Students use an engineering design process to improve existing products and invent new products that will eventually be manufactured or produced. Using real-world, sophisticated three-dimensional modeling software, students communicate the details of the products and will have the opportunity to create prototypes using our 3-D printer.

Students will learn about major engineering concepts encountered in a college engineering curriculum and apply their knowledge of engineering concepts as they tackle real-world engineering design problems. Students will conduct destructive testing while learning about material properties, design and build truss systems and design automated systems with VEX Robotics.

Digital electronics is the foundation of all modern electronic devices such as cellular phones, MP3 players, laptop computers, digital cameras, and high-definition televisions. Students design circuits to solve problems, export their designs to a printed circuit auto-routing program that generates printed circuit boards, and use appropriate components to build their designs.

Students will design and implement complex automation solutions with robotics. Students will design automated systems for manufacturing large-scale quantities. Integrating and coding computer and robotic systems will lead students to design solutions in an automated manufacturing setting.

Engineering Design and Development (EDD) is an engineering research course in which students will work in teams to research, design, test, and construct solutions to open-ended engineering problems. The EDD course allows students to apply all the skills and knowledge learned in previous Project Lead the Way courses.