500+ Elementary Students Will Participate in SAE International’s AWIM Jet Toy Competition Next Week at Cobo Center in Detroit
DETROIT (PRWEB) April 01, 2014 -- More than 500 elementary school students from Detroit area schools will participate in the 8th Annual A World In Motion® (AWIM) International Jet Toy Competition, Wednesday, April 9 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Hall B (Macomb Hall), Cobo Center, Detroit.
The International Jet Toy Competition, which is hosted by SAE International and sponsored by Johnson Controls, BOSCH, Kia, TRW and Pure Michigan, set up as a friendly competition where students (in Engineering Design Teams of 4) compete in distance, accuracy, weight carrying and timed events.
The schools scheduled to participate include:
• Anderson District 3 Starr Elementary
• Anderson One School District Wren Elementary
• Arch Diocese of Detroit St. Edith Elementary
• Arch Diocese of Detroit St. Michael-Livonia
• Detroit Public School District Bunche Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Golightly Education Center
• Detroit Public School District Harms Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Hutchinson Elementary/Middle
• Detroit Public School District Carver STEM Academy
• Detroit Public School District Emerson Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Gompers Elementary/Middle
• Detroit Public School District Mann Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Munger Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Thirkell Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Cooke Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Mackenzie Elementary
• Detroit Public School District Greenfield Union Elementary/Middle
• Fox Point-Bayside School District Bayside Middle School
• Livonia Public Schools Cooper Upper Elementary
• National Heritage Academy Canton Achieve Charter Academy
• Plymouth Canton Community Schools Smith Elementary
• Plymouth Canton Community Schools Bird Elementary
• School District of Pickens County Forest Acres Elementary
• South Redford School District Addams Elementary
• South Redford School District Fisher Elementary
For more information about the 8th Annual A World In Motion® (AWIM) International Jet Toy Competition, visit http://www.awim.org/events/jettoy_challenge/.
For more information about the SAE 2014 World Congress, visit http://www.sae.org/congress/; to request press credentials, call 1-724-772-8522 or email pr(at)sae(dot)org.
SAE International is a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for the engineering profession. By uniting over 138,000 engineers and technical experts, we drive knowledge and expertise across a broad spectrum of industries. We act on two priorities: encouraging a lifetime of learning for mobility engineering professionals and setting the standards for industry engineering. We strive for a better world through the work of our philanthropic SAE Foundation, including programs like A World in Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series™.
Shawn Andreassi, SAE International, http://www.sae.org, +1 (724) 772-8522, [email protected]
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