Pre-university Engineering Education in the IEEE

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Pre-university Engineering Education in the IEEE

• July 2007
• Dallas, Texas
• Moshe Kam
• Educational Activities

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A Few Words about IEEE

• IEEE is the largest professional engineering
  association in the world
• 367,000 members in 150 countries
• A 501(c)3 organization in incorporated in New
  York
• Originally concentrating on power engineering and
  communications IEEE at present spans technical
  interests across the spectrum of technology
• From nanotechnology to oceanic engineering
• In many respects IEEE has become the steward of
  Engineering

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It all starts in Philadelphia AIEE

• In 1884 the Franklin Institute organized the
  International Electrical Exhibition in
  Philadelphia
• The Operator, 15 April 1884 Theexhibition
  would be attended by foreign electrical savants,
  engineers, and manufacturers...it would be a
  lasting disgrace to American electricians if no
  American electrical national society was in
  existence to receive them with the honors due
  them from their co-laborers in the United
  States."
• Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin Houston, and
  Edward Weston
• AIEEs First Technical Meeting 7-8 October 1884,
  the Franklin Institute

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Early Presidents
Alexander G. Bell
Elihu Thomson
Charles Steinmetz
Frank Sprague
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A few more recent Presidents
Leah Jamieson Joseph Bordogna Michael
Lightner Wallace Read
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AIEE IRE

• Established 1884
• An American Organization
• Representing the establishment
• Rooted in Power Engineering
• First computers working group
• Now the Computer Society

• Established 1908
• An international Organization
• Open to students, young
• professionals
• Quick to adopt advances in radar, radio, TV,
  electronics, computers
• Proceedings of the Institute of
• Radio Engineers (January 1913)

1963 Merger of AIEE and IRE to create IEEE
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What is IEEE?

• A membership organization
• A major creator and guardian of technical IP
• A mechanism to bring people of common technical
  interests together
• both geographically and disciplinarily
• A guardian of the future of Engineering
• An implementer of technology-related public
  Imperatives

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What is IEEE?

• A membership organization
• A major creator and guardian of technical IP
• A mechanism to bring people of common technical
  interests together
• both geographically and disciplinarily
• A guardian of the future of Engineering
• An implementer of technology-related public
  Imperatives

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What does IEEE do?

• Publishes literature in engineering, technology
  and computing
• Organizes conferences
• Develops standards
• Gets engineers and technologists from different
  locales together
• Organizes professional activities among
  engineering students
• Educates the public about Engineering

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What does IEEE do?

• Publishes literature in engineering, technology
  and computing
• Organizes conferences
• Develops standards
• Gets engineers and technologists from different
  locales together
• Organizes professional activities among
  engineering students
• Educates the public about Engineering

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Why is IEEE interested in pre-university
engineering education?

• Because it is in our stated and un-stated mission
• Because in many IEEE Sections there is marked
  decline in the interest of young people in
  Engineering
• This is bad for the future of these communities
  and would have a negative impact on their
  standard of living
• Because we do not believe the problem is going to
  be tackled effectively without us
• Industry does not appear to be able to address
  the problem directly
• Governments do not appear sufficiently concerned
  (yet)
• Other engineering associations look up to us

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What is the Problem?

• Flat or declining engineering enrollments in most
  developed nations
• Coupled with disappointing performance of youth
  in Mathematics
• E.g., free fall in Scandinavia
• Insufficient number of engineers and engineering
  educational programs in most developing countries
• Asia is far behind Europe and the US in number of
  engineers per capita

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New baccalaureate engineering degrees per year
per million citizens (2004)
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What is the Problem?

• Women minority students conspicuously
  under-represented
• Public perception of engineers/ engineering/
  technology is largely misinformed
• Resulting in early decisions that block the path
  of children to Engineering

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Engineering degrees US 2005-2006
http//www.asee.org/publications/profiles/upload/2
006ProfileEng.pdf
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B.Sc Degrees in Engineering by Gender, US
2005-2006
http//www.asee.org/publications/profiles/upload/2
006ProfileEng.pdf
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Engineering Degrees Awarded to women, US
2005-2006
http//www.asee.org/publications/profiles/upload/2
006ProfileEng.pdf
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B.Sc Degrees in Engineering by Ethnicity, US
2005-2006
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B.Sc Degrees in Engineering by Residency, US
2005-2006
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Graduates in Science and Engineering 1966-2004
http//www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07307/tables/tab1
.xls
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OECD statistics http//stats.oecd.org/wbos/default
.aspx?DatasetCodeRGRADSTY
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OECD Program for International Student
AssessmentMathematics, 15 year old students
Finland, Korea, the Netherlands, Japan
The United States
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Pre-university activities in IEEE
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Who inside IEEE is active in this area?

• The IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB)
• The IEEE Regional Activities Board (RAB)
• IEEE-USA

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IEEEs Pre-University Initiative

• 2005-2006 New Initiative
• Launching Our Childrens Path to Engineering
• Objectives
• Increase the propensity of young people worldwide
  to select Engineering as a career path
• Build a sustained public awareness program, led
  by IEEE, with broad support of corporations and
  professional associations
• Current status activities are institutionalized
  in the routine work plan of IEEE

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Objective 1 Engineering in the pre-university
classroom

• Institutionalization of IEEE Teacher In Service
  Program
• IEEE Section engineers develop and present
  technology-oriented projects to local
  pre-university educators
• Emphasis on volunteer-teacher interaction as
  opposed to volunteer-student interaction
• Ideally a sustained program involving several
  thousand schools every year

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Objective 2 Engineering Associations, Unite!

• Center for Pre-University Engineering Education
• Ideally, the resource of choice for
  pre-university cooperation with Engineering
  Associations
• Ideally, a multi-association organization
• With partners such as ASCE, ASME, IEE, SEE
• It is about ENGINEERING, not Electrical
  Engineering

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Objective 3 Strong On-line presence

• New on-line portals for students, teachers,
  school counselors, and parents
• Educational and entertaining
• Focused on the audience
• From lesson plans for teachers to games for
  children
• Ideally, the premier on-line resource on
  engineering for pre-university students

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On Line Portal

• Tryengineering.org
• Strong On-line presence

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The Web provides us with high potential for
reachability

• A successful portal can become a major resource
  for students, parents, school counselors, and
  teachers
• But success is difficult in an ever-crowded
  medium
• Effort needs to be coupled with more modern tools
• Instant messaging, podcasts

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What information is needed on line?

• We met with school counselors and Engineering
  Associations
• Need on line tools for identifying formal and
  informal engineering education opportunities
• Engineering associations that participated in our
  discussions
• ACM, AIChE, AIAA, ASME, ASCE, IEE, JETS, SAE,
  SEE, Sloane Career Cornerstone Center

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What information is available on line?

• We conducted a comprehensive review of
  engineering education resources
• By EAB and consultants
• Conclusions
• Many Engineering Resources are actually
  focusing on Science and Mathematics
• Resources for teachers are largely inadequate
• Wrong message is sent about the nature of
  engineering and the life of engineers

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Good existing model

• Tryscience.org
• Your gateway to experience the excitement of
  contemporary science and technology through on
  and offline interactivity with science and
  technology centers worldwide.
• Science is exciting, and it's for everyone!
• Partnership between
• IBM
• the New York Hall of Science
• the Association of Science-Technology Centers
• Science centers worldwide

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Next step TryEngineering.org

• Companion site to tryscience.org
• Comprehensive
• Ultimate Audience young people ages 9-18
• Designed to convey excitement about engineering
  and design
• Can-do attitude
• Hands-on experience
• Positive image of the engineering process and
  engineering
• Discover the creative engineer in you

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TryEngineering.org

• A portal for students, parents, school
  counselors and teachers

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Unique features

• School search
• Ask an Engineer
• Ask a Student
• Coming up Opportunities
• Pre-university students summer camps, science
  fairs
• University students research opportunities,
  summer and co-op jobs
• Graduating students graduate study
  opportunities, academic jobs

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On-line Presence TryEngineering

• TryEngineering.org is becoming an increasingly
  popular resource for the pre-university and
  university communities

40,000 visitors per month
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Countries of Users English Version

• US (70)
• India (5)
• China (3.3)
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• Austria
• Australia

• Malaysia
• Germany
• Japan
• Thailand
• South Africa
• Korea
• Brazil

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Most Requested Files Lesson Plans

• Build a robot arm
• Close to 17,000 downloads
• Cracking the Code (bar codes)
• Critical Load (Civil Engineering)

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New University Searches 15 Countries
Whats new

• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada
• Pakistan
• France
• Germany
• India
• Japan

• Korea
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Malaysia
• South Africa
• United Kingdom
• United States

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New Languages
Whats new
1 June 2007
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A New Original Game Questioneering
Whats new
Question The following are examples of word
processing applications
Questions created by 26 graduate students,
engineers, and engineering professors

• LaTex and Microsoft Word
• MIDI and RS-232
• Pdf and PCM
• QWERTY and AZERTY

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A New Original Game Questioneering
Whats new
Question Artificial neural networks are...

• Brain implants designed by biomedical engineers
• Models of interconnected processors used for
  signal processing and computation
• Neuron architectures present in people who were
  in bad brain accidents
• Internet discussion groups devoted to Cognitive
  Science

We are looking for an Intern to provide players
with more feedback
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Future services focus on the University/College
Student
Whats new

• Effective oral and written presentations
• Job search and preparation for interview
• Writing a resume
• Looking for graduate school
• Graduate school homepage already available
  through University Search

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Future Services interviews with students and
practitioners

• Interviews with students from California State
  University, Northridge
• Interviews with ECE and Biomedical Engineering
  practitioners engaged in Biometrics work

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Future services www.Accreditation.org
Coming in August 2007

• This website was purchased by EAB in an auction
• We also own EngineeringAccreditation.org
• We are working on content
• Introduction to Accreditation
• List of recognized accrediting bodies worldwide
• And the programs they accredit
• List of mutual recognition agreements
• Including original texts and commentary
• Policy papers on accreditation
• Links and scholarly papers

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Teacher In Service ProgramEngineering in the
Classroom
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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

• A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work
  with pre-university teachers
• Based on approved Lesson Plans
• Prepared by IEEE volunteered
• Tested in classrooms
• Associated with Education Standards
• Designed to highlight engineering design
  principles
• The cost is less than 100 for a class of 30

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How does it work?

• Section volunteers run a TISP training event
• EAB provides logistical support and instructors
• Volunteers gather for a day and a half of
  training
• With teachers and school administrators
• Volunteers spread the program in their school
  districts

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2006-2007Complete Underway

• Boston (R1)
• Indianapolis (R4)
• Memphis (R3)
• Kuala Lumpur (R10)
• Cape Town (R8)

• Piura, Peru (R9)
• Rio de Janeiro (R9)
• Baltimore (R2)
• Dallas (R5)

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Expected attendance
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Recent information From the Field

• Six new programs in South Africa
• To subject advisors and educators
• Total number of affected teachers will be more
  than 700
• Four new programs in Malaysia
• 160 teachers
• Continued support from RAB and IEEE-USA

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Activity Sample

• http//www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/ti
  spt/lessons.html
• http//www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/ti
  spt/slessons.html

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Rotational Equilibrium A Question of Balance

• Demonstrate the concept of rotational
  equilibrium, by building and testing a Mobile

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Build working models with household items
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Design and Build a Better Candy Bag

• Lesson Focus
• Demonstrate how product design differences can
  affect the success of a final product
• in this case a bag for holding candy.
• Students work in pairs to evaluate, design, and
  build a better candy bag

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New Lesson Plans
Whats new
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Additional New Lesson Plans
Whats new

• Sort it Out
• Sticky Engineering Challenge
• Ship the Chip
• Move That Lighthouse!
• A Question of Balance
• Program Your Own Game

• Engineering Air Traffic
• Pipeline Challenge
• Infrared Investigations
• Hull Engineering
• Engineered Sports
• Engineered Memory
• Wind Tunnel Testing

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Questions and comments