an afternoon to honoring the philanthropic efforts of William H. Webb by participating in beautification projects around campus.
This year’s projects included giving Dr. Stein’s office a fresh coat of paint, beach clean-up, planting flower beds, shelf moving in the library, and building benches for the tennis courts, vanity side tables for the guest rooms, and student store shelves. Photos that were taken throughout the day are available on Smugmug.
After the projects were completed, a formal dinner was held in the Visconti Reception Room, where Sarah Wickenheiser ’08 served as keynote speaker. Wickenheiser, a graduate of Webb’s 2008 class, is a civilian engineer at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland where she serves as a project manager where she oversees preliminary and detail design engineering efforts during major maintenance availabilities for a variety of vessels.
She has recently made headlines for being the recipient of both the 2017 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year and DC Council for Engineering and Architecture Societies Young Engineer of the Year awards.
The entire dinner can be viewed on Webb Institute’s Vimeo channel.
A special thank you to the Director of Facilities, John Ferrante, and his crew, for setting up all of the projects for the students, faculty, and administration.
View this year’s video!
Founder’s Day 2018 from Webb Institute on Vimeo.
Webb Receives Community Visionary Award at Brooklyn Boatworks Spring Party
On Tuesday, April 24, 2018, Webb Institute received the Community Visionary Award from Brooklyn Boatworks at their annual Spring Party and Silent Auction. Dean Matthew Werner accepted the award on behalf of the Webb Institute community.
For many years, Webb students have taken great pride in volunteering as mentors at Brooklyn Boatworks, a non-profit organization offering a unique boat building program to local middle school students.
The Spring Party, which was held at 7 World Trade Center in Manhattan included live music, food, and drinks from local vendors such as Eataly, Brooklyn Brewery, and New York Distilling Company, and unique silent auction items.
Students had fun enjoying the festivities and took some fun photos in the photo booth.
Dean Matthew Werner Judges 2018 Cayman Islands SeaPerch Challenge
On Saturday, March 3, 2018, Webb Institute’s Dean and Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Matthew Werner served as the lead judge at the Cayman Islands SeaPerch Challenge.
Twenty-one teams from six schools in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac participated in the day-long underwater robotics challenge, which was presented in partnership with Dart’s Minds Inspired, WISTA, and Maples and Calder. The long-term goal of the Cayman Islands SeaPerch Challenge is to encourage more students to study STEM subjects and ultimately, seek STEM-related careers.
Students who participated in the Cayman Islands SeaPerch challenge were required to submit an engineering journal where they logged their activities during the design and construction of their Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The students were then judged on how quickly they could navigate their vehicle and move objects around the pool at the Camana Bay Sports Complex. The engineering journals submitted by each team were evaluated and scored by members of the Webb faculty and student body to guarantee objective scoring. Engineering journal reviewers included: Professor Martin, Professor Onas, Mara DuVernois ’20, Renee Tremblay ’20, Jonathan Wang ’20, Chris Merola ’21, and Hank Rouland ’21.
The winners of the high school division were the Layman E. Scott Brac Bots (Kenny Ryan and David Tibbetts). And the winners of the middle school division were the John Gray Aqua Lasers (Diamond White, Davonte Howell, Alvan Boxwell, and Caleb Feare).
Both teams will head to the International SeaPerch underwater robotics challenge in Dartmouth, Massachusetts in June.
Sarah Wickenheiser ’08 Named DCCEAS Young Engineer of the Year
Webb Institute is proud to announce that Sarah Wickenheiser ’08, recent recipient of the 2017 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year Award, was selected by the DC Council for Engineering and Architecture Societies (DCCEAS) as their Young Engineer of the Year for 2017! Wickenheiser graduated in 2008 from Webb Institute with a B.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and is currently pursuing her Masters in Engineering Management from Johns Hopkins University.
Sarah Wickenheiser is a civilian engineer at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, MD. as a project manager, she oversees preliminary and detail design engineering efforts during major maintenance availabilities for a variety of ships, like the 140′ ocean-going icebreaking tug, 225′ ocean-going buoy tender, 270′ medium endurance cutter, and the WWII-era riveted sailing training ship Eagle. Prior to transitioning to more of a management role, she supported work at the USCG Yard by writing design study reports, completing shipboard investigations, designing structure, tracking weight changes, writing work instructions. Of particular note, Wickenheiser was the nexus of Eagle shell repair execution, developing the plan for removal of wasted hull plate and installation of new plate partially secured by rivets. The NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson also benefited from Wickenheiser’s technical expertise when she completed a structural analysis of the classification society-approved design which did not in fact meet requirements. These calculations prevented catastrophic structural failure, saving NOAA over $1 million. She is currently the project manager for a study to determine the end of service life for the US Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge Essayons.
Prior to her career with the USCG, she was a naval architect for BMT Designers & Planners where she worked on a variety of commercial and military designs. She is a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Flagship Section. Wickenheiser is also a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers where she has recently completed a term as the Chair of the Chesapeake Section. Wickenheiser is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Maryland.
Wickenheiser resides in Bowie, MD, with her husband, Vincent, and son, Peter.
The awards banquet will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway on Saturday, February 24th.
Source: DC Council for Engineering and Architecture Societies (DCCEAS)