Auburn Faculty Speak at National Academy of Engineering Seminar
Auburn University Thomas Walter Professors P.K. Raju from the College of Engineering and Chetan Sankar from the College of Business showcased the pioneering activities of Auburn's Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE) at the 2005 National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) Dane and Mary Louise Miller Symposium in Indianapolis October 18-19. The theme of the symposium was "Defining Research and Development Opportunities in Engineering Education."
Raju and Sankar, co-directors of LITEE, discussed their use of award-winning multimedia case studies to bring real-world issues into engineering classrooms. Other invitees included faculty from MIT, Stanford, Purdue and the University of California at Berkeley.
"We are pleased that the academy has recognized the outstanding work that Auburn is developing in this area," says Larry Benefield, dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. "It is heartening to see that the work done in Auburn's labs is increasingly being recognized by our peers for its excellence."
Founded in 1964, the NAE provides engineering leadership in service to the nation. It operates under the same congressional act of incorporation that established the National Academy of Sciences, signed in 1863 by President Lincoln. Under this charter, the NAE is directed "whenever called upon by any department or agency of the government to investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art."
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