Working directly with customers isn’t something students normally get to experience in high school classes.
When Carlos Aleixo Domingues, now 23, was in high school in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he had no idea what the world of engineering looked like.
Trent Trout, computer integrated manufacturing instructor at Saline High School (SHS) — an SME PRIME (Partnership Response in Manufacturing Education) school — was taken aback recently when his former boss strode into his classroom followed by a group of cheering coworkers.