Oakland Tech’s Engineering Academy cleaned up at the California State Fair this year. According to proud academy mom Ann Daniels, the program took top honors, the instructor sweepstakes and numerous individual prizes.

(pictured left: Lucy Gelb, 3-D Cad)

I visited the selective academy in late spring for a story about three seniors — Aissata Nutzel, Juliana Velez and Naomi Zabel — who had been accepted into MIT. Students were intently working at drafting tables, and the walls were covered with architectural drawings and designs. It had the feel of a college studio.

Parker Merrill, whose students racked more points at the fair than any other group, started the program about 20 years ago. Tech’s winning students include:

Architecture

First place: Hao Chen

Honorable Mention: Nicholas Klimberg

Honorable Mention: Benjamin Eto

Honorable Mention: Rashida Slater

(pictured left: Jenna Pollack, engineering principles)

CAD

third place: Matthew MacLeod

3-D CAD

first place and Best in Show: Daniel Olsen

first place and Outstanding Project: Jasper Stroud

second place: Natan Jacobson

third place: Lucy Gelb

Honorable Mention: Adam Meckel

Descriptive Geometry, Hand Drawn

first place: Nancy Lau

second place: Davis Li

third place: Harvey Chang

Engineering Principles, Hand Drawn

first place: Jenna Pollack

second place: Shira Zingman-Daniels

third place: Robin Mounla

Honorable Mention: Anya Diamond

Green Architecture

third place: Juliana Velez

Honorable Mention: Yen Luong

Mechanical Drafting

first place and Special Award and Outstanding Project: Naomi Zabel and Aissata Nutzel

first place: Raisa Monroe-Yavneh and Alex Jasiulek

Multipart Assembly, Hand Drawn

first place: Alyssa Berkins

third place: Maria Alvarado