About Maker Lessons

Alex Visakay graduated in 2010 from Northeastern University in Boston Massachusetts. He graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering and through Northeastern's Co-op program a year and a half of professional engineering experience. Alex has worked as an Engineer at small engineering firms in the state of Massachusetts as well as the Department of Public Works.  He also worked for Ritacco Construction in Belleville NJ as a Field Engineer on large heavy highway projects. At these positions he was the lead site engineer on projects that ranged in costs from a few million to 15 million dollars. 

Alex went back to school in 2013 to pursue a masters degree in education at Montclair State University from their iSTEM program. The program focused on inclusive co-teaching in the STEM subject areas with a goal of having both the subject area teachers and special education teachers be competent in teaching STEM to all levels of learners. He graduated with three teaching certifications, Technology Education (1810),  Earth Science (2220), and Students with Disabilities (2475).

Alex has worked at a variety of schools including a behavioral high school and schools in an urban settings. Alex taught many of the technology courses including CAD, Engineering, Architecture, Electricity, Woods, Intro to Technology, and Graphic Communications.  

Alex is a former TSA advisor and been an Skills USA contest creator and judge since 2019. Alex is ADDA certified as well as completing the Onshape Certified Associate exam. 

He is also a member of the NJTEEA (New Jersey Technology and Engineering Educators Association) and ITEEA (International Technology and Engineering Educators Association). 

Sean Trisler is a 2016 graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark College of Engineering. He majored in Engineering Technology Education within the Engineering Technology department.  During his time at NJIT, he worked with the Urban Teacher Education Program at Rutgers University-Newark education department where he secured his Technology Education  (1810) Standard Teaching certificate. 

Sean has worked within a single  school district teaching a variety of technology courses since the Fall of 2016. His course load has included Electricity, Robotics, Woodshop, Intro to Technology, CAD, Engineering, and Architecture. 

Sean has been a Skills USA contest creator and judge of the Technical Drafting competition since the Spring of 2015. He has also been a coach and mentor of several First Tech Challenge Robotics teams in north New Jersey since the Fall of 2017. Sean was a Panel member for the New Jersey Future Educators Conference at Rutgers University-Newark. He was a winner of the Stratasys Lesson Design Contest and has an ADDA (American Design Drafting Association) Certification 

He is also a member of the NJTEEA (New Jersey Technology and Engineering Educators Association) and ITEEA (International Technology and Engineering Educators Association).