MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Civil Air Patrol cadets from across the country converged this week upon the Middle Tennessee State University campus to participate in national-level science and engineering academy hosted by the College of Basic and Applied Sciences.
The 31 youths are part of the U.S. Air Force volunteer civilian auxiliary’s National Cadet Engineering Technology Academy, also known as E-Tech, which MTSU has hosted since 2017. The 31 cadets, selected through a competitive process, hail from as near as Tennessee and as far away as Hawaii, Minnesota, Iowa and Texas — and even one from Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Five additional cadets and six adult members are attending as staff.
“E-Tech is a fantastic exposure to all the different technical departments across the university — with lots of hands-on fun,” said Cadet Capt. Seth Damsgard of…
