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Inspiring,

                                       teaching,


                        motivating the



                     new aerospace


                                   generation



          by Larry Grooms               Andrea plans to graduate in the fall of
          special to Aerotech News      2022 with a Bachelors of Mechanical
                                        Engineering.
           At the end of a glamorous evening   Caleb Epps, recipient of the 2021
          with world-famous, record-breaking   William J. “Pete” Knight Scholarship,
          and brilliant, bold experimental test   is an AV College graduate with three
          pilots,  the  Flight  Test  Historical   Associates  of  Science  degrees  in
          Foundation was, as is said, “All about   Electrical Engineering, Physics and
          the kids.”                    Mathematics. A junior in the same
           Audience applause was the loudest   CSLB-AVE Engineering Program, he
          and longest for two college scholarship   expects to graduate with a Bachelors
          recipients and special recognition   of Electrical Engineering in 2022.
          for the young girls pioneering the   Following internships with several
          STARBASE 2.0 experience underway   Antelope Valley companies, Caleb
          at Edwards AFB.               was hired in June of this year as a
           Marie Fullerton, widow of the late   Stratolaunch avionics intern.                                                                     Courtesy photograph
          test pilot and Space Shuttle astronaut C.                   Young rocketeers blasting off from Edwards STARBASE 2.0 are, from left, Annahy Torres, Savannah Bailey, Johanna
          Gordon Fullerton, formally presented   Leading STEM education  Marquez and Carolina Rivas.
          the $2,000 Memorial Scholarship for   Southern California’s Aerospace
          2019 to Andrea Arias, a junior in the   Valley region is setting the pace for
          Cal State University Long Beach-  an  early  start  in  introducing  next   Gathering of Eagles, a new iteration of   Rivas were introduced for an Edwards   to  compete  in  the  All-American
          Antelope Valley Engineering Program,   generations to the possibilities opened   the STEM movement was introduced.   STARBASE 2.0 innitiative, under the   Rocketry Challenge, an opportunity to
          A sum cum laude graduate of Antelope   by  learning  science,  technology,   Four early to middle years high school   direction of Amira Flores, and which   design, build and launch model rockets
          Valley College’s Associates in Science   engineering and math (STEM).  girls,  Annahy  Torres,  Savannah   began in July. Working in teams of   while learning to solve engineering
          Degree in Mechanical Engineering,   At this year’s community-based   Bailey, Johanna Marquez and Carolina   four, the young women are preparing   problems.



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