DAEDF Set to Host Contest Encouraging STEM for Youth

November 14, 2020

The Duncan Banner

In a puff of CO2, cars race down the track at a previous DAEDF engineering contest at the Duncan Middle School. This year’s contest will take place Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Simmons Center, located at 800 Chisholm Trail Parkway. Linda Provost / The Duncan

The annual Duncan Area Youth Engineering Contest, hosted by Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation (DAEDF) for 7-12th grade students in the Red River Technology Center school district, will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Simmons Center, located at 800 Chisholm Trail Parkway, Duncan, Oklahoma.  

Students compete for money awards in the areas of engineering, the fastest CO2 racecar, overall, and people’s choice.  

High school and middle school divisions will race on the same day, but will not compete against one another.  The race takes place on Nov. 17, with middle school racing and awards between 8:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. and high school racing and awards between 10:30 a.m. and noon.

The contest is challenging for students, teachers and parents.  It requires critical thinking, design, drafting and manufacturing a CO2 race car.  This contest is possible because of DAEDF’s partnership with the local middle schools, high schools and River Technology Center.  Duncan’s Dream It! Do It! initiative is a manufacturing career pathway. 

For more information, contact Nicole at 580-255-9675 or email nicole@ok-duncan.com.