Texas Engineering

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Texas Engineering TechnicalConsortium

• Engineering an Innovative Future

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Texas Engineering Technical Consortium

• TETC unites industry-academia-government to
  develop and support collaborative, innovative
  approaches to graduate more U.S. engineers and
  computer scientists in Texas.
• Simply stated, we are working to reverse current
  trends to graduate more high-quality engineers
  and computer scientists who look like Texas. To
  accomplish this, we are focused on improving
• Retention
• Recruitment
• Outreach
• Curriculum

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Workforce Worries A Snapshot

• The looming shortage of U.S. engineering and
  computer graduates
• Jeopardizes the high-tech industry
• Threatens the state and national economy
• Risks sending lucrative jobs out of state and
  overseas

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Workforce Worries Whats at Stake

• Today, the Texas high-tech industry1
• Employs 446,000 Texans
• Provides a 30.4 billion payroll
• Represents 30 of the states total exports
• Ranks 2nd in nation in high-tech employees
  exports
• Texas ranked third in undergraduate engineering
  and computer science degrees awarded in 20042.
• (Sources (1) Cyberstates 2005, American
  Electronics Association
• (2) 2004 Engineering Workforce Commission report,
  American Association of Engineering Societies,
  Inc.)

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Workforce Worries Higher Demand

• Nationwide employment for engineers and computer
  scientists will grow a projected 36 through
  2010.
• (Source Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Retirements loom, with half of the current
  degreed engineering and science workforce over
  the age of 40.
• (Source National Science Foundation)

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Workforce Worries Short Supply

• Nationally, enrollment in computer science
  declined by more than 60 percent just between
  2000 and 2004.
• (Source Higher Education Research Institute,
  UCLA, 2005)
• Fewer than 5 of the 1.1 million high school
  students taking the ACT in 2002 planned to pursue
  engineering degrees. Of those
• Only 18 were women
• Just 13 were African-American
• Merely 7 were Hispanic
• (Source Maintaining a Strong Engineering
  Workforce, ACT policy report, 2003)

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Global Competition U.S. is Slipping

• As other nations aggressively seek to surpass
  the U.S., our nation risks losing our legacy of
  innovation and global leadership.
• China graduates nearly four times the number of
  engineers as the U.S.
• European Union members award 2.5 times the
  engineering degrees as the U.S.
• (Source National Science Foundation, 2000 data)
• The number of engineering and science doctoral
  degrees from 1989-2001 grew
• 81 in the United Kingdom
• 39 in Germany
• Only 19 in the United States
• About half the advanced degrees in engineering
  and science in the U.S. are awarded to foreign
  nationals.
• (Source Losing the Competitive Advantage,
  American Electronics Association, 2005)

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Your Future Succumb?

• Basic economics predict labor costs will rise in
  U.S.
• Foreign talent may no longer be a safe fallback
• U.S. immigration policies
• International relationships and conflicts
• Opportunities available in homeland
• Off-shoring poses long-term threat to national
  security
• Relocation is expensive, impractical, unpopular

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Proactive Solutions Reversing Trends

• The Texas Engineering Technical Consortium is
  taking action to reverse the trends and restore
  the strength of the U.S. engineering and computer
  science workforce in Texas.

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Tangible Results More Graduates
Between 2001-2004, Electrical Engineering
Computer Science Degrees Increased at a
Significantly Higher Rate at Schools Receiving
TETC Grants
Percentage Change from 2001-2004
Bachelors Degrees

• Bachelors Degrees at Texas Schools Receiving
  TETC-TWD Grants
• 2001 (before program began) Awarded 995 computer
  science degrees 867 electrical engineering
  degrees
• 2004 (3rd year of program) Doubled computer
  science degrees to 2158 increased electrical
  engineering degrees to 1123
• National Information Engineering Workforce
  Commission of the AAES, 2004

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Tangible Results Helping Students

• From 2001-2004, TETC Technology Workforce
  Development (TWD) Grants benefited
• 3,700 students through recruitment efforts
• 3,900 students through retention efforts
• 3,400 students through mentoring efforts
• 800 students through programs aimed at
  underrepresented students
• 3,000 potential students and teachers through
  high school and
  community college outreach
• Many more through curriculum modernization and
  improvement
• TETC-TWD schools have increased the number of
  electrical engineering graduates by 30 percent
  since 2001.
• TETC-TWD schools have doubled the number of
  computer science graduations since 2001.

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Proactive Solutions Strength Through
Collaboration

• TETC unites intellectual, financial and strategic
  resources to graduate more high-quality U.S.
  engineers and computer scientists who look like
  Texas, through
• Retention
• Recruitment
• Outreach
• Curriculum
• Replication of Best Practices

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Proactive Solutions Where the Money Comes From

• Texas Engineering Technical Consortium
• Financials
• (Updated August 30, 2005)
• Industry Cash 4.0 million
• Industry In-kind             1.1 million
• Federal Appropriations 4.0 million
• State Matching 7.7 million
• Total 16.8 million 

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Proactive Solutions Where the Money Goes

• TETC Technology Workforce Development Grants
  2002-2005
• Grant Awards to 25 schools 14.6 million
• (Grants provided to Texas engineering computer
  science programs)
• Industry In-Kind Contributions .8 million
• (Industry donations of lab equipment and
  software)
• Total TETC Grants 15.4 million

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Attracting Students Enrollment

• Enrollment numbers show
• Texas is doing better than rest of nation
• Enrollment in computer science nationwide
  declined 60 percent from 2000-2004.
• (Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA)
• Computer science enrollment at TETC-TWD schools
  declined 40 percent from 2001-2004.
• (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
• After years of decline, electrical engineering
  enrollment has not lost ground since initiation
  of TETC.
• (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
• But there is much more to do.

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Ongoing Solutions The Future

• TETC companies are determining investment for the
  next biennium.
• TETC is working on federal appropriations
• TETC is working with Governors Office on
  Emerging Technology Fund Matching
• Ongoing industry commitment is the key to
  maintaining momentum and continued success