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  • AEDC continues important role in America's space program

    Next week's 2012 Tennessee Space Week (TSW) (Jan. 22-28) will provide students an opportunity to learn of Tennessee's contribution to space exploration and, more specifically, the impact of Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) on the U.S. space program.A proud legacyAEDC provides essential

  • AEDC to again participate in Relay for Life

    Plans are already being made for the 2012 Relay for Life, and Commander Col. Michael Brewer has approved Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) participation in the fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, according to Dee Wolfe, education and training specialist at AEDC and coordinator

  • AEDC’s Peggy Gray knows the time is right

    After a career spanning more than 30 years, Peggy Gray, AEDC's deputy director of financial management (FM) and comptroller, said the time for her to retire has arrived. Gray's decision didn't come without some soul searching, but in the end the answer came to her quietly but clearly, just like

  • National Engineering Week: Why math counts

    As a journalist, my professional need for math is relatively limited, especially with some of the newest computational tools that are available.And trust me, my math skills are limited. My father was a physicist and astronomer and my sister has a doctorate in geology and is a college science

  • AFMC to observe American Heart Month in February

    February is American Heart Month and a good time to educate ourselves on how to prevent heart disease. Cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, is the number one cause of death for men and women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control, every 25 seconds an

  • Largest engine undergoing testing at AEDC's C-2 test cell

    A test recently conducted in AEDC's Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility C2 test cell on a Rolls-Royce Trent XWB (Extra Wide Body) engine set a new record at the world's largest and most advanced flight simulation facilities located in middle Tennessee.According to Rolls-Royce officials and those

  • Local engineering organizations to host annual National Engineer Week events

    This year's celebration of National Engineers' Week will take place Feb. 21-23. Local area activities will include a student design competition, an engineer-for-a-day program and a banquet. These activities are sponsored by the Tullahoma chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers

  • Team at Tunnel 9 tackles NASA heat shield test

    In May 2011, NASA formally announced that the Orion crew capsule is the spacecraft that will carry humans back into deep space.Before Orion is ready for crewed missions to an asteroid and Mars, aerothermal testing is being conducted at AEDC's Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 on a 4-percent scale model of

  • Tunnel 9's Susan Drinnon enjoys helping others

    "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world." William Shakespeare Whether at work or afterwards, a consistent theme in Susan Drinnon's life is the pleasure she derives from helping others.Drinnon, a computer scientist/system administrator for AEDC's Tunnel 9

  • AEDC’s 2011 economic impact exceeds $630 million

    Arnold Engineering Development Center's (AEDC) economic impact - which includes AEDC and its remote operating locations - the Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 at White Oak in Silver Spring, Md., and the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex at Moffett Field, Calif. - was $633.8 million for fiscal 2011.