Forster to Deliver Opening Keynote at FETC 2014

The opening keynote speaker at FETC 2014 will be Danny Forster, chief architecture and engineering expert for Discovery Education, and one of the Executive Producers for Discovery Channel's "Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero." Forster will share his experience traveling the world in search of incredible feats of architecture and engineering and discuss the science behind the structural design of buildings from around the globe. He also will discuss the importance of STEM education in developing the curiosity, critical thinking, and reasoning skills necessary to prepare today's students to meet the technology challenges that lie ahead.

Forster's keynote will take place Wednesday, January 29, 2014, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm.

About the Author

Christopher Piehler is the former editor-in-chief of THE Journal.

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