Engineering Design

Overview

Engineering Design and Development (EDD) is the capstone course in the PLTW high school engineering program. It is an open-ended engineering course in which students work in teams to design and develop an original solution to a well-defined and justified humanitarian open-ended problem by applying an engineering design process. 

The EDD course of study includes: 

  • Engineering Design Processes

  • Project Management

  • Documenting an Engineering Design Process

  • Teamwork and Professional Skills

  • Problem Identification and Justification

  • Research 

  • Intellectual Property rights

  • Design Requirements

  • Project Proposals

  • Design and Technical Drawings

  • Prototyping

  • Testing a Prototype

  • Documentation & Presenting the Process and Results

Sample Projects  

NOTE:  Please DO NOT request access to the documentation as it will not be provided.  Only students & faculty with a valid MCVSD email account will be able to access the sample project documentation.