IEDEC Announces Program, Focus on Excellence in Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 2, 2012) - The Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference (IEDEC) announced its 2012 program consisting of talks by experts from industry and academia that cover critical issues related to excellence in interdisciplinary engineering design education.

IEDEC convenes on Monday, March 19, 2012, at TechMart, Santa Clara, at 8:15am and concludes with a 7:00pm networking mixer.

Conference Highlights:

Keynote Speeches:

• Developing the OpenCL Ecosystem - Educating about Hardware/Software Co-design
  Manju Hegde, Director of Fusion Experience, AMD
• Digital Signage - Public View of Technology and Social Sciences
  Neeraj Pendse, Director, Interactive Digital Signage Products, TE Connectivity
• The Emergence of Computation for Interdisciplinary Data
  Masoud Nikravesh, Executive Director of CITRIS Program, UC Berkeley

Luncheon & Talk:

• Creation of a Nanoscience Academic Program
  Robert Geer, CNSE VP Academic Affairs & Chief Academic Officer & Professor of Nanoscience

Technical Sessions:

• Training & Teaching Methods
• Virtual Systems
• Interdisciplinary Engineering
• Learning Systems
• Microelectronics Education
• Interdisciplinary Education

IEDEC Awards honor organizations and educators who exemplify excellence in interdisciplinary engineering design education. Nominations are open until February 20, 2012. Please visit http://www.iedec.org/English/ISQED_Society/IEDEC_Awards.html for more information, to submit nominations and to learn about sponsorship opportunities.

About IEDEC
The Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Education Conference (IEDEC) is the premier event committed to excellence in interdisciplinary engineering education and creating interdisciplinary programs and products. Conference attendees include educators, mentors, engineers, managers, researchers, students, as well as representatives from industry and consortiums. IEDEC furthers education in engineering design by improving the quality of engineering designers worldwide.

IEDEC is organized and sponsored by International Society for Quality Electronic Design, and is collocated with the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) and SensorsCon.

For more information and to register, please visit the conference site at http://www.iedec.org.

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