/news-archive/tag/american-society-for-engineering-education/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:30:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/10/18/srikanth-pidugu/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:30:02 +0000 /news/?p=72379 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock professor visits Capitol Hill]]> Dr. Srikanth B. Pidugu, chair of the Department of Engineering Technology at University of Arkansas at Little Rock and program coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering Technology program, recently visited with legislators to advocate for engineering technology education while attending the Engineering Technology Leadership Institute Oct. 11-12 in Arlington, Va. The is a part of the (ASEE), which serves as the networking center among engineering colleges. Pidugu, who serves as the ASEE鈥檚 campus representative at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, teaches Fluid Power and Mechanics, Applied Thermal Sciences, Thermal System Design, and Computer Aided Design at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. He received a Lockheed Martin grant to participate in the event and promote engineering technology education. 鈥淥ne of the important things we did was to visit legislators to advocate for engineering technology education and share our concerns,鈥� Pidugu said. 鈥淭he broader goal was to potentially help influence policy and expand the awareness of engineering technology programs and our graduates.鈥� Pidugu was teamed with three other professors who met with the staffs of three senators and three members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Pidugu took the lead when the group met with U.S.聽Rep. French Hill’s legislative assistant, Lesley Hill. 鈥淲e used the opportunity to educate them about engineering technology programs and educational concerns from the educators鈥� point of view,鈥� he said. In the top right photo, Dr. Srikanth B. Pidugu, chair of the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, stands outside U.S. Rep. French Hill’s office in Washington, D.C.    ]]> /news-archive/2017/02/16/dean-whitman-meets-with-arkansas-lawmakers-in-washington/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:41:56 +0000 /news/?p=66316 ... Dean Whitman meets with Arkansas lawmakers in Washington]]> Dr. Lawrence Whitman, dean of the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, traveled to Washington, D.C. Feb. 6-8 to meet with members of the Arkansas congressional delegation.聽 Whitman was joined by University of Arkansas College of Engineering Dean John English, Arkansas State University College of Engineering Associate Dean Paul Mixon, and Arkansas Technical University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Neal Barlow. The deans, along with engineering deans from across the country who are members of the Engineering Deans Council of the, heard from U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, who is also an engineer. The group also met with U.S. Sen. John Boozman, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, U.S. Rep. French Hill, and the staff of U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford and U.S. Rep. Steve Womack. During the trip, the group thanked the congressmen for their support of federal research dollars for Arkansas educators and researchers, and described how research impacts the state and country. Whitman pointed out and provided examples as to how that research improves the classes that students take for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The group also discussed upcoming legislation, K-12 education, the federal budget, and federal funding for research and development, Whitman said. In the upper right photo, Dean Whitman and three Arkansas engineering deans meet with U.S. Rep. French Hill. Pictured from left to right are Dean English, Associate Dean Paul Mixon, U.S. Rep. French Hill, Dean Lawrence Whitman, and Dean Neal Barlow.]]>