The Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center (NEATEC), based at Hudson Valley Community College, hosts a two-day conference today and Wednesday for educators who are bringing nanotechnology, semiconductor manufacturing and other STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) topics into their curricula.
The conference takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 15 and 16 in the Bulmer Telecommunications Center on the Hudson Valley campus.
Keynote speakers are Dr. John B. King Jr., commissioner of education and president of the University of the State of New York, and Dr. Joseph H. Adair, professor of material science and engineering and bioengineering at Pennsylvania State University. Adair is also associate director of the Penn State Center on Nanomedicine and Materials.
Remarks also will be delivered by Dr. Carolyn Curtis, vice president for Academic Affairs at Hudson Valley Community College; Santosh Kurinec, a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology; and Dr. Abraham Michelen, executive director of NEATEC.
http://www.planetreg.com/NEATECAnnualConference
Published: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:49:36 +0000 by d.gardner