SCARED SMART: Preserving Our Technological Legacy

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SCARED SMARTPreserving Our Technological Legacy

• David M. Keathly
• CSE Faculty, UNT College of Engineering
• Founder and VP, Kornerstone Knowledge, Inc.
• Senior Staff, Convergence Technology Center

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Status of STEM Education and Workforce
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Scientists, Technologists and Engineers

• Scientists study the world as it is, engineers
  create the world that has never been
• Theodore Von Karman, engineer and rocket scientist

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Nature of Engineers and Technologists

• No engineer looks at a television remote control
  without wondering what it would take to turn it
  into a stun gun
• industry cliché
• If there is one trait that best defines and
  engineer it s the ability to concentrate on one
  subject to the complete exclusion of everything
  else in the environment. This sometimes causes
  engineers to be pronounced dead prematurely
• - Engineering blog
• Engineers like to solve problems. If there are
  no problems handily available, they will create
  their own problems
• - Scott Adams, Dilbert creator
• The Priest, The Rabbi and the Engineer playing
  Golf

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Engineering Legacy

• Imagine being part of a long line of innovators
  stretching back to almost the beginning of time
• The prestigious group that build
• The great pyramids
• Roman aqueducts
• Panama canal
• Space shuttle

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Current Engineering and Technology Employment

• Bureau of Labor reports
• 1,512,000 engineers in all categories
• Expected growth to 1,671,000 by 2016, a growth of
  11 or 160,000 new engineering positions.
• These are conservative as compared to other
  estimates, and do not reflect the replacement of
  retiring Baby Boomers.

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Engineering Crisis

• The key issue is whether Americas future will be
  innovated, developed and built by homegrown or
  imported talent
• There are many jobs, and many existing engineers
  soon to retire, but there will not likely be a
  shortage it is only a question of who will fill
  the void
• Only about 5 of college-bound students in the
  U.S. choose engineering programs

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Shortages?

• Shortages could occur in some areas where
  imported engineers are typically not used, like
  aerospace and defense
• By 2008, an estimated one-fourth of the US
  aerospace workforce will be eligible to retire
  and nearly 1/3rd of the civilian DOD technical
  staff have already reached that age. The full
  impact is expected around 2011
• So this is a workforce drain as well as a talent,
  skill and brain drain.

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Implications of a shortage

• In 2005, US universities awarded 70,000 BS
  degrees in engineering and 41,000 MS and PhDs.
• Over 50 of the advanced degrees were earned by
  citizens of other countries
• Meanwhile China is turning out 600,000 engineers
  a year and India 350,000
• If current trends hold, AD employers will only
  be able to replace about half of the 57,000 to
  68,000 engineers expected to retire by 2010. This
  does not include additional engineers needed for
  even modest growth in the industry.
• The bottom line is a shortfall of 41,000 to
  87,000 engineers in these sectors by 2010

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Why do we care?

• Is it bad for there to be a shortage of engineers
  and other technical folk?
• Is it bad if non-US citizens fill the gaps?
• What do you think?

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What are your favorite tech toys?

• Take a minute to do the following
• List your 8 favorite or most used technical
  devices, tools or helpers
• From this list, select the 3 you just could not
  live without

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The toy List

• Where were your toys designed?
• Manufactured?
• Are they periodically upgraded or improved?
• Could you live with the existing capability and
  capacity for the next 20-30 years?
• What about tools like your PC?
• What should our national priorities be if there
  is a shortage of skilled technical talent?
• Are you willing to pay 2-3 times as much or more
  to import your necessary technology?

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Could you do without your toys?
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Engineering and Technology value creativity

• The perception among many high school students,
  counselors and parents is that you must be
  brilliant in math and science to consider
  engineering
• Neglected is the fact that engineering is a very
  creative profession that requires a wide variety
  of backgrounds, skills and goals
• Brilliance is optional, but competence is needed
• Curiosity is important too!
• David and the Thanksgiving Turkey

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Critical Thinking or Outside the Box Thinking

• Do they have a 4th of July in England?
•  If there are 7 months that have 31 days in them
  and 11 months that have 30 days in them, how many
  months have 28 days in them?
•  How many birthdays does the average man have?
•  Two men play five games of checkers. Each man
  wins the same number of games. There are no ties.
  Explain this.
•  What is pronounced like one letter, written with
  three letters, and belongs to all animals?
•  A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All
  sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks
  by. What color is the bear? Why?
•  What is the beginning of eternity, The end of
  time and space The beginning of every end, And
  the end of every race?
• If you have only one match and you walked into a
  room where there was an oil burner, a kerosene
  lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would
  you light first?
• A clerk in the butcher shop is 5'10" tall. What
  does he weigh?

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Answers

• Yes, but it is not a holiday
• All 12
• One
• Didnt play each other
• Eye
• White north pole
• Letter e
• Match
• Meat

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Could you be an Engineer/Technologist?

• Take a few moments to answer these questions
• Are you curious about things?
• Do you like to solve problems?
• Do you understand basic math fundamentals?
• Does math come easy to you or do you struggle to
  get the concepts?
• Do you enjoy knowing how things work?
• Do you like mazes and jigsaw puzzles?

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Could you be an Engineer/Technologist?

• Can you recognize patterns, shapes, or objects
  and how they relate to an overall picture?
• Do you like computers, video games, and
  technology in general?
• Can you speak and write clearly?
• Do you have abstract reasoning skills? In other
  words can you take theoretical information,
  inferences, and/or implications to analyze things
  and then make decisions?
• Do you work well with others?
• Do you like to think up new ways to do things?

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Everyone is welcome!

• Diversity is to creativity as innovation is to
  engineering. Diversity is not just a
  responsibility, but also a way to achieve quality
  and leadership
• Linda Katehi, Dean of Engineering at Purdue Univ.
• Women are really good at this
• Sherra Kerns, VP for Innovation and Research,
  Olin College

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Why Study Engineering and Technology?
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No Better Time to Be an Engineer

• You have teenagers thinking theyre going to
  make millions as NBA starts when thats not
  realistic for even 1 of them. Becoming a
  scientist or engineer is
• Dean Kamen engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and
  CEO
• Unprecedented levels of demand with more to come
  as the baby boomers retire

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B.A. in Information Technology

• A new program from the Computer Science and
  Engineering Department at UNT

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The IT Explosion

• I think there is a world market for maybe five
  computers. Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
  
• This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be
  seriously considered as a means of communication.
  The device is inherently of no value to us.
  Western Union internal memo, 1876.
• 640K ought to be enough for anybody. Bill Gates,
  1981
• have traveled the length and breadth of this
  country and talked with the best people, and I
  can assure you that data processing is a fad that
  won't last out the year. The editor in charge of
  business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.
• But what ... is it good for? Engineer at the
  Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,
  commenting on the microchip.
• There is no reason anyone would want a computer
  in their home. Ken Olson, president, chairman
  and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

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Why a New Program?

• Input from Industry
• Projected Demand
• HB-1
• Closing the Gap
• TWD Programs

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Program Requirements

• 121 Hours minimum with 42 advanced hours
• 12 hours of science with labs
• 10 hours of Mathematics
• 6 hours of Advanced Oral and Written
  Communications
• 39 required hours in Computer Science and IT
  including 9 hours of advanced technical electives
• 18 hours in supporting courses
• Revised university core
• This degree can also be configured to participate
  in the Teach North Texas program with teacher
  certification

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Unique Features

• Two project sequences
• 2 semester freshman project introduces large
  scale development and modern tools first the
  inside-out approach to Computer Science and IT
• 2 semester senior design capstone sequence takes
  student thru the entire product development
  lifecycle
• 9 hour CS/IT concentration
• 18 hour Support area permits further
  specialization of an interdisciplinary nature

• Pre-Med
• Pre-Law
• Pre-MBA
• Game Development
• Criminal Justice / CSI
• Information Security
• Communications and Networks
• Technical Management
• Computational Life Sciences
• And many others

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Basic Requirements

• Engineering Core Requirements
• LABORATORY SCIENCES (12 Hours Choose 3 courses
  with labs)
• BIOL 1710-1730 (4 Hours)
• BIOL 1720-1740 (4 Hours)
• CHEM 1410-1430 or 1415-1435 (4 Hours)
• PHYS 1710-1730 (4 Hours)
• PHYS 2220-2240 (4 Hours)
• MATHEMATICS (10 Hours)
• Math 1710 Calculus I (4 hours)
• Math 1780 Probability Models (3 Hours)
• Math 2770 Discrete Math (3 hours)
• ORAL / ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS (6 Hours)
• (Satisfies University English II Communications
  Requirement)
• ENGL 2700 Tech Writing (satisfies 2nd English)
• ENGR 2060 - Prof. Presentations, (satisfies UNT
  communications)

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The IT Requirements

• Required Courses
• CSCE 1030 Computer Science I(4 hrs)COSC 1436
• CSCE 1035 Information Systems I (3 hrs)
• CSCE 1045 Information System II (3 hrs)
• CSCE 1040 Computer Science II(3 hrs)COSC 1437
• CSCE 2050 Computer Science III 3 hrs)-COSC 2436
• CSCE 2615 Ent. Architecture/Design (3 hrs)
• CSCE 3055 IT Project Mgmt (3 hrs)
• CSCE 4355 Database/Info. Int.(3 hrs)
• CSCE 3535 Network/Sec. Mgmt (3 hrs)
• CSCE 3605 IT Systems / Admin.(3 hrs)
• CSCE 4905 Capstone I (3 hrs)
• CSCE 4925 Capstone II (3 hrs)
• CSCE 4010 Engineering Ethics (2 hrs)

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Other Features

• Multi-Campus
• Offered in Denton and Dallas
• New faculty member full-time in Dallas
• Enrollment
• Approximately 35 students enrolled so far
  including at least 2 from the CTC
• Future Plans
• Partner with local community colleges to
  integrate 1000 and 2000 level courses into their
  curriculum as well to provide a more seamless
  transition
• Establish customized degree plans and
  articulation agreements with selected community
  colleges
• Forge alliances with other departments and
  institutions to create additional specialization
  opportunities.

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Smooth Transition

• With this new program, you can smoothly
  transition from the community college
• Accepts up to 18 hours of technology classes,
  including
• Convergence
• Networking
• Security
• Web design
• Customer service and support
• Graphics design or gaming
• And many others!

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A Philosophical Note

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• Life is a coin. You can spend it any way you
  wish, but you can only spend it once
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• We would like you to be able to spend it
  exactly the way you want!