Wando engineering students win national competition

Seniors at Wando High School have won the ExploraVision competition, a national research and technology competition sponsored by Toshiba and the National Science Teachers Association, Wando High School officials announced Wednesday.

Wando students Jonathan Heywood, Patrick Rivers and Danny Mullin received the competition’s top honors for their research on kidney failure treatment. The trio, under the guidance of engineering coach Deborah Kennedy and mentor Kevin Bunting, proposed a future treatment for kidney failure they say can be implemented within the next 20 years.

ExploraVision is a competition in which K-12 students create and explore a vision of future technology. Competitions are held for different grade divisions. Heywood, Rivers and Mullin finished first in the grades 10-12 division and will each receive a $10,000 savings bond, plus a free trip to Washington, D.C., for the ExploraVision awards ceremony in June.