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Engineering Department

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Our Engineering classes have partnered with Project Lead the Way to help take our students' learning into the 21st century and beyond. We house a newly renovated STEAM Center that includes a maker space with five 3D printers, a robotics lab and practice arena, and enough tools and equipment necessary to make any builds a reality. We are also excited to bring an aerospace engineering course that will allow students to utilize a wind tunnel and test their piloting skills on flight simulators.

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Engineering Courses

Architecture, Construction, and Engineering
In this two-semester course, with an emphasis on collaboration and culminating in a final real-life building project. This course integrates hands-on learning, collaborative team work, and exposure to real-world architectural, construction, and engineering principles. Skills and competencies developed by the end of the course include architectural design, drafting, and construction techniques, software proficiency in tools such as AutoCAD, Revit, or SketchUp, project management skills including budgeting, scheduling, and teamwork, presentation and communication skills crucial for articulating ideas clearly and professionally, and collaborative work ethic through sustained teamwork on a large-scale project.
 
Introduction to Engineering Design
Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects. They work both individually and in teams to design solutions to a variety of problems using 3-D modeling software, and use an engineering notebook to document their work adopted from Project Lead the Way (PLTW).
 
Honors Principles of Engineering
Through problems that engage and challenge, students explore a broad range of engineering topics, including mechanisms, the strength of structures and materials, and automation. Students develop skills in problem solving, research, and design while learning strategies for design process documentation, collaboration, and presentation (adopted from Project Lead the Way).
 
Honors Aerospace Engineering (offered every other year)
This course propels students’ learning in the fundamentals of atmospheric and space flight. As they explore the physics of flight, students bring the concepts to life by designing an airfoil, propulsion system, and rockets. They learn basic orbital mechanics using industry-standard software. They also explore robot systems through projects such as remotely operated vehicles (adopted from Project Lead the Way).
 
Honors Environmental Sustainability (offered every other year)
Students investigate and design solutions in response to real-world challenges related to clean and abundant drinking water, food supply, and renewable energy (adopted from Project Lead the Way).
 
Coming soon...
PLTW Capstone
Students engage in an open-ended research experience in the PLTW Capstone course, a culminating program for those completing PLTW's high school offerings. They collaborate in teams, designing and developing original solutions to well-defined and justified real-world problems.
 
 

Engineering Pathway

 

The Engineering Pathway offers students the opportunity to explore the areas of engineering design, innovation, and problem-solving. Through a series of hands-on courses, students learn how engineers apply science, mathematics, and technology to create real-world solutions. This pathway encourages creativity, collaboration, and critical-thinking skills, helping to prepare students for college engineering programs and STEM careers.

 

Courses (choose 3)

  • ACE Course (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering)
  • Introduction to Engineering Design
  • Principles of Engineering (regular or honors)
  • Aerospace Engineering (regular or honors)
  • Environmental Sustainability

 

Clubs* (choose 1)

*active participation for a minimum of 2 years as verified by moderator

  • ACE Club
  • Robotics

 

Pathways Requirements:

  1. Pathways will commence in the 2025-2026 academic year.
  2. Students must earn a grade of B- or better in each academic course.
  3. Students may participate in a maximum of two Pathways over their four years at Bishop Montgomery.
  4. Each academic course completed may be applied to only one Pathway.
  5. Projects in the AP Seminar/Research/Capstone courses must be approved and related to the Pathways topic.
  6. Students must submit for each desired Pathway an Intent to Participate in Pathways form by October 1st of their senior year.
Our Engineering Maker Space houses 3D printers, a wind tunnel, and a robotics lab and practice arena.