Course Description

Affordable housing design. Biofuel production. App development. These are all hands-on, real-world challenges students face in their PLTW Engineering Courses. Throughout the program, students step into varied roles engineers play in our society, discover new career paths and possibilities, and develop engineering knowledge and skills. In addition, as students work in teams to design and test solutions, they're empowered develop in-demand, transportable skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.

Class Topics:

Semester 1

Unit 1: Design Process
Unit 2: Technical Sketching and Drawing
Unit 3: Measurement and Statistics
Unit 4: Modeling Skills
Unit 5: Geometry of Design

Semester 2

Unit 6: Reverse Engineering
Unit 7: Documentation
Unit 8: Advanced Computer Modeling
Unit 9: Design Team
Unit 10: Design Challenges