Engineering
Engineering Courses:
Introduction to Engineering Design (IED)
High school level course for students interested in design and engineering. The major focus of the IED course is to expose students to design process, research and analysis, teamwork, communication methods, engineering standards, and technical documentation. IED gives students the opportunity to develop skills and understanding of course concepts through activity-, project-, and problem-based (APPB) learning. IED challenges students to continually hone their interpersonal skills, creative abilities and understanding of the design process. It also allows students to develop strategies to enable and direct their own learning.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
CIM is the study of manufacturing planning, integration, and implementation of automation. The course explores manufacturing history, individual processes, systems, and careers. In addition to technical concepts, the course incorporates finance, ethics, and engineering design. Using problem based teaching and learning students will analyze, design, and build manufacturing systems. Students apply knowledge gained throughout the course in a final open-ended problem to build a manufacturing system.
Civil Engineering & Architecture (CEA)
CEA is the study of the design and construction of residential and commercial building projects. The course includes an introduction to many of the varied factors involved in building design and construction including building components and systems, structural design, storm water management, site design, utilities and services, cost estimation, energy efficiency, and careers in the design and construction industry. Using problem-based teaching students will analyze, design and build electronic and physical models of residential and commercial facilities. While implementing these designs students will continually hone their interpersonal skills, creative abilities and understanding of the design process.
Engineering Design & Development (EDD)
EDD is the capstone course in the PLTW high school engineering program. It is an engineering research course in which students work in teams to design and develop an original solution to a valid open-ended technical problem by applying the engineering design process. Students will perform research to choose, validate, and justify a technical problem. After carefully defining the problem, teams of students will design, build, and test their solution. Finally, student teams will present and defend their original solution to an outside panel.