Torrance, CA – December 7, 2014 – The United States has the best graduate schools in the world and is amongst the top countries when considering undergraduate STEM programs. However, the quality of K-12 education in general is lacking in comparison; the US ranked 52nd in the quality of STEM education based on the World Economic Forum. We can do better and we should!
It is essential for our students in STEM programs to have project based classes and hands on experience. Projects that are based on sensors and actuators are very interesting subjects to students in STEM programs. However, sometimes these projects are too challenging for students who are being exposed to electronics and coding for the first time. When students involved in hands-on projects are exposed to too many new subjects they tend to get frustrated and loose interest in the projects and consequently lack the most important tool to come up with innovative ideas.
“Students need to have great understanding of the tools such as sensors and actuators to master STEM programs,” said Professor Gregory Washington, Dean of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine.
The Intelligent Sensor and Actuator (ISA) kit provides a smart and easy way to learn about sensors and actuators and their real world applications through interactive hands-on projects. With the ISA kit and its interactive graphical user interface, students will be more enthusiastic about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics projects. The package includes basic, intermediate, and advanced projects for middle school, high school, and college students respectively. The technology has been developed jointly by the University of California, Irvine and Intelligent Design Technology LLC.
“Students who start working with the ISA kit will outperform other students in hand-on projects and that will help them not only in their school and college courses but also in becoming well-educated engineers and scientists with more innovative ideas in the future,“ said Dr. Farzad Ahmadkhanlou, president and founder of Intelligent Design Technology LLC and a faculty advisor for the Engineering Design in Industry (EDI) program at the University of California, Irvine.
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, there are a limited number of ISA kits on special deals that can be ordered through the kit’s Kickstarter campaign. To find out more about this campaign, please visit www.kickstarter.com
The official website of the ISA kit is www.isakit.com
About the company: Intelligent Design Technology LLC was founded in 2012 and is based in Torrance, California. The company has a successful team of licensed professional engineers spanning disciplines including: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, structural engineering, and computer science. The company develops engineering-based software packages and related high-end technologies. The official website of Intelligent Design Technology LLC is www.idesignt.com.
