Successful MathCounts competition sets stage for STEM educational, career opportunities

From left, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander, Col. Raymond Toth with West Middle School’s Kelsi Burt, second place individual winner. (Photo provided)

Successful MathCounts competition sets stage for STEM educational, career opportunities

From left, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander, Col. Raymond Toth with West Middle School’s Morgan Anderson, first place individual. (Photo provided)

Successful MathCounts competition sets stage for STEM educational, career opportunities

From left to right eighth graders William Kuebitz, Spencer Baxter, Andrew Mares and Kathryn Brosemer and Trent Stout, coach, pose with AEDC Commander Col. Raymond Toth after the East Middle School team earned first place in the local 2013 MathCounts competition held Feb. 16 at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. (Photo provided)

AEDC outside machinist Ricky Taylor loves the ride

Ricky Taylor, an ATA outside machinist at AEDC’s Engine Test Facility (J-Side Turbine test area), stands by his Harley Davidson Sportster at the beginning of a shift on base. Early last February, he made a commitment to ride his motorcycle to and from work every day for one year, unless safety concerns stood in his way. Recently he successfully reached that goal. (Photo by Philip Lorenz III)

ATA team receives NASA award

The NASA Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment-II (AAFEXII) AEDC team tested NASA’s DC-8 aircraft CFM-56 engines for emissions using a rake positioned behind the right inboard engine. (NASA/Tom Tschida)

ATA team receives NASA award

Pictured left to right are Steven Lepley, machinist; Brad Besheres, machinist; Dr. Robert Howard, AAFEXII project lead engineer; Jennifer Harvey, technical specialist; Roy Carroll, instrumentation specialist; Bob Boswell, test support supervisor (accepting on behalf of the AEDC Model and Machine Shop), Larry Stanford, test support supervisor (accepting on behalf of the AEDC Model and Machine Shop); Danny Catalano, senior associate engineer; and Gary Storey, technology instrument technician. Recipients not pictured are Katie Stephens, engineer/scientist; Brad Winkleman, engineering specialist; and Becky Combs, engineering technician. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

Local students become engineers for a day at AEDC

: Rob Merrill (right), an AEDC engineer and project manager, explains the aerodynamic test process in the complex’s Propulsion Wind Tunnel during a tour for the Engineer for a Day participants. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

Students 'got skills' at the local National Engineers Week Design Competition

Design competition vehicles are displayed during the local National Engineers Week Design Competition. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

Students 'got skills' at the local National Engineers Week Design Competition

Cole Johnson (left) and Jon-Luc Roberts, Grundy County High School students, explain how they made their transport vehicle before they tested it at the local National Engineers Week Design Competition. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

Students 'got skills' at the local National Engineers Week Design Competition

Paul Kelly (left), the National Engineers Week Design Competition coordinator, is shown with third place winners Vincent Caldwell (middle) and Jarred Smith (right) from Shelbyville Central High School. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)

Design of experiments plays a major role in wind tunnel balance calibration at AEDC

This diagram shows the internal strain balance inside an aircraft model where it can measure the aerodynamic forces and moments during a test using DOE. (Illustration provided by Old Dominion University, Va.)

AEDC implements new identification system and base entry procedures

Officer Jim Taylor operates the new Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) as ATA employee MaryBeth Barlow enters the AEDC main gate. The DBIDS scans an individual’s Common Access Card (CAC) or similar DOD credentials when they enter the base security gates. (Photo by Jacqueline Cowan)