First CyberPatriot program team in middle Tennessee recognized

From left, Coffee County High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets Sam West, Dawson Carlton and Steve Messick use laptops provided by Arnold AFB’s STEM program to train for an upcoming CyberPatriot V competition. (Photo provided)

First CyberPatriot program team in middle Tennessee recognized

From left, Cameron Liner, an Air Force data acquisition and instrumentation engineer with AEDC’s Test and Base Communications Branch and CyberPatriot mentor, Jere Matty, AEDC STEM educational outreach specialist, Lt. Col. Philip Bailey, AFJROTC SASI CyberPatriot coach, and AFROTC cadets Matt Slack, Clayton Whitt, Dawson Carlton, Robert Damron, Sam West and James Moore, AEDC Commander Col. Raymond Toth and Michael Glennon, AEDC’s technical director of engineering and technical management and CyberPatriot mentor gathered recently to recognize middle Tennessee’s first CyberPatriot high school team. CyberPatriot V was established by the Air Force Association. The Northrop Grumman Foundation is the sponsor for the 5th phase of the program, CyberPatriot V. The organizations founding partners are the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and the Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security (CIAS) at the University of Texas-San Antonio. (Photo provided)

Franklin County High School partners with Arnold Engineering Development Complex on a building project

(left to right) Franklin County High School instructor, Jerry Venson, talks with Aerospace Testing Alliance General Manager, Steve Pearson and AEDC Commander, Col. Raymond Toth after a ceremony in which FCHS gave AEDC leadership tables students built for AEDC’s educational outreach program. (Photo by Jackie Cowan)

Franklin County High School partners with Arnold Engineering Development Complex on a building project

Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander, Col. Raymond Toth (left) gives a special coin to students at Franklin County High School to congratulate them on a job well done. (Photo by Jackie Cowan)

AEDC volunteers build and launch rockets at Polly Crockett Festival

Arnold Engineering Development Complex volunteers recently assisted youth from surrounding counties in building and launching rockets at the 30th Annual Franklin County Polly Crockett Festival. The young people who constructed the rockets out of a straw, paper and clay, dropped a weighted piston in a cylinder to compress the air, which provided the force to launch the straw rocket. They aimed the rocket by controlling the angle-of-launch tube attached to the base which can change the rocket’s trajectory. The young volunteers determined the distance by the amount of pressure applied in the cylinder.

AEDC volunteers build and launch rockets at Polly Crockett Festival

Arnold Engineering Development Complex volunteers recently assisted youth from surrounding counties in building and launching rockets at the 30th Annual Franklin County Polly Crockett Festival. The young people who constructed the rockets out of a straw, paper and clay, dropped a weighted piston in a cylinder to compress the air, which provided the force to launch the straw rocket. They aimed the rocket by controlling the angle-of-launch tube attached to the base which can change the rocket’s trajectory. The young volunteers determined the distance by the amount of pressure applied in the cylinder.