High School Students Explore Careers
at Ferris State’s aCADemy

The University’s CAD and Manufacturing aCADemy is a hands-on program designed to encourage students in grades 9 through 11 to explore careers in the manufacturing sector. A total of 31 Michigan high-school students attended last summer.

The students learned 3-D solid modeling to design tools and a model dragster, then rapid-prototyped their racecar designs and tested them in the Mechanical Engineering Department’s wind tunnel. Participants also learned how welding aids in the manufacturing of products, and how plastic components are produced using a variety of processes. Team-building and problem-solving skills were developed on Ferris State’s ropes course.

Other activities included building pop bottle rockets, and in the Manufacturing Tooling portion students programmed CNC machines and used a variety of equipment to produce small parts.

Several students received scholarships through Ferris’ Tech Prep Partnership as well as through their home schools.

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