The Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education website has a new look and is live at http://ae3.cen.uiuc.edu/. AE3 was started in 1994 and has become a permanent fixture in Engineering at Illinois. All new engineering faculty go through the Faststart program to develop and improve their teaching skills.

AE3 is led by Director Bruce Litchfield; it predates iFoundry and is a separate organization, but iFoundry and AE3 work together on the IEE seminar series, and collaborate on trying to improve teaching, curriculum, and learning in Engineering at Illinois.