Welcome back to school! In this issue, you’ll find the tools to help your students explore…assess…and experience engineering! From an inspiring story about Sara Depaula and her quest to become a mechanical engineer to a fun hands-on activity where momentum and collisions help bring mechanical engineering to life, you will experience first-hand how engineering is all around you. Enjoy!

	What do Engineers Do? Mechanical Engineering Take a look around you! Chances are a mechanical engineer is responsible for virtually everything you see or use during the course of your day. In fact, if something moves or uses energy, a mechanical engineer was probably involved in its design or production. Explore ...
	Extreme Engineer: Sara Depaula Sara suggests that high school students, exploring careers, should participate in programs and competitions [like JETS] that expose you to what engineers do and help you explore engineering. Explore ...

Coming soon: PathAssess… only from JETS. PathAssess is an online tool aligning students’ interests with careers in engineering. Based on the Holland Theory of Vocational Interest and Lent’s Social Cognitive Career Theory, students will receive a customized profile relating their interests to engineering careers they may wish to pursue.

	Hand-On Activity: Bouncing Balls This month's activity provides a means for teaching momentum and collisions in the context of sports engineering. Students will examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces. Experience ...
	JETS Challenge: The Hershey’s Kiss Takes Flight Each Friday JETS posts a new challenge question. Use these challenges to warm up for TEAMS or NEDC competition, in your classroom for extra credit, or at an engineering club meeting. Experience ...

JETS provides programs and resources that help students explore, assess, and experience engineering first-hand. From exciting student competitions to assessment tools and career exploration materials, JETS helps students plan for rewarding futures by showing them how engineering can help them pursue their dreams.

Visionary Sponsors CH2M Hill Motorola Foundation NISH Rockwell Collins S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation Shell United Engineering Foundation U.S. Army Research Office

Discovery Sponsors Bechtel Group Foundation Solid Works   Explorer Sponsors Tyco Electronics