Case Study: Staten Island Technical High School achieves hands-on prototyping and industry-ready engineering skills with 3D Systems

Staten Island Technical High School (SITHS) Turns Classroom Into Simulated Workplace with 3D Printing

Staten Island Technical High School (SITHS) is a selective New York school that immerses 900 aspiring engineers in rigorous technical coursework and real-world design challenges. To make the classroom function like a corporate engineering department, CAD coordinator Frank Mazza needed a way to move students from 3D CAD models to physical prototypes quickly and affordably so students could conduct fit and functional testing and build professional portfolios.

SITHS implemented desktop 3D printing (the ProJet CJP 360/ZPrinter 310) to produce fast, low-cost prototypes overnight. The printers turn student CAD work into tangible models used as teaching aids, portfolio pieces, and community displays, deepening students’ understanding of design, improving CAD skills, and exposing them to industry-standard technology that better prepares them for college and careers.

Staten Island Technical High School

Frank Mazza

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Coordinator