Vision 2011
Post date: Apr 16, 2012 1:19:8 PM
VISION FOR AEI NEWSLETTER
In being the only national organization that unites architectural engineers of all options, AEI has great potential in connecting both students and leaders alike in the building industry. The other national student officers, Bryant Denning (Vice President) and Ece Koch (Secretary), and myself have two goals in creating a closer AE community on a national level: transparency and communication.
Transparency. We strive to create a more visible and lucid organization with discrete benefits to active student involvement. Compared to the hundreds of AE students nation-wide, very few are actively involved in AEI on a national level beyond the annual competition. Through refining the purpose of the organization from a student’s perspective while defining the benefits of getting involved, the current officers and myself hope to increase membership in local student chapters as well as the annual student networking event. In specific, we hope to give students a voice within the Board of Governors and AE curriculum discussions.
Communication. Through leveraging new online technologies, we hope to give students clear connections to industry and each other. Currently, there is little to no communication among the local chapters of AEI. Through creating and maintaining a local Presidents Council list-serv, we hope to increase AEI event & competition awareness while sparking ideas & networking opportunities among chapters. In addition, we plan to implement an AEI student portal, geared towards student resources available through AEI and a real-time view into what national AEI officers are discussing and developing.
Architectural engineering will be changing dramatically within these next few years to meet new efficiency standards and national policy. The national AEI officers strive to make comparable improvements at the academic level through leveraging untapped potential of AEI and connecting the next generation architectural engineering leaders.
Josh Wentz, National Student President
Architectural Engineering Institute
Penn State University