New Visions Engineering Students Get Hands-On at RIT

AI generated; reviewed and edited by Deanna S. Carlin

Thirteen high school seniors from the New Visions Engineering program at Greater Southern Tier BOCES traveled to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for a day of hands-on learning in the university's advanced engineering labs.

The group toured RIT's Toyota Production Systems Lab, Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Lab, Machine Shop, and Semiconductor Nanofabrication Lab, getting a close look at the tools and processes used in modern manufacturing and microelectronics. In the Toyota lab, students put their problem-solving skills to the test by assembling a 3D-printed Minion, first without instructions and then with. In the Nanofab lab, Dr. Parsian Katal Mohseni, associate professor of microelectronic engineering, led students through cleaving a silicon wafer, the process of breaking it into smaller pieces used in electronic components.

Program instructor Emily Carney organized the visit, giving students a firsthand look at university-level research and the career paths open to future engineers.