AEDC to host students during National Engineers Week

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  • By Deidre Ortiz
  • AEDC/PA
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. --  Students from the area will once again be teaming up with AEDC engineers to experience work environments and participate in weeklong competitions during National Engineers Week, Feb. 19-25.
Engineers from AEDC and throughout the local region volunteer their time to assist with mentoring opportunities and activities geared toward engineering concepts.

Engineers Week will begin with the MathCounts® competition Jan. 28 at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. The competition is a local event where the winners were combined into a team that will compete at the state level and possibly at the national level. Students in seventh and eighth grades from Bedford, Coffee, Franklin and Lincoln counties compete in these events, which challenge mathletes to solve problems.

A Student Design Competition will be held Feb. 21 at UTSI for high school students in tenth through twelfth grades from seven counties. Teams consist of two people and prizes are awarded to the top three highest scoring teams.

Engineer for a Day is scheduled for Feb. 22 at AEDC, which will give high school eleventh and twelfth grade students the opportunity to tour the Complex and some of its facilities, as well as spend time with an engineer mentor in an area of their particular interest.

The final event of the week is the Engineers Week Banquet on Feb. 23 at the Motlow House, where students and mentors will celebrate the accomplishments of engineers and students. This year’s guest speaker will be Dr. Chris Cotting, staff advisor of the Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Local organizations offering assistance with Engineers Week include
the Tullahoma Chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers, the Highland Rim Chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Tennessee section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, the Project Management Institute and the AEDC Science Technical Engineering and Math Program.

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