PARSIPPANY — Parsippany Hills High School and Morris County School of Technology are proud to congratulate three graduating seniors, who will be the first students completing the EDAM program at the County College of Morris. The EDAM program, Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing, prepares students for an engineering career through computer applications, cutting edge technology, graphics, drafting, and prototyping. Eli Davis, Robert Murphy, and Nathaniel Petricca represent Parsippany Hills High School, which happens to have the largest graduating class of the MCST/EDAM program of all the High Schools across Morris County. Parsippany Hills also has two more students representing the program as eleventh graders, Mark Maddox and Randall Rosado, for a total of five students in the program.
Shari Castelli, counselor at Morris County School of Technology reports, “The three students are in the first class to complete the program so they have been pioneers, willing to take a risk on something new. The students were on the ground floor of the NASA HUNCH program and have been able to both manufacture parts for the International Space Station and design objects to be used by astronauts on the International Space Station. These students were able to earn 32 college credits through the program, and possibly more.”
Nathaniel Petricca, “This was a great opportunity to get college experience, authentic working experiences, and exposure to different ways of being taught.” The boys report that they are currently working on a variety of nuts, bolts, screws, sleeves, and hinges will be used as parts for more equipment on the International Space Station.
