Home to more than 20,000 students and 650 faculty members, Texas A&M University College of Engineering is one of the largest engineering schools in the world. Its mission is to serve Texas, the nation, and the global community by providing graduates who are well founded in engineering fundamentals, instilled with the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior, and prepared to meet the complex technical challenges facing society today.
THE CHALLENGE
Providing students with the latest learning technology has always been a top priority for the College of Engineering. For the massive, newly renovated Zachry Engineering Education Complex, the mission was to revolutionize education by replacing the traditional lecture hall learning model with easy, high-quality content sharing and collaboration between instructors and students.
THE SOLUTION
Equip the 39 active learning studios, 37 student schedulable meeting spaces, and more than 130 conference rooms and huddles spaces with technology worktables, wireless presentation connectivity, and interactive multi-device sharing screens with stunning 4K content delivered by Crestron DM NVX™ network AV technology. Additionally, deploy an advanced room scheduling solution to optimize usage of the meeting spaces.
THE TECHNOLOGY
More than 700 DM NVX encoder/decoder devices throughout the complex enable lightning-fast distribution of flawless content from students’ and instructors’ laptop computers. Engineered for demanding conference room and classroom applications, DM NVX ensures realtime, 4K60 video performance for the presentation of multimedia, videoconferencing, and live camera images. “We wanted a solution that our students and staff could depend on,” explains Henry. “DM NVX is that solution. It not only delivers premier image quality, it also ensures no latency, allowing us to deliver the best possible classroom experience.”
A graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology, Doug has been in the Technology industry since 1976 and actively oversees Fearing’s daily operations. Along with his wife, Lois, and three others, Doug started Fearing’s in a 600 square-foot facility in Portage, Wisconsin. In the 25 years since, the company has grown to over 30 employees with offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doug likes to say he’s a “TV Technician with a dream� going back to his history with the family’s original business-Fearing’s TV and Appliance.
Doug values time with family, watersports, hiking, snowshoeing and skiing. In addition to being a devoted member of his church, Doug serves as Board President for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County, Board member of Schools for Haiti and Scripture Chair of the Gideons-Portage camp.
A graduate of MATC, Lois oversees Fearing’s daily book keeping along with various HR responsibilities.
Along with Doug, Lois is deeply connected to community outreach, serving as a Board member and Fundraising Committee Chairperson for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County. She also serves on the Schools for Haiti Fundraising committee. In addition, Lois’ ongoing passion and commitment to provide care for the elderly comes from her 10-year history of working in a Reedsburg, Wisconsin Nursing home.
Lois enjoys singing, hiking, sunny days on the pontoon, and spending time with her 4 grandchildren.
Ehren drives Fearing’s technology by continually seeking out trends to enhance capabilities while supporting Sales, Engineering and Installation teams. Throughout his years with Fearing’s, Ehren’s talent and vision have joined forces to create a wide variety of projects and strategic solutions that exceed expectation.
Ehren loves music, family time, movies, nature, sustainability efforts and electric vehicles.
With 10 years with Fearing’s and over twice that long in the industry, Ben continues to lead, coordinate, and develop the Commercial AV team.
By consistently delivering an outstanding experience and outcome, Ben contributes to the Fearing’s legacy of long-lasting partnerships that truly make a difference. Whatever the Commercial AV need may be, Ben and team deliver at the highest level.
Ben is an avid fisherman and photographer. He enjoys coaching his sons and other youth.
Chris has been with Fearing’s for 20 years and in the industry for over 2 decades. As a Certified leader in Sales Acceleration and trained in EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems), Chris successfully utilizes his skills to lead the Fearing’s Salesforce. Chris and team are motivated and driven to develop new client partnerships while continuing to reinforce loyal long-term relationships with ongoing Service excellence.
Married for 19 years with 3 children, Chris enjoys skiing, hiking, fishing, boating, hunting, camping and golf. He’s also been actively involved as a Youth Football and Softball coach for his family and others.
