As students search for potential careers, Old Rochester Regional High School continues to provide presentations, pamphlets, and seminars for the curious. On April 16, Julia Nojeim, a junior, held an engineering presentation for those interested in the field of engineering.

“I’ve been interested in engineering, and I was elated to put this together to further both my own knowledge and the knowledge of other high school students about engineering,” said Nojeim.

Attendees included: Rick Charon, a civil engineer for Charon Associates; Gus Flaherty, an application and test design engineer for Nye Lubricants; Jamie Glydon, a packaging engineer for Ocean Spray; David Sauerbrey, a mechanical engineer for Titleist; Sandra Russell, a chemical engineer for Ocean Spray; and Dave Romano, a software engineer for Intel.

Each provided a 10-minute presentation for students on different types of engineering.

“I hope these students take the time to think about their career wish instead of focusing on required classes… To explore the opportunities,” said Russell.

She has been working at the Ocean Spray corporate offices in Lakeville for two years now. Russell brought along a slide show, filled with information based on her everyday tasks at Ocean Spray.

“I just want to help students bring engineering to life!” she said.

Engineering teacher, Tom Norris, said the event was better attended than expected considering it was a first for the school.

“The engineering symposium was a huge success. I was surprised at the number of engineers who volunteered time from their busy schedules to share their experiences with us. We also had over 50 students in attendance for the symposium.” said Norris, “Julia was the project manager and organized the entire event. I acted as a resource and took care of the ancillary logistics.”

Along with Nojeim, senior Samantha Allair helped spread the word for the event.

“Samantha was our P.R. person, who designed and created our wonderful engineering poster which was on display in the art department corridor,” Norris said. “Both Julia and Samantha went above and beyond my expectations.”

Following this year’s success, the ORR engineering program may host another presentation next year for the freshman class and other interested students.