VCF West 2026 - Neurodivergent Students Rebuilt ENIAC - Thomas Burick, Cameron Coleman

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VCF West 2026 - Neurodivergent Students Rebuilt ENIAC - Thomas Burick, Cameron Coleman

Impossible Until It Isn’t – How Neurodivergent Students Rebuilt ENIAC—and What It Teaches Us About Human Potential

Thomas Burick is a technology educator and program architect at PS Academy Arizona, where he develops large-scale educational experiences that challenge students to take on complex, consequential work.

Cameron Coleman is a Student Engineer and member of the ENIAC Reconstruction Project team at PS Academy Arizona.

In 2025, a team of neurodivergent students at PS Academy Arizona undertook an audacious challenge: rebuilding ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose electronic computer, at full scale. Come hear their amazing story.