American Association of Engineering Societies

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American Association of Engineering Societies

• Tom Price
• Executive Director
• June 18, 2002

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Public awareness Current Activities

• Voices of Innovation
• 2-minute daily radio program on the wonders of
  engineering
• Broadcast begins September 2002
• Marketing to radio programs currently taking
  place
• Working with renowned radio producer, Jim Metzner
• 1st-year funding provided by the United
  Engineering Foundation

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Public awareness Current Activities

• Voices of Innovation (continued)
• Additional funding by the National Aeronautics
  and Space Administration
• 1st-year production includes 220 original shows,
  and 40 repeat shows
• Almost 50 shows already produced
• Story ideas come from all sources, including from
  member societies

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Public awareness Current Activities

• Bechtel study
• Worked with NAE on inventory of engineering
  public awareness activity
• Objective To help engineering community maximize
  resources
• Sent questionnaire to 628 organizations
• Response rate 39 percent

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Public awareness Current Activities

• Bechtel study
• Findings were positive / Most doing lots of
  public awareness activities
• Most feel their activities are successful / But
  very little collaboration
• Recommendations call for more coordinated efforts
• NAE in discussion with AAES to determine next
  steps
• Possible fall 2002 symposium of engineering
  public awareness leaders

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Engineering Bachelor's Degrees in 2001
Source the Engineering Workforce Commission
(aaes.org/ewc)
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Engineering Master's Degrees in 2001
Source the Engineering Workforce Commission
(aaes.org/ewc)
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Engineering Doctoral Degrees in 2001
Source the Engineering Workforce Commission
(aaes.org/ewc)
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Engineering Graduate Demographics

• Percentage of undergraduate women stable for last
  two years
• High growth in computer doesnt include as many
  women
• Foreign national participation increasing at
  graduate level over last decade
• Underrepresented minorities stable but not
  significantly growing

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Starting Salaries vs. Unemployment Rate
Sources the Engineering Workforce Commission
(aaes.org/ewc) Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Salaries vs. Unemployment

• Tightest engineering labor market in late 1960s
  low unemployment and high salaries
• Worst job conditions in early 1990s high
  unemployment and low salaries
• Increasing engineering unemployment 4.2 percent
  in May 2002
• More salary data in August

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Engineering FreshmenRising
Sources the Engineering Workforce Commission
(aaes.org/ewc) Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Growing Pool of Engineers

• College age population rising through 2008
• Engineering freshmen totals rising for last five
  years
• Preliminary 2001 data indicates continued growth
  for engineering freshmen over 5
• Will job market be kind to increasing supply of
  new engineers?