| NI 10th Annual Educator's Day Focuses On 'Do Engineering'
National Instruments (NI)
along with NICE (Nurturing Innovation and Creativity in Education)
Committee recently hosted the 10th Annual Educator's Day 2011-- an
academic platform for science and engineering professors. The two-day
event witnessed participation of around 1,000 students, professors,
scholars and eminent academicians across the country. It focused on the
need to 'Do Engineering', which plays a pivotal role in enabling
students and teachers on the effective use of technology in education.
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In the keynote, Jeff Kodosky, NI Business and
Technology Fellow, co-founder and Father of LabVIEW, focused on the
importance of using the graphical system design approach to solve
today’s grand challenges for a sustainable future and on the relevance
of LabVIEW, as one of the most intuitive programming environment
available for engineers and scientists. Addressing the professors, he
emphasised on the importance of teaching 'Do Engineering' to the
students, which will in turn accelerate productivity, innovation and
discovery.
Speaking at the event, Jayaram Pillai, managing director, IndRA (India, Russia and Arabia), National Instruments said, "Engineers should focus on core engineering, which has an immense potential for growth, like IT. With this platform, we are inspiring engineers to 'Do Engineering' rather than 'Learn Engineering'. He spoke about India's Vision 2020 and how we need engineers and scientists to be ready to solve future challenging problems. He further added, “This is only possible with the continuous support of professors to encourage students to Do Engineering and also students should stay true to their core engineering concepts and focus on higher education.”
This year, the discussions were focused around a wide range of next-generation embedded technologies including design track, green engineering, teaching embedded systems, robotics and mechatronics, nanotechnology and more to emphasise the importance of graphical system design.
Speaking at the event, Jayaram Pillai, managing director, IndRA (India, Russia and Arabia), National Instruments said, "Engineers should focus on core engineering, which has an immense potential for growth, like IT. With this platform, we are inspiring engineers to 'Do Engineering' rather than 'Learn Engineering'. He spoke about India's Vision 2020 and how we need engineers and scientists to be ready to solve future challenging problems. He further added, “This is only possible with the continuous support of professors to encourage students to Do Engineering and also students should stay true to their core engineering concepts and focus on higher education.”
This year, the discussions were focused around a wide range of next-generation embedded technologies including design track, green engineering, teaching embedded systems, robotics and mechatronics, nanotechnology and more to emphasise the importance of graphical system design.
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