CBA student Mark Peryer ’13 and his creation, “The Peryernator,” took 2^nd place in the 22^nd Annual Balsa Wood Bridge Competition, held April 8, 2011, at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The competition challenged high school and middle school students from around Central New York to build a lightweight bridge that would withstand a significant amount of weight based on design structure.

Other CBA students who participated in the competition were: Mitch Bauer ’12, Alessandra Carno ’14, Thomas Culeton ’16; Nick Fusillo ’11, Nate Goebel ’11, Ashok Kamani ’11, Cirro Nicoletti-Watson ’11, Jack O’Brien ’11, John Potega ’11, and Brendan Smith ’12.