Engineering Overview

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Engineering Overview

• A Statistical Profile of the Engineering
  Profession

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Statistical Overview

• How many people study engineering?
• What are the most common majors?
• What kind of job market is there for engineers?
• How much do engineers earn?
• How many women and minorities study engineering?

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College Enrollment Trends of Engineering Students

• 1950s-1960s 60,000-80,000 engineering students
• 1970s marked the lowest number of students, at
  43,000
• Engineering peaked in 1980s, with around 118,000
  students

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College Majors of Recent Engineering Students

• Of approximately 350,000 full-time undergrad
  engineering students, just less than 1/3
  (124,000) were majoring in computer and
  electrical engineering
• Just over 32,000 were undecided

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Degrees in Engineering

• Steady decline in Engineering degrees awarded
  between 1986 and 1995. Since then, there have
  been many fluctuations, but as of data of 2000,
  there were 63,300 engineering degrees awarded
• For a long time, electrical awarded the highest
  number of degrees, but that was eventually
  replaced by mechanical engineering

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Job Placement Trends

• 1999-2000 was the hottest year for engineering
  majors to find jobs
• As the number of engineering students declines,
  employers must fight harder to get whatever
  students they can get their hands on to fill
  vacant positions. This has led to a very
  promising job placement ratio

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Salaries of Engineers

• On the whole, engineers make more money than any
  other graduate with another degree
• Electrical, computer, and computer science
  recently have led the way, with average salaries
  from a Bachelor degree starting at around 52,000
• A Ph.D. in computer science will earn a starting
  average of around 84,000

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Diversity in the Profession

• For a long time, white males dominated
  engineering
• Recently, women, foreign nationals, and various
  minority students have entered colleges and
  universities with an engineering diploma in mind

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Distribution of Engineers by Field of Study

• Electrical engineering employs the highest number
  of engineers, nearly 25, numbering close to
  375,000
• Mechanical employs almost 250,000
• Civil is the next highest populated, with
  200,000 workers

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Words of Advice from Employers

• Looking for graduates who possess
• Excellent communication skills
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Computer/Technical proficiency
• Hard working attitude

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What Problems Must YOUR Generation Face

• Future Challenges

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Expanding World Population

• 1900-2000, world population climbs from 1.6
  billion to 6 billion people
• Places new stress on conservation of resources,
  and gives engineers new challenges to compensate
  for high population

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Pollution

• Engineers concerned with management and the
  control of pollution, especially
• Air pollution
• Water pollution and the depletion of freshwater
  resources
• Management of solid waste

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Energy

• It is predicted that energy usage in the
  Developing Countries will more than double in the
  next 30 years
• Engineers must find new ways to generate power in
  an effort to conserve natural resources (fossil
  fuels)

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Infrastructure

• With mass transportation an ever-present problem,
  engineers will be responsible in the future for
  designing and maintaining a system by which the
  transportation of raw materials, as well as the
  human capital that process them, can easily and
  efficiently move from place to place

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The Worldly Engineer

• Global and InternationalEngineering
• GSMST

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Introduction

• After WWII, engineering became a more global
  business.
• Taking a few foreign language classes in school
  cannot hurt, but only help your chances at
  getting a job after college.

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The Evolving Global Market Changing World Maps
Alliances

• Breakup of former USSR
• China and other Asian countries in rapid
  development stages
• New laws, regulations, policies have affected the
  spread of international engineering

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NAFTA

• 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (US,
  Mexico, Canada)
• Designed to reduce tariffs, and increase
  international competition
• Manufacturing trade has increased by 128 between
  Canada, US, and Mexico since 1994

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International OpportunitiesFor Engineers

• Engineers are employed internationally in
• Automobile Industry
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Pharmaceuticals
• Food Industry
• Petroleum and Chemical Industry
• Computer and Electronics Industry
• Telecommunications

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Preparing for a Global Career

• Students who look to work internationally should
• Be language and culturally proficient
• Should participate in study abroad programs
• Look into international work experience and Co-Op
  opportunities

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