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Course Overview
New Visions Engineering mission is to provide a pre-college engineering experience that authentically explores engineering processes and practices, reveals the scope of engineering endeavors, highlights the impact engineers have on society and prepares participants for an undergraduate engineering program. This innovative and exciting New Visions opportunity is hosted in the Materials Science and Engineering department at Cornell University. The classroom is in Thurston Hall, overlooking the engineering quad. The location and available resources allows high-achieving high school students from the TST BOCES districts to explore various engineering careers and the possibilities that they bring.
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Successful New Visions Engineering Program candidates must have a strong background in math and science, and a keen desire to integrate the two subjects. Students must be ready and willing to understand that math is a tool that can be applied to solve a problem in physics, and that physics is simply a mathematical way to explain the world around us. That is, it’s real life explained by numbers instead of words. Students should also understand that failure is one of the most powerful learning tools around, and recognize that the right answer is almost never found on the first try. Students should not be discouraged by the hard work necessary to realize that biology, physics, math, chemistry and art do not exist in a vacuum; rather, they all must be used together to achieve a common engineering goal.
Students should be excited, motivated and above all else, be ready to have fun. This program will encourage students to gain the knowledge necessary to make themselves better engineers. |
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Engineering Curriculum
The program has five basic curricular components:
- Concurrent-enrollment physics through Tompkins-Cortland Community College. The course is PHSC 211, which is the first in a series of three, calculus-based physics courses that are required for all SUNY engineering majors. The course covers mechanics and heat.
- Engineer Your World, which is a program developed by the University of Texas at Austin. The curriculum revolves around a series of engineering design challenges that students must solve in order to develop strong design and engineering skills. Link: https://engineeryourworld.org/
- Engineering experiences. The course involves frequent (e.g. weekly) trips to labs on campus, as well as local engineering firms. Previous trips have included: Corning, Lockheed Martin, Incodema 3D, Cornell Lakesource Cooling, Copper Horse Coffee, and many others.
- Lab Work. Students will have the opportunity to take on a small slice of a graduate student’s project in order to discover what academic research is like in the engineering fields. Students will present their work at a symposium at the end of the year.
- Integrated English, Participation in Government, and Economics courses. The program views all of these subjects through the lens of engineering to make sure that students have the chance to become not only excellent practitioners in their field, but well-rounded citizens who can actively participate in a vibrant democracy
Examples of
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• Aerospace Engineering
• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering |
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Materials Science |
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College Concurrent
Enrollment Credits
Tompkins-Cortland Community College Concurrent Enrollment PHSC 211 - Physics I: Mechanics and Heat (4 credits) University of Texas at Austin Concurrent Enrollment Engineer Your World – 3 credits in Engineering |
College Opportunities:
New Visions Engineering students are accepted at a
wide range of top colleges and universities, including:
wide range of top colleges and universities, including:
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• Cornell University
• Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) • Binghamton University • University of Buffalo • University of Rochester • Clarkson University • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
• Stony Brook University
• Alfred University, SUNY College of Ceramics • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) • Hofstra University • Syracuse University |
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Dave Syracuse
New Visions Engineering Teacher Dave Syracuse grew up near Buffalo, NY and attended Ithaca College where he received a B.A. in Biology Education. He went on to SUNY Cortland to earn his M.S.Ed. in Biology education, and then completed additional master’s-level courses to become dual certified in both Biology and Physics. He enjoys bringing his multi-faceted background into the classroom, where he strives to present a student-centered and energetic curriculum. He understands that the mind of an engineer must be at once nimble, ethical and quick in order to meet with success. He lives with his husband in Brooktondale where he enjoys riding his motorcycle, playing the pipe organ and tying bow ties. |
Testimonials
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Name Bryan Meeker
Alumni year 2018-2019 Home district Newfield College Alfred State, Mechanical Engineering Technology "New Visions Engineering helped me prepare for college better than any program or class ever could. It taught me how to be a student in a more independent environment like college, while also stressing on the importance of being able to work with a team. I was unsure of what type of engineering I wanted to pursue after high school, but the New Visions program gave me a taste of a broad range of engineering to help me in focusing on a career. Currently, I’m entering my fourth semester at Alfred State in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program. I’m here on a full ride scholarship that is paying for my tuition, my room, and even my food. Although I will be here for another two years to finish my bachelors, at the end of this semester I will be able to receive an associates in Engineering Science as well. After I receive my bachelors, I plan on pursuing a masters from a higher pedigree like R.I.T. or Cornell." |
Name: Kade Pawlewicz
Alumni Year 2019-2020 Home District Newfield College SUNY Cortland "The work we did in class directly translates to the work in college. From the derivatives and integrals, to the same physics topics that keep showing up in my work here at Cortland. But not only did the same topics show up, the same styles of work are showing up. In regular high school classes, the learning/teaching is a little different from work at the higher levels. The style of learning, and difficulty of questions at New Visions is very similar to what you would experience in college. Not only is the class enjoyable, it helps prepare you for the future more than most other classes." |
Name Derrick Tomberelli
Alumni year 2018-2019 Home district Ithaca College Embry-Riddle University "It is good to hear from you again. New Visions Engineering was definitely a great experience. The class helped in many ways, especially with group work and project experience. In regards to college life, it also helped develop me more socially as a person and be able to communicate with others as well as become more organized with my time. The memories made however, cannot be compared. It was such an amazing once in a lifetime experience. My time in college has been busy but I have done a lot. I have been a part of a few projects, and became a cofounder of a Trading company, BitJet Corp. but due to COVID-19 sadly ran aground after three months. I also attended the 2020 Keystone Leadership Conference held in Jacksonville, FL last January. As for what I am doing currently, I am active on campus through Embry-Riddle’s Regional Hockey Team, and currently I hold the Vice President of Brotherhood position in my fraternity of Beta Theta Pi." |
