CECIL COUNTY, Maryland - The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command participated in another year of Career Blast event at Cecil College March 17 to 19 in support of cultivating future Science, Technology, Engineering and Math professionals.
Cecil College hosted approximately 500 eighth-grade students from Cecil County middle schools to highlight possible career fields such as business, health care, performing and visual arts, public service and STEM.
Students participated in three different sessions, each lasting 20 minutes during the three-day event.
David Will, ATEC mechanical engineer for Aberdeen Test Center, briefed the group of students, encouraging them to explore non-traditional STEM careers.
"ATC's goal at the Career Blast was to familiarize students with careers in engineering," Will said.
Will demonstrated various aspects of Hovercraft technology, including applications, principles of operation, and Newton's First Law of Motion.
Ben Losoya, eighth-grade student participant from Perryville Middle School, took away real-life lessons from the content presented that day.
Losoya expressed excitement in learning how Newton's First Law of Motion applies to everyday lives and raw materials are used in technology, like a Hovercraft.
After the presentation, Will introduced the Hovercraft and demonstrated its functions and operations, as students had the opportunity to take a quick ride.
"This hovercraft lifts you about three inches off the ground which helps reduce friction, allowing one to glide over many surfaces," Will said. "When I switch on the fan, air will be forced underneath the hull and pressurized, creating a high-pressure region, or cushion of air, for the hovercraft to glide on."
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