Key Leader Development Training : CEP conducted Key Leader Development Training (KLDT) with the academic year Brigade and Regimental leaders. Each respective group was guided by CEP trainers through the process of identifying what traits and actions will help the staffs create a great team. The day ended with experiential team building exercises to put their vision into action.
Chemistry & Life Science AIAD’s at the West Point Mint: Cadet Zachary Livingston ’16 and Cadet Zena Williams ’15 participated in an AIAD in the Assay/Quality Control and the Production/Processing divisions of the Mint. The cadets learned about and participated in many of the essential quality control measures used to handle precious metals. The cadets learned analysis methods which included assaying gold and silver using a fire-assay process and instrumentation, reclamation of gold and silver samples by dissolving in acid, and instrumental measurement of the grain size of metal samples. Cadet Williams met with the Treasurer of the United States, Ms. Rosa Gumataotao Rios and Cadet Livingston participated in the Media Day at the West Point Mint.
ME AIAD with IPERC: Cadet Kevin Zander, Class of 2014, participated in an AIAD with the Intelligent Power & Energy Research Corporation (IPERC). Cadet Zander observed several stages of the SPIDERS program, a computer control system installed in a few military bases that prioritizes energy consumption in order to maintain power in buildings of high tactical importance.