Stevens Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Technology Education Association (NJTEA) are working as partners to develop the Systems and Global Engineering Project (SAGE). This three-year pilot project will engage high school classes in a relevant systems engineering design project in which they use appropriate methods to design a product or system and then work with other classes across New Jersey and elsewhere to develop, test, and redesign it. Initially four modules will be piloted in 20 selected New Jersey high schools. By the end of the project, it is anticipated that 700 teachers in New Jersey and across the U.S., as well as internationally, will have learned about the Systems and Global Engineering modules and that at least 100 schools will be involved in an extended, intensive Systems and Global Engineering classroom project.

The Edison Venture Fund is providing a $500,000 grant to support the development of the modules for high school engineering and technology students. This project will also benefit from a software donation from Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), in which each participating teacher will receive a license for 300 seats of Pro/Engineer, a professional-grade CAD/CAE software package, as well as appropriate training.