Welcome to the Ridge High School Engineering Project Page. I invite you to periodically check the site for an interactive experience inside my classroom. I hope you enjoy and comment on our classroom activity posts. You will find projects and activities from the following classes: Architecture, Engineering Design/CAD I & II and Robotics I& II

I am proud to announce that I have been awarded the "2017 ITEEA Teacher Excellence Award".
(International Technology and Engineering Education Association)


Twitter; @MrDotta4tech

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Thursday, June 21, 2018


Congratulations RHS Class of 2018

Ashley George - Texas A&M University - Mechanical Engineering
Matthew Stamatiou - Virginia Military Institute - Mechanical Engineering
Charlie King - University of Maryland - Mechanical Engineering
Robin Heppell - Drexel - Architecture
Evan Kupsch - RIT - Industrial Design
Hitha Santosh - University of CA Berkeley - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Chris Ambrozy - University of Delaware - Engineering
Dylan McCauly - PITT - Civil Engineering
Sean Rhatican - TCNJ - Civil Engineering
Zach Wyman - West Virginia - Mechanical Engineering
Peter DeNicola - PITT - Mechanical Engineering
Andy McGowan - RVCC  - STEM
Maddy Lui - Carnegie Mellon - Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Gene - Rutgers - Biomedical Engineering

Good luck!

Mr. Dotta

Congratulations Class of 2017
Tristan Hinoul - Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison - Mechanical Engineering
John DeNicola - Virginia Tech - Building Construction
Catherine Giuseffi - Arizona State - Industrial Design
Ashley Kang - Univ. of Texas, Austin - Mechanical Eng.
Joe Giusti - Virginia Tech - Civil Engineering
Mandar Badithe - Texas - Aerospace Engineering
Val Post - Lehigh University - Computer Engineering
Carolyn Wang - Lehigh University - Computer Engineering

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Architecture at RHS
Laser Cutter/Engraver, Meets Fine Woodworking and Architectural Design

The folks at the Fellowship Village Retirement Community reached out to us back in September and asked if our Architecture students could build a model of the new wing, which is currently under construction.  Without hesitation we accepted the challenge!  The students have spent a great deal of time working on this incredible model, which is of true professional grade!
  

Thursday, May 31, 2018

2017-2018 Engineering Department ~ Student Excellence Awards


Ashley George - Texas A&M University
Mattew Stamatiou - Virginia Military Institute
Charlie King - University of Maryland 

There are 3 awards being presented to students who have achieved excellence in Mr. Dotta’s Engineering, Architecture and/or Robotics courses.  The recipients have demonstrated outstanding performance, leadership, enthusiasm and devotion towards a career in engineering or architecture.  Each recipient has excelled in their understanding of engineering concepts and has designed and built custom robots, 3D printed mechanisms and laser cut assemblies.

Congratulations!!!