Department Mission Statement: The Engineering Department serves to expose students to the disciplines and skills necessary to pursue a career in engineering, a field in which women have traditionally been underrepresented. In addition to learning about the many engineering disciplines and exploring college prerequisites for studying engineering, the department gives students an introduction to the types of skills necessary to be successful in a college engineering environment, such as CAD/CAM exposure, and introduction to MatLab programming and the basics of the engineering process through many hands-on projects.

Engineering Department offers the following courses: Complete list of Engineering courses

• Introduction to Engineering
• Honors Pre-Engineering
• Honors Programming: Visual Basic
• Honors Digital Technology

Engineering Department Faculty:

John Lesko
M. Ed., Cleveland State University
B.S., Ohio University
Email: jlesko@sja1890.org

Accomplishments:

• Co-author of the high school math curriculum for the Diocese of Cleveland
  
• Recipient of the Sr. Edith Frantz, CSJ Outstanding Faculty Award

Mary Ellen Foley Scott '76
M.S., University of Notre Dame
B.S., University of Notre Dame
Email: mscott@sja1890.org

Accomplishments:

• Member of the Technology Planning Community, U.S. Department of Education National Assessment of Education Progress (N.A.E.P.)
• Winner of the 2008 University of Notre Dame Aware: Excellence in Education
• Presenter for the University of Notre Dame, "The High School Engineering Experience" First Year Engineering Conference, University of Pittsburgh
• 2002 Ohio Governor's Award for Science Education
  

David Weiss
M.A.T., Kent State University
B.Ch.E., Cleveland State University
Email: dweiss@sja1890.org

Accomplishment:

• Member of SECO and the NSTA

Student Accomplishments:

• "F1 in Schools Challenge” pre-engineering team qualified for National Finals two years in a row (2011 and 2012) and placed 6th nationally in 2011
• Students learned to use IT to learn about physics, aerodynamics, design, manufacture, branding, graphics, sponsorship, marketing, leadership/teamwork, media skills and financial strategy, and apply them in a practical, imaginative, competitive and exciting way

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