2010 Northeast Area Event Coordinators and Event Dates

NORTHEASTERN US AREA JUNIOR SOLAR SPRINT DESIGN AND RACE COMPETITIONS:

Top winners from the area events listed below get invited to the NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, June 13, 2010 at the Springfield Museums Quadrangle, Springfield, MA

Invitations are handed out to top winning middle school aged student teams at the area events. Contact us if you are interested in volunteering or exhibiting a renewable energy project for the day. All are welcome to come cheer! Click to locate Springfield, MA area accommodations and directions to the event. IN CASE OF RAIN: Check the NESEA site on Sunday, June 13 by 6:00 a.m. for the nearby indoor/rain location.

CT - DC/MD -DE - MA - ME - NH - NJ - NY - PA - RI - VT

Connecticut
Connecticut State Race
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site: Central Connecticut State University, Kaiser Hall Parking Lot
Rain Site: Central Connecticut State University, Kaiser Hall Annex
Contact: Jeff Bechard, Slade Middle School
(860) 225-6395 or jkbechard@aol.com

Fairfield County Date:
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Rain Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site: TBA
Contact: Amar Gada
203-223-9251 or amar_gada@hotmail.com

 Delaware
Delaware State Race
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Rain Date: Thursday, May 13
Site: Saint Thomas More Preparatory School, Magnolia, DE
Contacts:
Charlie Smisson, Delaware Energy Office
(302) 739-1530 or charlie.smisson@state.de.us
Suzanne Sebastian, Delaware Energy Office
(302) 739-5644 or suzanne.sebastian@state.de.us

Maine
Maine State Race
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site: Owls Head Transportation Museum, Rockland, ME
Contact: Peter Zack, Maine Energy Education Program (MEEP)
207-625-7833 or peter@meepnews.org

Massachusetts
Berkshire-Hudson Area
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site: Reid Middle School, Pittsfield, MA
Contact: Cynthia Grippaldi, Center for Ecological Technology (CET)
413-445-4556 x25 or cynthiag@cetonline.org

Cape and Islands
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site: Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA
Contact: Megan Amsler
Cape and Islands Self-Reliance Corporation
508-563-6633 or megan@reliance.org

Eastern Massachusetts Date: Saturday, May 15 
Rain Date: Sunday, May 16
Site:  MIT Henry Steinbrenner Stadium & Track Cambridge, MA
Contact: Henry Vandermark, Boston Area Solar Energy Association, and
Solar Wave, Inc. 617-242-2150 or hkv@solarwave.com
Eastern Mass JSS

West Central Massachusetts
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site:Department of Engineering, Western New England College, Springfield, MA Contact: MaryAnn Berselli,  Western New England College
413-782-1272 or mbersell@wnec.edu

New Hampshire
Upper Connecticut River Valley
Date: Friday, May 28, 2010
Site: Lebanon CCBA, Lebanon, NH
Contact: Will be run by the local chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) with several Dartmouth student members running the event.
Jen Tate, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College,
Jennifer.A.Tate@dartmouth.edu

Keene - Monadnock Area
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Site: Adams Playground, Petersbough, NH
Rain Site: EMS Warehouse, Petersbough, NH
Contact: Susie Spikol, Harris Center for Conservation Education
spikol@harriscenter.org

New Jersey
Bergen County
Date: Friday, June 4, 2010
Site: Teaneck Community Charter School, Teaneck, NJ
Contact: Craig Messmer, Teaneck Community Charter School
cmessmer@tccsnj.org

New Jersey Inter-County Four area events feed an inter-county Sprint final. Each division has its own date and site. Please visit TransOptions for more information on Division races. 
Inter-County Final: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Rain date: Friday, June 4, 2010
Site: JCP&L, Morristown, NJ
Contact: Cindy Reuther, TransOptions, Inc.
973-267-7600 or creuther@transoptions.org

New York
Albany Adirondack Area
Consider inviting other schools to your school event & create an area event!
Event Coordinator Needed. Contact sreyes@nesea.org

Buffalo Area
Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010
Site: Jamison Road Volunteer Fire Company, Elma N.Y
Contact: Carl Berger, Buffalo JSS
716-655-1809 or jssbuffalo@yahoo.com

NYSTSA -New York State Technology Student Association
Date: TBA
Site: TBA
Contact: Dave Buchner, DeWitt Middle School
607-257-2527 or dbuchner@icsd.k12.ny.us

Southern Finger Lakes
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Site: DeWitt Middle School
Contact: Bob Walters, DeWitt Middle School
607-257-2527 or bwalters@icsd.k12.ny.us

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Area
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Rain Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Site: Winter Street, next to the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Joe Bruno, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association
610-639-1813 or joegbruno@comcast.net

North Allegheny Regional
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Site:Wexford, PA
Contact: Rich Gebrosky, Teacher of the Gifted, Ingomar Middle School
412-348-1425, RGebrosky@northallegheny.org

Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Race
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site: The Met School, Media & Arts Center, Providence, RI
Contact: Elisabeth Bux, Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living,
401-397-3430 or elisabeth@apeiron.org

Vermont
Northern Vermont
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Site: Williston Central School
Contact: Mike Thomas, Williston Central School, Williston, VT
mthomas@cssu.org

Washington D.C.- Maryland Area
Maryland-Washington D.C. Area Event
Date: Friday, May 21
Site: Rocky Hill Middle School, Clarksburg, MD
Contact: Charlie Garlow, Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, D.C.
202-564-1088 or Garlow.Charlie@epamail.epa.gov