Engineering Technology

Course Description
The Engineering Technology program is geared towards students that enjoy design, technical sketching, invention and hands-on. Any student considering a career in design, architecture or engineering will gain immediate entry-level employability skills and a solid foundation for continued studies. Students in the program may pursue two general tracks: architectural and/or mechanical. The architectural track covers the fundamentals of residential design. The mechanical track focuses on basic design and manufacturing processes integrated with CNC (Computer Numeric Control) lathe and milling machines. CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software is used to generate drawings of structures and components with an emphasis on modeling and other hands-on projects.

Course Content
The course utilizes “AutoCAD 2006” software, which is used by a majority of manufacturing and construction industries as well as most colleges and universities.

Topics of study include Basic Drawing Techniques,  Structural Design and Testing, Mechanical Design, Basic Engineering Principles, Architectural Models, Residential Design Project, Three Dimensional (3-D) CAD, Applied Physics, CNC (Computer Manufacturing) Computer-Aided Design, Creation of Computer Generated Drawings, Plotting & Printing, 3-D Rendering.

Students learn the basics of design through functional and challenging projects.  In recent years program students have entered their designs in National Rocketry competitions as well as Science and Physics Olympiads.  The projects have included scratch design of working model rockets as well as free-flight aircraft and functional projectile mechanisms.

Related Occupations
Design Drafter
Mechanical Designer
Mechanical Engineer
Architect
Civil Engineer
Technical Illustrator
Detail Drafter
Architectural Drafter
Computer-Aided Design Technician
Civil Drafter
Mechanical Engineering Technician
Engineering Drawing Checker
CAD Operator
Landscape Architect
Interior Designer