Bart Aslin Foundation Director Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation BAslin@sme.org

Bart Aslin joined the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation in March 2003. He has administered non profit organizations for over nineteen years with an emphasis on engineering education.

Bart is the 2009 recipient of the HI-TECH Industry Recognition Award. The HI-TEC Industry Recognition Award recognizes key industry personnel for outstanding contributions to promote technology education and career awareness. Nominees for the award must have demonstrated impact on technology education on both a local and national level.

“As director of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (SME-EF), Bart Aslin tirelessly works to support—and fund—innovation in technology education. In his travels throughout the nation, Mr. Aslin evaluates exemplary programs to support and expand. He also oversees a variety of scholarship opportunities. Since 1980, the Foundation has provided funding in excess of $29 million in grants and scholarships.”

Mr. Aslin is also instrumental in the nationally recognized high school engineering program Project Lead the Way® (PLTW), particularly in bringing PLTW to middle schools through the Foundation’s Gateway Academies. In addition, with Mr. Aslin’s support, the Foundation is funding the implementation of a new career awareness website, www.careerME.org introduced by the National Center for Manufacturing Education.

Prior to joining SME-EF, Aslin served as Vice President for Development at Michigan Tech University and has worked for the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Saint Peter’s College and The Seeing Eye, Inc.

Bart and his wife Elizabeth live in Dexter, MI with their three children and their yellow Labrador Retriever Toby.