NI Vice President Explores Converging Complexity, Changing Technology in Engineering Education.AUSTIN, Texas -- Ray Almgren, National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI NATI National Association of Teen Institutes NATI Newfoundland Association of Technical Industries ) vice president of product marketing and academic relations, addressed a worldwide community of engineering educators Oct. 12 at the American Society for Engineering Education's (ASEE ASEE American Society of Engineering Education ASEE American Society of Electrical Engineers ASEE American Society for Ethics in Education ASEE Association of Supervisory & Executive Engineers (Ireland) ASEE Automated Systems Engineering Environment ) fifth annual Global Colloquium col·lo·qui·um n. pl. col·lo·qui·ums or col·lo·qui·a 1. An informal meeting for the exchange of views. 2. An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different lecturer at each meeting. on Engineering Education in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r , Brazil. The colloquium brings engineering educators across the globe together and gives teachers and researchers a unique opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and viewpoints. During his address, Almgren discussed the significant responsibility facing engineering educators who must prepare students for a career in a global, multidisciplinary engineering environment, where corporations are designing and developing products using disparate tools across multiple time zones. He also addressed how global competitiveness and time-to-market needs have positively impacted the quality of students' education by emphasizing design aspects early and throughout their education. Almgren leads the technical marketing operations for National Instruments as well as the company's worldwide academic relations program. Throughout his 18-year career at National Instruments, Almgren has devoted significant effort to enhancing science and engineering education and inspiring students to pursue technical careers. He pioneered many of the company's academic and university relations programs, including the ROBOLAB project, which combines LEGO[R] MINDSTORMS[R] with National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development software to introduce robotics and control in grades K-12. Almgren was also instrumental in the development of the next generation of LEGO robotics, LEGO[R] MINDSTORMS[R] NXT NXT Next , which includes easy-to-use, intuitive software powered by NI LabVIEW. The American Society for Engineering Education, founded in 1893, is a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. of individuals and institutions committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. In pursuit of academic excellence, ASEE develops policies and programs that enhance professional opportunities for engineering faculty members, and promotes activities that support increased student enrollments in engineering and engineering technology colleges and universities. For more information, visit www.asee.org. About National Instruments For 30 years, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has been a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation - a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI (PCI EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1997, PXI uses the CompactPCI 3U and 6U form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement , PXI Express, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , PCI Express, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has 4,000 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past seven years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. department by calling 512-683-5090, e-mailing nati@ni.com or visiting www.ni.com/nati. LabVIEW, National Instruments, NI and ni.com are trademarks of National Instruments. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies. |
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