improving the state of engineering in usa dr. ralph w. wyndrum, jr. 2006 ieee-usa president
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Improving The State of Engineering in USA Dr. Ralph W. Wyndrum, Jr. 2006 IEEE-USA President. IEEE Region 1 Leadership Workshop 18 August 2006. 2. Overview. How can U.S. engineers succeed in new global environment? Is engineering losing its value today? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Improving The State of Engineering in USA
Dr. Ralph W. Wyndrum, Jr.2006 IEEE-USA President
IEEE Region 1 Leadership Workshop
18 August 2006
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Overview
• How can U.S. engineers succeed in new global environment?
• Is engineering losing its value today?
• What are specific IEEE/IEEE-USA programs to maintain U.S. leadership in innovation? (Continuing/precollege ed.)
• Mastering the innovation process
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Key Economic Forecast, Indicatorsfor U.S. in 2004-2005
• 2004 Population: 293,655,000• 2004 Labor Force: 148,644,000• 2005 Unemployment: 5.1%• 2006 Projected Unemployment: 4.8%• 2005 Gross Domestic Product: $12.5
trillion*
Sources: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, November 2005; *Wikipedia, 05/25/06
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How is U.S. doing overall?
• Corporate profits registered third straight year of double-digit increases in 2005
• Stocks at highest level since 1st half of ’01 • Net worth of businesses grew by $2.7
trillion from 2000 to 2004• Autos, airlines struggling in otherwise
healthy economy
Source: The New York Times, 5 December 2005
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Borrowing vs. Earning Power
• U.S. borrowing binge fueled by housing boon -- masked decline in earning power
• Underscored need for Americans to save more
• More than $46 trillion in long-term government liabilities, including debt and unfunded benefit programs (Government Accountability Office)
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Changing Demographics
• Graying overall workforce – as 70-million+ baby boomers begin to retire
• Boomers replaced by increasing numbers of African Americans, Hispanics less likely to earn degrees
• Growing disparity between rich, poor• 37 million in poverty; 47 million without
health insurance – in 2004Source: The New York Times, 5 December 2005
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Current Global Environment:Jeff Faux Economic Policy Institute*
• “Barriers of time, space, nationality have been shrinking between the world’s buyers and sellers, relentlessly leveling the economic playing field.
• “Rules of the global marketplace have flattened the protections – systematically chopped up the national social contracts without replacing them with a global one.”
*Washington, DC-based non-profit, non-partisan think-tank
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Growth in Software Industry Revenues: 2004-2009
Source: IDC for Microsoft reported in Financial Times, March 2006
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Asia 8.6%
Europe 6.5%
North America 4.5%
India 19%
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Engineering Contributions
• Scientists, engineers make up less than five percent of U.S. population, but create up to 50% of gross domestic product – Reader’s Digest, December 2005
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Worldwide Distribution of R&D16 February ’06 Georgia Tech Study
• In addition to areas with low labor costs, jobs are moving to areas with more skilled employees
• Multinational corporations are global shoppers for talent
• From ’06-’09, 38% of 200 multinational corporations planned to move R&D work to other countries/overseas locations in developed, developing world
• China, India attracting greatest increase in R&D projects
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Going “Where Smart People Are”
• 90% of world’s scientists, engineers will be living in Asia by 2010 – Richard E. Smalley, Rice University
• “We go where the smart people are.” – Howard High, Intel
• Forthcoming Occupational Outlook Handbook to adjust demand to reflect impact of offshoring
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2004-14 Workforce Demand:Percentage Increase (Labor Dept.)
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Network systems & data communications analysts
Up 54.6%
Computer software engineers, applications
Up 48.4%
Computer software engineers, systems software
Up 43.0%
Network & computer systems administrators
Up 38.4%
Database administrators Up 38.2%
Computer systems analysts Up 31.4%
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Global Environment:Adding to Our Uncertainty
• November 2005 CMP survey of 4,000 U.S. engineers confirms psychological impact of U.S. offshoring
• 64% said offshoring makes them worry about profession’s future
• Less than 10% sure U.S. will maintain its leadership in technology
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Contrasting Asia, U.S., UK, GermanyAnil Hira, Simon Fraser University
1st University Degrees, Engineering
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50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
China Japan South Korea US UK Germany
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1995
2002
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Overseas Engineers Can Afford To Be Paid LessCountry
Salary to Have Purchasing Power
Parity (PPP)Salary
U.S. 1.0 * $70k $70,000
Hungary 0.367 * $70k $25,690
China 0.216 * $70k $15,120
Russia 0.206 * $70k $14,420
India 0.194 * $70k $13,580
Source: PPP data from World Bank International Comparison Project
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Concerns About Precollege Education
• Failure of our math and science education poses “greater threat than any potential conventional war” – ’01 Congressoinal Commission
• $440 billion spent annually on public education (Reader’s Digest, Dec. 2005)
• $45,000 average teacher salary (Business Week, Nov. 21, 2005)
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Concerns About Precollege Education
• National shortfall of 250,000 math and science teachers (Business Week)
• 38% math teachers, 28% science teachers in grades 7-12 lacked a college major or minor in their subject area (2000 survey quoted in December 2005 Fortune)
• Highest predictor of student performance = teacher knowledge – Gerald Wheeler, National Science Teachers Association
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National Academies’ “Gathering Storm”
• Provide scholarships for 25,000 undergrads who commit to degrees in math, science or engineering
• Provide scholarships for 10,000 math and science majors who enter teaching
• More than 60% of public school students in some areas of math and science learn from teachers who haven’t majored in subject taught
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Insecure, Unappreciated? • We feel insecure, unappreciated -- even
discourage our own children to go into engineering.
• But facts don’t validate these feelings – Americans recognize and respect contributions of engineers, according to 2003 AAES-Harris Interactive Survey.
• Americans give credit to engineers for creating economic growth, preserving national security, making strong leaders.
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Meet Enemy: Ourselves?
• Better prepare ourselves
• Mentor others (IEEE’s new web-based program with The Training Connection)
• Support our schools, teachers
• Help train new generation to cope with increasingly complex world
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IEEE-USA Goals for 2006-2007Express Member/Future Professional Needs
• Offer increased, “sticky” member value in products, services – to improve member retention
• Provide serious, career-long continuing education to maintain a competitive USA workforce, and to preserve careers
• Provide innovation leadership• Support K-12 education to assure the next
generation of high-tech professionals
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IEEE-USA in Washington, DC 2006 Public Policy Priorities
• Urging Congress to pass comprehensive legislation designed to promote U.S. innovation and competitiveness (IEEE-USA-supported bills include: H.R. 5356, H.R. 5358, S. 2109, S. 2197, S. 2198, and S.2199).
• Supporting immigration reforms (“Green Cards, Not Guest Workers”) and passage of reform bill to prevent H-1B abuses (H.R. 4378)
• Supported successful passage of Pension Protection Act (H.R. 4).
• Other 2006 priorities include E-Health and Patent Reform
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IEEE-USA in Washington DC Supporting Continuing Education Opportunities• IEEE-USA is promoting IEEE Education
Partners Program with EAB, which:-- Provides some 6,000 courses from more than a dozen providers-- Helps members meet CE, certificate, graduate degree requirements-- Includes Drexel, N.J. Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Thomson NETg, University of Washington-- Provides significant discounts that can offset dues cost
http://www.ieee.org/web/education/partners/eduPartners.html
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• IEEE-USA is also partnering with EAB to promote IEEE “Expert Now” courses -- one-hour online learning modules covering aerospace to vehicular technology, which capture the latest information on emerging technologies from IEEE conference tutorials, short courses, workshops
• IEEE-USA partnering with “AchieveGlobal” to offer 29 online “Leadership for Results” courses to equip members with the "soft skills" needed to succeed in today's workplace
IEEE-USA in Washington DC Supporting Continuing Education Opportunities
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Promoting IEEE Fields of Interest for the Next Generation
• Leveraging $$ and volunteer resources to support future of profession through EAB’s Teacher in Service Program (TISP), K-12 student mentoring and TryEngineering.Org
• IEEE-USA sponsoring expansion of EAB’s TISP into Massachusetts, Indiana-- 568 precollege educators representing over 59,000 students in more than one-dozen IEEE Sections
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Promoting IEEE Fields of Interest For Next Generation (cont’d)
• IEEE-USA Teacher-Engineer Partnership
-- Recognizes collaborative activities between K-12 teachers, IEEE members
• IEEE-USA Teacher Grant for Innovation
-- Provides up to $1,500 for innovative projects that introduce engineering to students
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IEEE-USA Employment Assistance
Employment Navigator
• Complements to the IEEEJob Listing Service
• Uses webspiders to collect five-million job leads from 160,000 websites (companies, newspapers, etc.)
• Powerful Search Engine
• Resume Builder
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IEEE-USA Employment Assistance
Salary Service
• Member Salary Service
-- Salary Service/Salary Calculator
• Employer Salary Service
-- Salary Database/Reports
-- Compensation/Satisfaction Analyzer
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IEEE-USA Employment Assistance
Employment & CareerStrategies Online
• Virtual community with discussion groups, chat rooms, & surveys
• Useful networking tool and job hunting resources
• 2,400+ Users; 1,900 Postings• 190 Topics
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IEEE-USA Employment Assistance
Engineers Guide toLifelong Employability
• Where EEs Are Employed
• Fine Art Of Networking
• Resumes: Traditional, Otherwise
• How To Find Job Leads On Internet
• How To Ace An Interview
• What You Are Worth
• What Recruiters Can, Can’t Do For You
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IEEE-USA Employment Assistance
Career Planning and Career Survival eBooks
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• Self Assessment
• Setting Direction
• Gap Analysis
• Planning Your Development
• Implementation
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Broadening Financial Services• IEEE-USA is using its communications
(e.g.Todays Engineer, webinars and other outlets) to promote:– Financial advisory services available through
IEEE Financial Advantage (e.g. Grogan Advisory Services, which are discounted as member benefit).
– IEEE-USA Today’s Engineer articles on financial planning
– 10 Tax-Favored Ways to Save for Retirement www.ieeeusa.org/careers/Guidelines/available.html
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship33
• Supporting Alliance of Consultants Networks and Consultants Directory
• New Entrepreneurs Village launched in June to mentor IEEE’s U.S. members seeking to start entrepreneurial businesses.
• Innovation Institute planned “to advance the preparation of leaders …by sharing the experiences of successful innovators in a coordinated program of interaction, mentoring and networking.”
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Summarizing: 2006-2007 IEEE-USA Goals
• Offer increased member value in products, services – in response to Dec. ’05 survey
• Provide serious, career-long continuing education to maintain a competitive USA workforce, and to preserve careers
• Provide innovation leadership
• Support K-12 education for future technologists
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