Local students become engineers for a day at AEDC Published March 12, 2013 By Raquel March AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- Local high school students recently had the opportunity to examine the life of an engineer at AEDC through the Engineer for a Day event. Aspiring junior and senior engineers from 13 high schools and a home school organization were invited to participate in the National Engineers Week event. Students took a tour of the complex's ground flight testing facilities and later had the opportunity to shadow a mentor in career fields like aerospace, electrical, civil, mechanical and environmental engineering. Mentors volunteered to speak with 40 students about their careers and answered questions.