Abstract :
Junior Engineering Technical Society - JETS - was launched in 1950 after several years of research and preparation, it was designed to provide for the engineering profession what the 4-H clubs provided for agriculture. Initially known as BETS - Better Engineering Talent for Schools - it did not take long to evolve into JETS, the name that has been used to serve the pre-college engineering community for over fifty years. JETS has, however, respected its heritage through its motto: better talent for engineering. JETS is the only academic program at the high school level (Grades 9-12) that focuses completely on developing "real-life" engineering teamwork and necessary engineering problem-solving skills. JETS is working with more than thirty thousand students and their teachers with programs that are in use throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
Keywords :
electronic engineering education; problem solving; teaching; JETS; Junior Engineering Technical Society; engineering problem-solving skills; engineering teamwork; high school level; pre-college engineering community; teachers; Agricultural engineering; Agriculture; Airplanes; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Portals; Problem-solving; Rivers; Testing;
