Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

Brian Alba

Engineering Student, Virginia Tech (Class of 2005)

High School: Marion Senior High ('01)

Career & Technical Ed. Program Studied: Drafting I & II (at Smyth Career & Technology Center)

Additional Studies/Training: Virginia Tech (B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering)

Designing His Future

Months before college graduation, Brian Alba already had a job waiting for him as a Process Design Analyst. He attributes that opportunity in large part to the CTE Drafting classes he took in the 11th and 12th grades. After his junior year of high school, Brian got a summer internship with an architectural firm—which in turn led to an internship with a cabinetry manufacturer. “All my future jobs sprang from the drafting experience I gained in my CTE classes. Had I not taken drafting, I would not have gotten the internships … or the experience … that made me ‘recruitable’ for post-graduation jobs.”