Project Lead The Way
Project Lead the Way is a national not-for-profit organization established to help schools give students the knowledge they need to excel in high-tech fields. Studies of PLTW’s curriculum have proven that PLTW students become the kind of prepared, competent, high-tech employees U.S. industry needs to stay competitive in the global market.
The goal is to increase the number, quality, and diversity of engineers and to offer students the chance to find out if engineering is the career for them before spending thousands of dollars in college!
So . . . take this opportunity to better prepare yourself for college, learn in a hands-on environment, and explore the field of engineering.
Engineering Design
You will progress from sketching simple geometric shapes to applying a state-of-the-art solid modeling computer software package to projects you will create. You’ll learn the problem solving design process and how it is used in the real world to create the products and structures you see in daily life.
TODD ALKIRE, Instructor
330 497 5620 ext 1057 |
LAUREN MAXWELL, Instructor
330 497 5620 ext 1062
Engineering Principles
The second course explores various technology systems and manufacturing processes. You will build on skills you learned in the IED course to complete several design and engineering projects.
LAUREN MAXWELL, Instructor
330 497 5620 ext 1062
Digital Electronics
This course introduces students to applied digital logic, a key element of careers in engineering and engineering technology. This course explores the smart circuits found in watches, calculators, video games, and computers. Students use industry-standards computer software in testing and analyzing digital circuitry. They design circuits to solve problems, export their designs to a printed circuit auto-routing program that generates printed circuit boards, and use appropriate components to build their designs. Students use mathematics and science in solving real-world engineering problems.
TODD ALKIRE, Instructor
330 497 5620 ext 1057
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
In this course, students will be introduced to all aspects of computer-integrated manufacturing. They will learn about robotics and automation, manufacturing processes, computer modeling, manufacturing equipment, and flexible manufacturing systems.
TODD ALKIRE, Instructor
330 497 5620 ext 1057
Engineering Design & Development
The capstone engineering research course in which students work in teams to research, design and construct a solution to an open-ended engineering problem creating a marketable product.
LAUREN MAXWELL, Instructor
330 497 5620 ext 1062
HOOVER HS CT STAFF
ROBERT WHITE
Associate Principal
330 497 5620 ext 1195
GARY BODENSCHATZ
Career Tech Department Chair
Interactive Media
330 497 5620 ext 1047
TODD ALKIRE
Engineering
330 497 5620 ext 1057
ASHTON MCKELLEY
Construction Technology
330 497 5620 ext 1067
SCOTT COLLES
BioMedical Sciences
330 497 5620 ext 1093
BREA KNIGHT
Medical Technology
330 497 5620 ext 1115
SARAH COVINGTON
BioMedical Sciences
330 497 5620 ext 1096
MIKE GRADY
Business Management
330 497 5620 ext 1068
NICOLE SNIDER
Business Management
330 497 5620 ext 1086
BEN JANCHAR
BioMedical Sciences
330 497 5620 ext 1095
JENNIFER MANION
Teaching Professions
330 497 5620 ext 1061
LAUREN MAXWELL
Engineering
330 497 5620 ext 1062
JOSH BRANCH
Video Productions
330 497 5620 ext 1070
PHIL OGILVIE
Culinary Arts
330 497 5620 ext 1121
NICK PLAZAK
BioMedical Sciences
330 497 5620 ext 1091
TOM WILSON
Coordinator, District Television
Video Productions
330 497 5620 ext 1141