2 LHS Students Advance To IDEA State Drafting Competition

LEMONT, IL- Lemont High School’s Technology Student Association has advanced two students to the state’s top drafting contest.

According to a release from Lemont High School, at the Illinois Drafting Educators Association Regional Drafting Competition on March 3, junior Jake Wilk took top honors in the Architectural Board division, while senior Joe Purpura was second in the Assembly Modeling category. Both students will compete at the IDEA State Drafting Competition at Illinois State University on Saturday, April 22.

This marks the ninth time in 10 years that at least one LHS student has advanced to the IDEA State Drafting Competition. Senior Adam Popper also earned a medal but just missed a state berth after finishing third in the Assembly Modeling competition.

In the Architectural Board category, students are challenged to design and/or draw specified views, details or sections using provided materials, specifications and drawings. Competitors in Assembly Modeling are tasked with modeling and subsequently assembling a number of parts using parametric constraint-based modeling programs.

Students representing a number of Joliet-area high schools competed in eight divisions at the IDEA Joliet Junior College Regional, which was one of 17 regional sites across the state. All first and second place finishers earn the right to compete at the IDEA State Competition. The eight divisions in which students compete are: Introductory Board, Introductory CAD, Architectural Board, 2D Architectural CAD, 2D Machine CAD, 3D Architectural CAD Modeling, 3D Assembly Modeling, and 3D CAD Modeling.

Lemont’s drafting program, under the tutelage of teacher Scott Duensing, has had a great deal of success in recent years at the IDEA Regional level.

For more information, visit the Illinois Drafting Educators Association’s Web site at www.idea-online.org.

Photo via Lemont High School.