Thursday, July 25, 2013

CHS Instructor participates in NI Week activities


Every year, National Instruments holds an event named NI Week.  The week features companies and colleges from all over the world coming to Austin, TX to collaborate and learn more about National Instruments and LabVIEW. 




NIWeek delivers technical networking and instruction with interactive sessions by NI R&D engineers and guest lecturers; targeted industry summits; hands-on workshops; exhibitions on the latest advancements in design, research, and test; and keynote presentations from leading technology thought leaders. Past presenters include Dr. Neil Gershenfeld of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, Dr. Michio Kaku of City College of New York, and the late Tim Samaras of Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers. Attendees include engineers, scientists, and executives from organizations such as Boeing, CERN, John Deere, ST-Ericsson, and UC Berkeley.





National Instruments recently created a program called the “NI Elite Educator.”  Mike Yakubovsky was selected to be included in the program this past spring.  The Elite Educator program allows CHS and the STEM Academy to be recognized within an industry leader.  We will be able to collaborate with other schools and universities to expand the opportunities of our learners as well as get to test out new products from NI.




At NI Week, Mike will be giving a presentation highlighting some of the amazing work our learners are doing at CHS as well as how they are using LabVIEW and NI hardware.  Additionally, there will be professional development and networking opportunities.  NI is also offering the chance for the Elite Educators to beta test a new product being introduced this year.