CTE Graduate Profile

Jose

, WRRN H[SORULQJ WHFKQRORJ\ P\ ÀUVW \HDU DW *1+6 DQG VSXUUHG an interest in engineering and design. I went to the U niversity of Illinois where I obtained a bachelors in civil engineering and re ceived an offer to work at Boeing as a structures engineer on the 767 wing team. I obtained my masters in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Washington with a concentration in com posite structural materials. I’ve worked in both product devel opment and sustaining production teams where I still use some of the skills I learned in exploring tech, using CAD software and being involved with various manufacturing methods described in exploring tech.

Martinez

Grayslake North High School, Grayslake, IL Lake County

Problem solving and technical communication .

Exploring Technology/CAD

Structural Design Engineer

The manufacturing world is ever expanding and evolving to in clude programming skills and advanced autonomous machines. Any opportunity to learn about advanced manufacturing technology, do so! The demand for future manufacturing tech professionals will be high .

The Boeing Company, Everett, WA

Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Trades

I was really motivated to work with designing machines after doing different CAD projects and CNC projects in my exploring tech class. It put me on a path to prepare for an engineering curriculum .