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Middlesex County Academyfor Science, Mathematics andEngineering Technologies Magnet STEM HS in Edison, NJ Founded in 2000 Housed on campus ofMiddlesex County College 42 students per grade Engineering career majors One of 5 MCVTS campuses
Founded in 1915Five campuses: Edison Academy Woodbridge Academy East Brunswick Piscataway Perth AmboyServe residents of 25 towns of Middlesex County
ADMISSIONS PROCESS Applications due no later than November 21, 2018 (Can be found online) Complete Page 1 (Student & Parent Page) and Essay Hand ENTIRE application to Middle School Counselor to complete Page 2 MUST be sent from your school All applicants will be assigned to an information session (12/4 or 12/5) Applicants will take entrance exam on December 8th, 2018 Tested on Reading, Writing & Math
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA7th Grade Final Grades8th Grade 1st MP Grades7th Grade Standardized Test ScoresEntrance Exam ResultsAttendance RecordDisciplinary RecordEveryone will be notified via email on qualification to the next stage (interview).For those who are interviewed, admissions decisions will be made aroundmid-March
FOUR QUADRANTS OF LEARNING CME Engineering theory and mathematics Computer aided design Project based learning Engineering design process
ENGINEERINGTHEORY ANDMATHEMATICS
9TH GRADE Study the forces on everydaystructures such as bridges Stress and Strain Project Management Engineering DesignProcess
10TH GRADE Statics Distributed and point loading Truss analysis (MoJ & MoS) Hydrostatics Thermodynamics 1st and 2nd laws Heat transfer
11TH GRADE Beam and column analysis Mechanism synthesis and design
12TH GRADE Teams work onself-guided year-longdesign project Integrate past years’engineering knowledge Engineering design Stress analysis Mechanism synthesis
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN 9th Grade: Understanding creation of single parts 10th Grade: Creating assemblies 11th Grade: Animating assemblies 12th Grade: Prototyping on CAD
PROJECT BASED LEARNING 9th Grade: Testing balsa wood bridges 10th Grade: Friction lab & teardown 11th Grade: Linkages lab & teardown 12th Grade: Year-long senior capstoneproject
THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS Each year students gain more experience in engineeringdesign Freshmen: Chocolate project Working in teams Sophomores: Ball sorter Working in teams with a larger project and subassemblies Juniors: Rube Goldberg machine Working in teams with interacting steps Seniors: Capstone project
SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT Incorporates four learning items culminating intoa year-long project Aimed to solve a problem or innovate on anexisting product End of the year presentation at the SeniorShowcase to students, faculty, other invitees
SENIOR PROJECT EXAMPLES Factory robot for object mobility and reorientation Efficient composting machine
INTERNSHIPPROGRAMAll engineering students mustpursue an internship for 5-10days within their senior year.This internship is usually in themechanical field, and studentswill reach out to companies inorder to secure theirinternship.Some internships studentshave done in the past include: Rutgers Research Internship NJIT Research Internship NASA Government Internships (
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTERENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES
What is ECET? Undergraduate-level electrical engineering andcomputer science Emphasizes problem solving and application
Course Information Taught by Mr. Enzo PaternoClass meets for 1 block dailyLecture-based instructionLabs, Project-Based Learning
CURRICULUMFreshman exploratory to senior capstone projects
Exploratory Program One marking period each ofECET/MCET Freshmen explore interests andselect desired program Placement based onpreference & performance Students matriculate after MP2 21 students/program
Freshman to Junior YearFreshman (9th) Logic circuit designC (procedural)DC Circuit AnalysisSophomore (10th) SemiconductorsSequential logicMemory devicesMicrocontrollers &assembly languageJunior (11th) C (OOP)AC Circuit AnalysisSignal processingCommunicationsystems
Senior Capstone Project Culmination of three years of ECET instructionDevelop product from start to finishUse microcontrollers, 3D printing, PCB, etc.Examples: Automatic Page Turner, RecyclableSorter
Birthday Circuit Project Introductory project Circuit that displays yourbirthday Integration of hardwareand software
ExtracurricularActivitiesWays student apply engineering outside of class
Collaboration with NBPD Computer Science Clubdeveloped timing device forforensic video processing Determine actual frame rate ofsurveillance cameras Used successfully in three cases
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All engineering students must pursue an internship for 5-10 days within their senior year. This internship is usually in the mechanical field, and students will reach out to companies in order to secure their internship. Some internships students have done in the past include: Rutgers Research Internship NJIT Research Internship NASA
