Transcript State of Engineering in USA Dr. Ralph W. Wyndrum

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
Key Economic Forecast, Indicators
for U.S. in 2004-2005
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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 2004
Source: The New York Times, 5 December 2005
Current Global Environment:
Jeff Faux Economic Policy Institute*
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• “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
Growth in Software Industry
Revenues: 2004-2009
Asia
8.6%
Europe
6.5%
North America
4.5%
India
19%
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Source: IDC for Microsoft reported in Financial Times, March 2006
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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
Worldwide Distribution of R&D
16 February ’06 Georgia Tech Study
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• 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
2004-14 Workforce Demand:
Percentage Increase (Labor Dept.)
Network systems & data
communications analysts
Computer software engineers,
applications
Computer software engineers,
systems software
Network & computer systems
administrators
Database administrators
Up 54.6%
Computer systems analysts
Up 31.4%
Up 48.4%
Up 43.0%
Up 38.4%
Up 38.2%
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Global Environment:
Adding to Our Uncertainty
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• 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
Contrasting Asia, U.S., UK, Germany
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Anil Hira, Simon Fraser University
1st University Degrees, Engineering
300,000
250,000
200,000
1985
150,000
1995
2002
100,000
50,000
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China
Japan
South Korea
US
UK
Germany
Overseas Engineers
Can Afford To Be Paid Less
Country
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
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• 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)
Concerns About
Precollege Education
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• 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
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 webbased 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 2006-2007
Express 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
IEEE-USA in Washington, DC
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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
IEEE-USA in Washington DC
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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
IEEE-USA in Washington DC
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Supporting Continuing Education Opportunities
• 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
Promoting IEEE Fields of Interest
for the Next Generation
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• 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
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
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Employment Navigator
• Complements to the IEEE
Job Listing Service
• Uses webspiders to collect five-million
job leads from 160,000 websites
(companies, newspapers, etc.)
• Powerful Search Engine
• Resume Builder
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
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Employment & Career
Strategies Online
Virtual community with discussion
groups, chat rooms, & surveys
Useful networking tool and job
hunting resources
2,400+ Users; 1,900 Postings
190 Topics
IEEE-USA Employment Assistance
Engineers Guide to
Lifelong Employability
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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 Entrepreneurship
• 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.”
Summarizing:
2006-2007 IEEE-USA Goals
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• 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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For More Information
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