Arnold STEM supports MathCounts® competition at UTSI

Winners of the MathCounts® competition Feb. 3 at University of Tennessee Space Institute receive their awards from AEDC Commander Col. Scott Cain. The Arnold Air Force Base Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Outreach Program sponsored five MathCounts® Teams, comprised of a total of 46 students. This competition, which challenges students to solve math problems, is only one of many engineering activities that lead up to National Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24. Winners of the competition will be 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 participated in this recent competition. The event is also sponsored by the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. Pictured left to right are: Kyler Cantrell, St. Andrews-Sewanee School; Jaxon Bennett, East Middle School; D.J. Dillehay, East Middle School; Franklin Zhang, East Middle School; Cannon Emory, East Middle School; Jackson Banks, East Middle School; Garnet Cuello, East Middle School; Alexander Camron, West Middle School; Col. Scott Cain, AEDC Commander. (Courtesy photo)

Arnold STEM supports MathCounts® competition at UTSI

Published Feb. 19, 2018
By Deidre Ortiz
AEDC/PA

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- Winners of the MathCounts® competition Feb. 3 at University of Tennessee Space Institute receive their awards from AEDC Commander Col. Scott Cain. The Arnold Air Force Base Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Outreach Program sponsored five MathCounts® Teams, comprised of a total of 46 students. This competition, which challenges students to solve math problems, is only one of many engineering activities that lead up to National Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24. Winners of the competition will be 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 participated in this recent competition. The event is also sponsored by the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. Pictured left to right are: Kyler Cantrell, St. Andrews-Sewanee School; Jaxon Bennett, East Middle School; D.J. Dillehay, East Middle School; Franklin Zhang, East Middle School; Cannon Emory, East Middle School; Jackson Banks, East Middle School; Garnet Cuello, East Middle School; Alexander Camron, West Middle School; Col. Scott Cain, AEDC Commander. (Courtesy photo)