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Geiger Cup ResultsBIW Engineer Days concluded theevening of April 5 with the thirdannual Geiger Cup, a competitionto design and build a small watercraftwhich would race the length of the tank,stop, and launch an orange ping pongball over a goal post.Paul Friedman (D40) said, “The purposeof this event is to have some fun atwork. It is a low pressure environmentwhere those who choose to participateget to actually build something and inthe process, test or confirm some basic5 Star ProgramCurrent statusto the 5 StarComplianceProgram is shownto the right.LegendCompliant:Star received in 2012Compliant:Star received in 2011Preparing for AssessmentLost Star10 | April 2012 | BIW NEWSApril 17, 2012Shop ComplexABC Plat (upper)Buildings 18, 19 and MERGLow BayAssembly BuildingPanel Line5-SkidsAluminum ShopCarpenter ShopBlast IBlast IIBlast IIIHyde SouthHazardous Waste BuildingACE/CW/BissonsEBMFHardingsFacilities BuildingA&B Plats (lower)Metals RecyclingMaintenance GarageDry DockH 601 (DDG 1000)H 506 (DDG 112)MSC Warehouse/Service ShopsLLTF Pump HouseLLTFAll OSTsPreoutfit IIUltra HallSouth Central Receivingengineering principles, this year hydrodynamics-relatedones.” Contestants competedin a double elimination process with bothspeed and accuracy factors in declaring thewinners. Elliott Cumming (D46) called therace and Paul, Mike Binekey and JohnWeisheit (both D40) served as judges.The event was complicated by the factthat this year’s criteria moved it from landto water. Sue O’Dare (D24), Jimmy Doyle(D20) and Dave Heath (D40) coordinatedmaterial and resources. The two race tankswere created by the Pipefitters on first andElectricalMachineGuardingFallProtectionFire, Health,SafetyHousekeepingAbove, left to right: Team RMA, Matt Callahan, left andMarshall Cole; James Crabtree of Team Froune’s Tridentwith Rick Perkins (CSC) and Mo Farag (of TeamShocker) looking on; Team Triple Threat, Ben Foster;and Mr. Creativity, Brad Totten.second shift, with saddles built by thesecond shift carpenters. Trials were heldoutside despite snow and ice in anticipationthat the event would also be outdoors.All went well until race day which arrivedclear but sufficiently windy that even if theboats ran as expected, launching of the pingpong balls surely would not. Paul consultedwith the organizing committee and it wasdecided that the event would be movedindoors to the lobby of the FitzgeraldConference Center where three elementsconsidered critical to success were available—room to arrange the two tanks in parallel,access to water to fill the tanks and space forthe food table.In the end, the first place finish wasrepeated by last year’s winner, Team RMA,which was Matt Callahan and MarshallCole. Team Triple Threat, consisting of BenFoster, took second (and received the newlynamed Cumming Cup), and Brad Tottenof Team Independent Mariner took thecreativity prize which was a unanimouschoice in recognition of his painstakingreplica of LCS 2. As in past years, thewinners will have lunch with Jeff Geigerand have one more opportunity to recountrace day.WelcomeThe following employees recently joined BIW.NameDept.Adams Jr, Robert Wilton * 0600Cantara, Ross Charles * 2400Coleman, Matthew 1310Cook, Jason Ryan 5000Dean, Andrew Gary 5000Hill, Randy Elwin 5000Washburn, Zachary Robert 5000* Returning employees