nsf iuse ideas lab in engineering: provoking action!
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Dr. Gregory Washington, Dean of UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, delivers a riveting message to provoke educators in the NSF IUSE Ideas lab to action. The world is changing rapidly, but we still educate the same way. We need a STEM-o-lution!TRANSCRIPT
NSF IUSE IDEAS Lab in Engineering
Gregory N. Washington, Ph.D. Dean, The Henry Samueli School of
Engineering Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
Who am I? • Major Academic Accomplishments
– Developed first mechanical active antenna with Smart Materials
– First Reported Intelligent Control Methodology for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
– Dean (UCI), Interim Dean, Associate Dean for Research
• Academic – More than 140 papers in Journals, Conference
Proceedings and edited volumes, 4 best paper awards. University Distinguished Teaching Award
• Industry and Government funding ($>12 million ($4 million single PI))
– NSF (CAREER+ 3 other awards), ARO, AFOSR, DARPA, DOT, Dept of Energy, NASA, Ohio Aerospace Institute
– BF Goodrich, Goodyear, Dupont, HRL, Boeing, Ford, GM, Ameritech, Outboard Marine Corp.
• My motivations for this talk – Family – Product of Public Schools
Who we are? UCI Engineering At a Glance
• 21st Ranked Public Engineering Program • Comprehensive University (Medicine, Law,
Business, etc) • 5 Departments • Only UC First Year Engineering program • One of the Safest Communities in the
country • Great combination of analytical and
experiential learning Enrollment
• 3121 Ugrad - 902 Grad students • Total Enrollment >4000 • 12 Engineering Degree programs (11
accredited) • 113 Faculty • Freshman Cohort: 38% Low Income, 57%
First Generation • 3.97 GPA
Key Metrics – More Students
• The UCI campus student faculty ratio is 26.3. With our student size of 3754 students we would need 142 faculty to be at the average of the campus.
• Only UC Engineering program without hard cap on enrollment. • Faculty and staff growth have been relatively flat since 2008
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30% Increase since 2007
Student Diversity
• Freshmen First generation – 56.9% • Freshman Low Income - 38.1%
Global Challenges • Level 1
– Climate Change – Water Scarcity – Energy Security – Cyber Security – Global financial structure – Biodiversity and Ecosystem losses
– Fisheries Deple?on – Deforesta?on – Infec?ous Disease
• Level 2 – Poverty – Educa?on – The Digital Divide – Urbaniza?on – Intellectual property – Interna?onal labor and migra?on
– E-‐Commerce rules – Biotechnology rules – Mari?me Safety and Pollu?on
Disrup6ve to our way of life Eliminate our way of life
Accelerated Change! • Years to 50 Million users
– Radio – 38 years – Television – 13 years – Cell phone – 7 years – Internet – 4 years – IPOD – 3 years – Facebook – 2 years
• More than half of the top 10 in demand jobs in 2014 did not exist in 2004
7 Singapore Science Park
Shanghai - Pudong
Are we changing fast enough?
“Educa6on is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – N. Mandela
… not at the pace of engineering...
© Dassault Systems
… not at the pace of manufacturing…
Record movies Record movies View movies Photographs
Compute
Listen Radio Play Games
Measure Time
Telephone Share pictures Share text
Yellow Pages
Plan route Forecast weather
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ystemes 2009
Design
1980: Disconnected Technologies
Listen Music (mobile!)
2014
Now integrated in our pockets
But we STILL educate the same way
… not at the pace of IT…
Are we losing our compe66ve edge?
“Educa6on is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – N. Mandela
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Top Bachelors Majors at US Universities
1. Business 2. General Studies 3. Social Science and History 4. Psychology 5. Health Professions 6. Education 7. Visual and Performing Arts 8. Engineering and Technology 9. Communications and Journalism 10. Computer and Information Science
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Top Bachelors Majors at Global Universities
1. Business (1) 2. General Studies (10) 3. Social Science and History (6) 4. Psychology (9) 5. Health Professions (4) 6. Education (5) 7. Visual and Performing Arts (8) 8. Engineering and Technology (2) 9. Communications and Journalism (7) 10. Computer and Information Science (3)
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The New Global Battlefield: Science and Engineering
National Science Board, S&E Indicators, 2010
Are we really ahead Globally?
• In STEM Women perform better in other parts of the world
Are we really ahead Globally?
• In STEM Women perform better in other parts of the world
Education is a Global Jobs Issue
• 7 Billion People (5 billion adults) • 3 Billion looking for jobs • 1.2 Billion formal jobs • 1.8 Billion looking for a formal job
– According to Gallup – Formal job attainment is the most important global issue and is at the core of much of the conflict nationally
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Economic Issues - The Lost Decade
Globally, there are 1.2 billion formal jobs for 3 Billion people
Lost Decade
Total New US Jobs (Millions) By Decade
Global Compe6tors -‐ SINGAPORE 1960s
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SINGAPORE Today
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70% of Young Adult Males (18-24 yrs old) are NOT Eligible for the Military
• Lack High School Diploma • Cannot Pass Military Entrance Exam • Obesity • Drugs • Incarceration
70% -‐Is Increasing at 1% Per Year-‐
70%
Are they employable?
70% Are they headed to public
assistance?
Technology is a New Real Competitor
• Probability of Computerization – Telemarketers – 99% – Secretarial/Adm. Assistant – 96% – Accountant/Auditors – 94% – Retail Salespersons – 92% – Technical Writers – 89% – Paralegals – 94% – Postal Service Clerks – 95% – Machinists – 65% – 47% of total US employment is at
risk
The future of Employment: How SuscepGble Jobs are to ComputerisaGon; C.B. Frey, M.A. Osborne
In short supply in the US What about Creativity? Creativity
The Global Innova?on Index, 2012: U.S. ranks only 10th in innova?on! The US is ranked 52nd in STEM educa?on. 67% of PhDs in the US are not US ci?zens . World Economic Forum Global Compe??veness Report 2012: US ranked 7th.
Grand Opportunities in STEM
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• In April 2003, Human Genome (3 Billion DNA sequenced and encoded on 25K genes).
• In 2013 computers eclipsed humans in Computational Capacity. Laptops by 2029.
• Communications Bandwidth has increased by 100K since 2000.
• Rise of Nanotechnology as a Discipline
• Our understanding of the Brain
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• In the next 5 years you will no longer need – IDs – Money – Credit Cards – Store cards – Business Cards – Photos – Mail/Mailman – Paper and Hardback Books – Bills and notices – Paper – Steering Wheels – Organ Donors? – Classrooms?
Solutions – Which way do we go?
• Create new inventors • Disrupt the University
Paradigm – Establish Create and Make
Spaces on Campus – Experiential Learning – Embrace Entrepreneurship
• Embrace the Digital Learning Revolution
1st Solution?
Star6ng with Kids Invent Inventors.
“To stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play…”
-- Einstein
How? – Bring exploration and play back into the classroom
Why Kids are the ideal inventors?
Crea6ve Mo6vated by challenges Not afraid of failure Resilient Idealis6c
Why Kids are the ideal inventors?
Kelvin Doe, Sierra Leone, created ba_eries and generators; started a radio sta?on for his village from a deteriora?ng voltage stabilizer that he found in the trash.
William Kamkwamba, Malawi, windmill to power his family’s house using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected from a scrapyard
Girl-power!
FAB-Camp UCI • From July 15-26, about 60 (7th
and 8th)students participated in the UCI FAB-Camp.
• This program gave students “hands on” project based learning skills while simultaneously exposing them to multiple engineering disciplines
• Students built their own, LED, Fuel Cell, Hovercraft, model aircraft, ice cream, etc.
• They also learned the basics of advanced manufacturing with a focus on how to use CAD software and 3-D printers
• FABCamp 2014 June 23rd – July 25th (4 one week sessions)
h\p://sites.uci.edu/fabcamp/
Great Things S6ll Happening!
Teach Students How to Design and Build Anything Art Biology
Engineering
Printable Muscle A 3-‐D printer by San Diego-‐based Organovo uses cells rather than plas?c to fabricate organic machinery.
Hands-‐Free Guitar Hero for Amputees To prepare prostheses for amputees, algorithms translate signals made by nerves once connected to missing limbs into finger movements in the game.
Fly-‐Trap Clock A flypaper conveyor belt traps insects and deposits them into a microbial fuel cell to power a digital clock.
Minecrab This freewheeling homage to the pixelated pleasures of videogames past is one of the most successful ?tles of all ?me.
Robo6c Gravity Harps Commissioned for Bjork’s latest project, pendulums connected to a harp and computer allow the user to program and play predetermined melodies.
Archangel Wings A ?nkerer and his comic-‐book-‐ar?st brother built the X-‐Man’s wings in robo?c form.
Gene6c Lava Lamp A visual-‐effects ar?st created a lamp using crystals grown on electroluminescent wire in the shape of DNA, encases in silicone and acrylic.
HeartWave A tabletop tank ougi_ed with sensors reads your heartbeats as ripples across water.
The most original projects combine two or more disciplines. Look to mash them up
Programming
Develop Open Source Curricula
New Learning will get us there
• “School” will take many forms. Sometimes it will be self-organized.
• Learners decide and define the time and place for learning.
• Whatever the path, radical personalization will become the norm, with learning approaches and supports tailored to each learner.
We should be concerned... but?
1. Electrification 2. Automobile 3. Airplane 4. Water Supply and Distribution 5. Electronics 6. Radio and Television 7. Agricultural Mechanization 8. Computers 9. Telephone 10. Air Conditioning
11. Highways 12. Spacecraft 13. Internet 14. Imaging 15. Household Appliances 16. Health Technologies 17. High-Performance Materials 18. Laser and Fiber Optics 19. Nuclear Technologies 20. Petroleum and Petrochemical Technologies
• We were able to do this in spite of the fact that in 1900 the US Population was 76 million and China’s was 467 million (6.14 times larger than ours). China’s Population in 2009 is only 4.33 times larger than ours. • What about people like me?
Great Achievements of the Last Century
Major 21st Century Innovations
. . . . And many more!