March 9, 2015 - Monster Jam Rocks UTI Campus
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UTI Students pose for a photo with Monster Jam truck driver, Adam Anderson. |
Larger than Life. Enormous. Too cool. That’s how students described the 10,000-pound Grave Digger® monster truck during Universal Technical Institute’s Monster Jam Open House in Orlando.
Nearly 400 local high school students visited campus for a sneak preview of the 12-foot-tall truck with a 1,500-horsepower engine before it powered its way into the annual Monster Jam.
Attendees met Grave Digger® driver, Adam Anderson, and toured UTI-Orlando’s automotive and new diesel technician training facilities.
“Through our partnership with Monster Jam, students are able to see the work we do in the classroom come to life on a massive scale,” said Steve McElfresh, president of UTI-Orlando. “It gives students a glimpse into the kinds of careers that are available in the growing transportation industry, and demonstrates the kind of high-tech training modern service technicians require.”
In addition to getting their hands on Monster Trucks, attendees learned the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in the auto, diesel and manufacturing industries. Activities included running a car on a dynamometer to calculate the power of its engine, building electrical circuits and measuring driveline angles to avoid vibration problems.
The following schools participated:
· Aloma Charter School
· Bartow High School
· Celebration High School
· Durant High School
· Lake Brantley High School
· Lake Placid High School
· Tampa Bay Tech Center
· Wesley Chapel High School
· Wildwood High School
· Zenith Career Center
