Edd Spidell named 2015 SkillsUSA Rhode Island career and technical educator of the year

EDD SPIDELL, founder and teacher of the pre-engineering and robotics technology program at the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center, has been named the 2015 SkillsUSA Rhode Island career and technical educator of the year. / COURTESY SKILLSUSA
EDD SPIDELL, founder and teacher of the pre-engineering and robotics technology program at the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center, has been named the 2015 SkillsUSA Rhode Island career and technical educator of the year. / COURTESY SKILLSUSA

CRANSTON – Edd Spidell, founder and teacher of the pre-engineering and robotics technology program at the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center, has been named the 2015 SkillsUSA Rhode Island career and technical educator of the year.
Spidell’s program, which debuted in 1987, was the first of its kind in Rhode Island, and the nation, at that time, according to SkillsUSA.
Spidell holds degrees in both electrical and mechanical engineering, has completed post-graduate studies in underwater and airborne vehicle design and is a United States patent holder. His students compete at the state and national Skills USA Championships, and many continue on after his program to become engineers, military officers, researchers and scientists.
“Although Edd left the corporate world of engineering nearly three decades ago, he continues to ‘engineer’ with his students on a daily basis, which is his life’s passion of learning something new, each and every day, for himself and his students,” according to a news release from SkillsUSA.
Spidell will receive his award at the 39th annual SkillsUSA Rhode Island awards and recognition ceremony on March 26 at The Vets.
SkillsUSA Rhode Island has approximately 6,500 members throughout the state; it is the state’s largest career and technical student organization.

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