On May 10, Yonge-Dundas Square and Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre will come alive as 335 high school students go head-to-head in engineering and design competitions.

The second annual Design on Dundas event will pit students from 17 Ontario high schools against each other in a popsicle-stick bridge building, radio-controlled (R/C) plane and rocket launching competition. Design on Dundas is an annual celebration that introduces high school students to design engineering.

New to Design on Dundas this year is an R/C plane competition, which will see teams race a radio- controlled plane around Ryerson’s varsity ice rink at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. The R/C plane competition will take place at 10:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Meanwhile at Yonge-Dundas Square, popsicle-stick bridges will be judged on design and performance when tested with weights of 20 lbs or more. And in the quad, rockets will be judged on accuracy in hitting a specific target.

Both competitions will take place in two rounds, at 10:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Capstone projects completed by Ryerson engineering students will also be on display as part of the Innovation Showcase in Yonge-Dundas Square.