Exhibit essential skills required by business and industry in the engineering field.
Communicate effectively through writing, speaking, listening, and reading.
Show appropriate interpersonal skills, punctuality, work habits, ethical behavior, and work-appropriate attire.
Create a resume and digital portfolio and participate in a mock interview.
Connect leadership and teamwork skills from CTSO activities with engineering practices.
Use standard technical knowledge and skills during CTSO activities.
Exhibit leadership and teamwork skills.
Demonstrate effective collaboration in a diverse group to define and solve engineering problems.
Compare and investigate various aspects of jobs in STEM disciplines and the engineering field, including education requirements, job responsibilities, and potential earnings.
Investigate current and future engineering job opportunities.
Analyze positive and negative impacts of engineering on society.
Critique significant contributions of leaders in engineering fields.
Differentiate among engineering, technology, and science.
Identify and discuss the various tools utilized by individuals in STEM disciplines, including engineering.
Apply standard engineering practices and skills to solve problems.
Use a variety of appropriate tools throughout the engineering design process.
Examples: hand tools, power tools, software programs, and other appropriate engineering instruments
Present a research-based solution to an engineering problem in a professional manner.
Use terminology and vocabulary relevant to the field of engineering.
Cite evidence and document the steps in an engineering design process.
Construct an engineering notebook based upon industry standard best practices.
Display clear standard technical knowledge and skills when categorizing and classifying engineering practices.
Record ideas, sketches, calculations, observations, and summaries of activities.
Compare and contrast the methods of creating written and digital portfolios.
Demonstrate the use of analog and digital precision measuring instruments utilized in engineering.
Examples: micrometers, calipers, indicators, rulers, protractors, multimeters, digital data collection devices
Compare and convert between customary and metric measurement systems.
Apply conversion factors of customary and metric measurements.
Perform measurements using significant digits.
Create basic engineering drawings, including sketches and computer-aided designs (CAD).
Produce multi-view sketches and drawings.
Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional appropriate sketches.
Differentiate among components of engineering drawings.
Examples: cross sections, dimensions, line weights
Create models and prototypes using CAD techniques and/or appropriate manufacturing tools.
Utilize real-world STEM principles to investigate a variety of engineering disciplines.
Example: Use project-based learning to investigate and solve problems related to engineering.
Research and investigate engineering challenges in today’s world.
Apply the systems model of input, process, output, feedback, and impact to the engineering design process.
