Participant Testimony
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"I came into ACIES building Tesla coils in my backyard with zero formal training. Working in real cleanrooms, using corporate design software, and defending our technical decisions didn't just teach me electronics—it made me feel like a true engineer before even stepping onto a college campus." - Matthew| ·
"Juggling high school, a job, and ACIES took real discipline, but working on real CPU architectures at Aldec made every late hour worth it. It gave me the exact clarity and technical portfolio I needed to commit to Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech." - Angel | ·
"If you like software, ACIES opens up the black box beneath the screen. Writing code and watching logic gates physically synthesize onto a real board changed everything for me—code isn't just abstract logic anymore; it drives physical hardware." - Prag | ·
"If you like software, ACIES opens up the black box beneath the screen. Writing code and watching logic gates physically synthesize onto a real board changed everything for me—code isn't just abstract logic anymore; it drives physical hardware." - Kaia
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"Wiring sensors and programming motor drivers from scratch completely opened up how I see mechanics. Seeing a physical motor react to tiny sensor voltage changes made digital circuit design real for me." - Kaia | ·
"Stepping into a full university cleanroom to process silicon wafers, and then connecting that directly to circuit layouts, gives you a complete picture of modern technology that you simply can't get in a standard high school classroom." - Melia
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