Letter from JETS
Fall is in the air… and what a great time of year for sports! Football, soccer, cross country, volleyball, and tennis, to name a few… are all in full swing. Many others—swimming, wrestling, basketball, gymnastics—are just now gearing up. Quite appropriately this month’s JETS PE Times features SPORTS ENGINEERING. More ...
Coaches Corner — Resources for Educators
JETS is launching the new JETS Clubs this month! Whether you are a student, parent or teacher looking for engineering resources or you run an after school engineering club or are interested in starting one, JETS Clubs is for you!
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Feature Story: Sports Engineering
Sports is big business in the United States and around the world. In the U.S. alone, the sporting goods industry is valued at $50 billion annually, and it's heavily dependent on the development of new products that enhance performance and increase safety.
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Engineering Pathway
The Engineering Pathway Portal to the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) launched this week. The portal provides high-quality teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology and engineering technology — for use by K-12 and university educators.
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Extreme Engineer
Profile: Brad Schweigert, PING, Mechanical Engineer
Brad was good in math and science in high school, but his passion was golf. He would have loved to have been a professional golfer, but toward the end of his high school career he realized that wasn't going to happen. More ...
Hot Topics
This month's hot topic focuses on the design of a new triathlon shoe for athletes. 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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