NgoJulayi 14, u-Ellicott wabamba uhambo lwensimu yabafundi bezikole eziphakathi eBaltimore City ngokubambisana nohlelo lwasehlobo lweMorgan State University, olwethula abafundi abancane ngemiklamo esizwa ngamakhompiyutha (CAD).
Hlanganisa uSolwazi J. Kemi Ladeji-Osias, Ph.D., Dept. we-Electrical and Computer Engineering, kanye nozakwabo uLaDawn Partlow, bavakashele i-Ellicott kanye nabaqeqeshi babafundi njengengxenye Uhlelo Lokufunda Olusha lweVerizon lwabesilisa Abancane.
UPaul Quinn, ongumthengisi weVP, wethule izitshudeni kule ndawo, echaza ngokwenzayo nokuthi zisebenza kanjani. Isethulo nevidiyo emfushane inike amandla abafundi ukuthi bakwazi ukukhomba izingxenye zezakhiwo, ezinjengomsiki, lapho befika egcekeni lokukhiqiza.
Ngemuva kwesithombe seqembu (phambi kwe-Ellicott 670 dredge elungiselelwe ukuthunyelwa), abafundi bahlukana baba ngamaqembu amancane futhi bazungeza ngeziteshi eziyisithupha: Ukukhiqiza IYadi, Isitolo Esikhulu, iHhovisi Lokuvakasha - Umlando, iDredge Simulator, iSolidworks 3D-Drafting Techniques, kanye I-FEMAP / Ukuhlaziywa Kwesakhiwo.
Uhambo kanye nama-demos kube nethonya elikhulu ekuthinteleni abafundi ukuthi babone ukuxhumana phakathi kokuxeliswa kwe-3D nokuqanjwa. UDkt Ladeji-Osias uphawule ukuthi lolu hambo lwensimu lunikeze abafundi ithuba lokufunda kabanzi ngamakhosi angahle bawenze kwezobunjiniyela nasekubumbeni.