NAE Selects Siston To Attend Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium
Assistant Professor Robert Siston, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will attend the National Academy of Engineering's second Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. The two-and-a-half-day event, to be held December 13-16 in Irvine, California, is designed to provide young educators with an opportunity to share ideas, learn from research and best practice in education, and leave with a charter to bring about improvement in their home institution. The 53 attendees selected to participate were nominated by fellow engineers or deans and chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants. Two additional faculty members from Ohio State were also selected to attend the symposium. Accompanying Siston will be Paul Sivilotti, Associate Professor in Computer Science & Engineering, and Theodore Allen, Associate Professor in Integrated Systems Engineering.
"The Frontiers of Engineering Education program creates a unique venue for engineering faculty members to share and explore interesting and effective innovations in teaching and learning,” said NAE President Charles M. Vest. “We intend for FOEE to become a major force in identifying, recognizing, and promulgating advances and innovations in order to build a strong intellectual infrastructure and commitment to 21st-century engineering education.”
Attendees will focus on ways to ensure that students learn the engineering fundamentals, the expanding knowledge base of new technology, and the skills necessary to be an effective engineer or engineering researcher. “In our increasingly global and competitive world, the United States needs to marshal its resources to address the strategic shortfall of engineering leaders in the next decades,” said Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the chair of the FOEE planning committee. “By holding this event, we have recognized some of the finest young engineering educators in the nation, and will better equip them to transform the educational process at their universities.”
The National Academy of Engineering is an independent, nonprofit institution that serves as an adviser to government and the public on issues in engineering and technology. Its members consist of the nation's premier engineers, who are elected by their peers for their distinguished achievements. Established in 1964, NAE operates under the congressional charter granted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1863.
More information about this honor can be found on the College of Engineering web site.
