Posted: May 11th, 2012 TI gives $2.2 million to re-energize introductory electronicscourses at UC Berkeley ( Nanowerk News ) Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced a $2.2million gift to support engineering education at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. The university will use the gift to transformits traditional introductory Electronic Design Laboratory into adynamic learning environment for undergraduate students. "With TI's expanded Silicon Valley research and development base inSanta Clara, this gift represents another step in our commitment tofostering the innovation ecosystem in this region and around theworld," said Gregg Lowe, senior vice president of TI's Analogbusiness. "The gift also dovetails with TI's initiatives toincrease internship opportunities for engineering students. Byengaging students early in their engineering education, we can helpignite lifelong ingenuity and passion for tackling the world'schallenges with analog and embedded processors." UC Berkeley envisions a collaborative environment for engineeringstudents to make things that matter in the Electronic Design Lab,to be renovated using a $2.2 million gift from TI. More than 1,000 students a year gain their first hands-onelectronics experience in the university's Electronic Design Lab,which supports Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits and othergateway electrical engineering courses at UC Berkeley. In thenearby Hacker/Maker space, students work together on projectssolving real-life issues, from automating a dorm room, to creatinga simple, yet fully functional electroencephalograph (EEG). Byrenovating and equipping the aging lab to meet 21st Centurystandards and connecting it to the engineering student lounge andHacker/Maker space, the TI gift will allow students to study in amodern environment that organically cultivates community,collaboration and creativity. The university expects to open therenovated space in Spring 2013. The renovated lab will also connectto the school's Mixed Signals Laboratory, originally funded by agift from National Semiconductor, one of Silicon Valley's firstsemiconductor companies, which was acquired by TI in 2011. "This is a unique opportunity to introduce a new generation ofengineering students to the fun of building things that matter,"said Professor Costas Spanos, chair of the Department of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. "We will do thisby infusing the 'maker' ethic early into the learning cycle, and bycreating a place that brings together state-of-the-artinstructional labs, a student meeting place and student-run spacefor hardware hacking." In addition to the monetary gift, TI is donating development kitsthat incorporate a range of devices from its extensivesemiconductor portfolio, along with supporting software, to enhancethe hands-on learning experience in the classroom. The gift follows a March announcement of the new TI Silicon ValleyLabs, a center for research and collaboration with universities andcustomers on disruptive analog and mixed signal technologies. TIalso announced it is working with UC Berkeley, Stanford and otheruniversities to dramatically increase internship opportunities forstudents. In the United States alone, TI has increased internshipsby 85 percent over the past three years, and in 2012 has offeredmore than 460 internships. The announcements in Silicon Valley are connected to TI's strategyof working with universities worldwide to help engineering studentsbuild a foundation of knowledge and experience with analog andembedded processing technologies and excite students about thehardware side of electronics and engineering. In the past fiveyears, TI and the TI Foundation have given almost $120 million tosupport higher education globally. I am an expert from hydraulic-piston-pump.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Hydraulic Axial Pump Manufacturer , China Hydraulic Pressure Valve, Kayaba Pumps,and more.
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