STEM

With nearly 60,000 employees at production and engineering sites in over 25 countries, Bombardier is in the perfect position to give students valuable training with hands-on learning through their paid internship program. The company announced last week that they have targeted at least 1,000 of these paid internships for the 2020-21 academic year, after providing […]

Now in its eighth year, the 2020 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge offered student teams from more than 80 high schools spanning 35 states the challenge of applying their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to make performance modifications to a Glasair Sportsman airplane using the Plane Maker program inside the X-Plane flight simulator […]

At its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 held on June 11, the Aerospace Center for Excellence at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy in Lakeland, Florida, announced the winners of a roster of scholarships intended to support the students’ continuing study in aviation and STEM fields. The eight scholarships granted totaled $110,000. The leading […]

Calling it a “revolutionary virtual clearinghouse” for all STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) fields, the nonprofit Abingdon Foundation has just launched AbingdonFoundation.org as a means to bring together jobs, for sale items, activities, community events, scholarships, mentorships, educational opportunities, etc. at no cost. Users who visit the site will be able to create […]

Bipartisan legislation, supported by the aviation industry, has been put forth to establish a national aviation center, for the purpose of workforce development and overall promotion of the industry—and make sure that high schools around the country have access to aviation-based STEM curriculums. Senators James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced the legislation, […]

The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) in Lakeland, Florida, is “literally exploding at the seams,” according to ACE officials. Their ultimate mission of STEM-related aerospace education and workforce development continues to add exciting new youth programs that engage over 50,000 students a year through its various learning centers, outreach programs, summer camps, and scholarships. With […]

AOPA’s You Can Fly program—recent winner of the National Aeronautic Association’s Frank G. Brewer Trophy for its work to foster general aviation development—has focused much of its resources on targeting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) coursework at the high school level. To this end, it has executed its fifth annual High School Aviation STEM […]