Valley students get down to business at 3-D camp

YOUNGSTOWN — A pilot program for high school engineering students went better than expected as camp organizers hope to take the program into

Mahoning Valley schools.

Today was the final day of Biz 3D, hosted by the Youngstown Business Incubator and Youngstown State University, for 13 area high school students. Participating were students from Youngstown, Boardman, Niles, Warren and Warren John F. Kennedy High School.

The goal of the five-day program, housed in the classroom of America Makes, 236 W. Boardman St., was to explain to students how business and 3-D printing intertwine, with students designing something and also producing a business plan.

“At first, I thought it was mostly going to be the 3-D aspect of it and not as much business as it was,” said Victor Tenorio, a 15-year-old Chaney Campus junior. “What really surprised me is how much work and how much time that you really have to put in for a really unique and really good business plan.”

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