(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- Celebrating 20 years of its A World in Motion program this year gave the SAE Foundation cause to pause and ask, “What impact have our programs truly had on students, and where are some of those students today?”

Meet Wes Turechek. Turechek was always interested in math and science as a kid and would scour garage sales around his neighborhood looking for things to take apart and put back together. When asked if he remembered participating in SAE International’s A World in Motion program in elementary school, Turechek quickly responds, “That’s the thing I remember most about the fifth grade—building the JetToy.” What a memory to have of your fifth grade experience after more than 15 years.

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