Brown County High School beat out competitors from 8 area high schools to win the 2018 Boiler Tech Challenge, “Purdue Polytechnic ENGINEERS Infinity War”, at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus on April 6th. Top finishers for the Challenge include first place winner, Brown County High School, second place finisher, North Decatur High School, and third place finisher, South Decatur High School.

Purdue officials say that students from other high schools, including representing Columbus East, Columbus North, Columbus Signature Academy New Tech, Jennings County and South Dearborn competed in five challenges. Points were awarded for performance on each of the five engineering challenges. The school with the highest score claimed the victory. Previous winners include Columbus East High School, Columbus North High School and Jennings County High School.

Purdue officials say the challenges are meant to introduce and excite high school students about further study in a number of fields, including Computer Information Technology, Engineering, Industrial Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Organizational Leadership and Robotics Engineering Technology.