LTHS Students Advance To IDEA State Competition

LOCKPORT, IL — Lockport Township High School District 205 will be well-represented at the upcoming Illinois Design Educators Association state championship competition after advancing from the recent regional competition where 38 LTHS students participated, according to a news release from the District.

Design and drafting students from six schools in the Joliet Junior College district/region participated in the regional competition this year.

The competition includes computer-aided design contests, where students were given a drawing problem to solve and draw within a two-hour time limit. In the team divisions, students were presented with a design problem in January to solve and then present their solutions, the District said.

The students submitted their drawings, pictures, and videos of the working prototype online. The competition was judged by architects, engineers, college instructors and college students, according to the District.

Students who placed in the top two in each individual contest, or first in the team events, advanced to the state competition at Illinois State University on April 22.

The following students placed first in their respective divisions:

• Matas Avizonis – Introductory CAD
• Jad Fakhreddine – Machine CAD
• David Krzysiak – 3D Modeling (second year in a row)
• Kyle Brown – Assembly Modeling (perfect score)
• Emily Do – Architecture 3D
• Chloe Berry, Robert Karbarz and Bilal Useini – Architecture Design Team (second year in a row)

The following students placed second in their respective divisions:

• Riley Kempa – Machine CAD
• Matthew Handzel – 3D Modeling
• Griffin Garrett – 3D Modeling
• Gabriel Sot – Assembly Modeling
• Pablo Herrera – Architecture 3D
• Krista Wojcikiewicz, Patricia Jurzyk and Sasha Jarosik – Engineering Design Team

The following students placed third in their respective divisions:

• Jack Thies – 3D Modeling
• Nicholas Coniglio – 3D Modeling
• Dylan Lukaszewski – Assembly Modeling
• Sean Marshall –Assembly Modeling

The students are led by LTHS D205 teachers Jeff Brown, Rodger Ebert, Corey Duzan and Dan Mostyn.