Letter from JETS
With the winter solstice—the darkest day of the year—just a little over a month away, it's fitting to explore illuminating engineering for the November issue of the Pre-Engineering Times. It's often said that you don't really notice lighting unless it isn't working.
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Coaches Corner — Resources for Educators
JETS Clubs launched November 1st! To date we have 775 registered members! JETS Clubs makes all of JETS resources and benefits available to students, parents, teachers and club leaders in a new 'package'.
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Feature Story: Illuminating Engineering
Illuminating engineers design and engineer systems that provide lighting in the built environment—the structures we visit every day—such as schools, offices, theaters, sports facilities, stores, and even bridges and roadways.
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Engineering Pathway
This month's lesson and activity provide students with the opportunity to explore light phenomenon including polarized light, prisms, and lenses. Specifically, The Energy of Light lesson and associated Stations of Light activity provide students with the opportunity to explore light phenomenon.
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Extreme Engineer
Profile: Mitul Parekh, Illuminating Engineer, Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design, Inc. (CBBLD)
Growing up in India, Mitul was always interested in architecture, but was also good at science and math. Based on the reputation of schools, he enrolled in the National Institute of Technology in Calicut, which offered architectural engineering. More ...
Hot Topics
This month's hot topic comes from innovators of Vanderbilt University and focuses on the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that may be able to help energy consumption. More ...
JETS Affiliates help increase awareness of and interest in engineering and technology-based careers to pre-college students, parents, teachers, and school counselors. To learn more about two of JETS Affiliates, click on the logos below.
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