Gregory Washington February 20, 2016

1. The “E” in STEM: Why We
Can’t Wait
Gregory Washington, PhD
Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering
Henry Samueli School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine

2. Unprecedented Global Challenges
Level 1
• Climate Change
• Water Scarcity
• Energy Security
• Cyber Security
• Global financial structure
• Biodiversity and Ecosystem
losses
• Fisheries Depletion
• Deforestation
• Infectious Disease
Level 2
• Poverty
• Education
• The Digital Divide
• Urbanization
• Intellectual property
• International labor and
migration
• E-Commerce rules
• Biotechnology rules
• Maritime Safety and
Pollution
Disruptive to our way of lifeEliminate our way of life
Are we educating students to solve the grand challenges
of our generation?

3. Unprecedented Global Competitors
Singapore 2015
Singapore 1965
Shanghai - 1987
Shanghai 2015
Are we educating students to truly compete globally?

4. Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Top Bachelors Majors at US Universities
1. Business
2. General Studies
3. Social Science and History
4. Psychology
5. Health Professions
6. Education
7. Visual and Performing Arts
8. Engineering and Technology
9. Communications and Journalism
10. Computer and Information Science

5. Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Top Bachelors Majors at Global Universities
1.Business (1)
2.General Studies (10)
3.Social Science and History (6)
4.Psychology (9)
5.Health Professions (4)
6.Education (5)
7.Visual and Performing Arts (8)
8.Engineering and Technology (2)
9.Communications and Journalism (7)
10.Computer and Information Science (3)

6. -500
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1971 1982 1996 1999 2003 2006 2007 2010 2015
TransistorCount(Millions)
Pen um II AMD K8
Itanium 2
Core 2 Duo Cell AMD K10
Itanium 2 with 9 MB Cache
Core 17 (Quad)
Power6
Six-Core Opteron 24
Dual-Core Itanium 2
Quad-Core Itanium
8-Core Xeon
18-Core Xeon Haswell
Year
PentiumIntel 4004
More than half of the top 10 in demand jobs in 2016 did not exist in 2005
Six-Core Xeon 7400
Radio- 38 Years TV - 13 Years
Cellphone
7 Years
Internet - 4 Years
Facebook
2 Years
Unprecedented Change
Years to 50 million users
Are we educating students for the job market of the
future?

7. Remember this?

8. Did you think it could wind up here?

9. Record movies Record movies View movies Photographs
Compute
Listen Radio Play Games
Measure Time
Telephone Share pictures Share text
Yellow Pages
Plan route
Forecast
weather
DassaultSystemes2009
Design
Listen Music
(mobile!)
2016
Now
integrated in
our pockets
But we STILL educate the same way
1980: Disconnected Technologies

10. Is Education
changing fast
enough?
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and
write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn” – A. Toffler

12. … not at the pace of industry...

13. Poh, M.Z., Swenson, N.C., Picard, R.W
Long-Term Brain Activity

14. 14
3/2/2016
• In the next 5 years you
will no longer need
• IDs
• Money
• Credit Cards
• Store cards
• Business Cards
• Photos
• Mail/Mailman
• Paper and Hardback Books
• Bills and notices
• Paper
• Steering Wheels
• Organ Donors?
• Classrooms

15. Technology is a New Real Competitor
• Probability of Computerization
• Telemarketers – 99%
• Secretarial/Adm. Assistant – 96%
• Accountant/Auditors – 94%
• Retail Salespersons – 92%
• Technical Writers – 89%
• Paralegals – 94%
• Postal Service Clerks – 95%
• Machinists – 65%
• 47% of total US employment is at risk
The future of Employment: How Susceptible Jobs are to Computerisation; C.B.
Frey, M.A. Osborne

16. 70%
-Is Increasing at 1% Per Year-
70% of Young Adult Males (18-24 yrs old) are
NOT Eligible for the Military

17. 70%
Are they employable?
70% of Young Adult Males (18-24 yrs old) are
NOT Eligible for the Military

18. 70%
Are they headed to public
assistance?
70% of Young Adult Males (18-24 yrs old) are
NOT Eligible for the Military

19. 70% of Young Adult Males (18-24 yrs old) are NOT
Eligible for the Military
• Cannot Pass Military Entrance Exam
• Lack High School Diploma
• Obesity
• Drugs
• Incarceration

20. We Need Different Students
• Strong analytical skills.
• Practical ingenuity, creativity;
innovator.
• Global communication skills.
• Business, management skills.
• High ethical standards,
professionalism.
• Dynamic/agile/resilient/flexible.
• Lifelong learner.
• Able to put problems in their socio-
technical and operational context.
• Adaptive leader, Team Player
• Innovators Mentality
20
The Student of 2020
“It takes a village to raise an engineer”

21. Solutions – Which way do we go?
• Embrace What’s Next
• Create new inventors
• Disrupt the Educational
Paradigm
• Establish Create and Make
Spaces
• Experiential Learning
• Partner or Perish

22. Five Trends will create new jobs and
eliminate old ones
• Internet of Things
• Wearable Technology
• Computational Intelligence
• Social Networks
• Data Fusion
These trends an bring forward new opportunities as hundreds of thousands
of smart people have access to software, knowhow, and the 5 items above

23. Computers and Sensors Worn
on the Body
Everything Connected to the Network
WHAT ARE WEARABLE
TECHNOLOGIES?
WHAT IS THE INTERNET OF THINGS?
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?
Connectivity

24. Why the market is interesting?
Source: Ericsson Mobility Report, “On The Pulse Of The Networked Society,” June 2013
THINGS
PEOPLE
PLACES
50B
THINGS
connected
50
40
30
20
10
0
Billions
1900 1990 2000 20202010
1B
PLACES
connected
5B
PEOPLE
connected

25. IOTs Future is Very Bright
Security Monitoring
Smart
Irrigation
Smart
Appliances
Water Quality Monitoring
Pet Location
Smart
Metering
Mold
Detection
Smart Watch
Health Monitor
Out-Patient
Monitor
Wearable
Sensors
Smart Glasses
Cardiac Monitor
Smart Clothing
Location
Monitoring
Energy &
Water Use
Smart
Grids
Pollution
Monitoring
Structural
Monitoring
Urban
Noise Maps
Traffic
Congestion
Smart
Parking
Your City Your Home Your body

26. What can fit in a wearable DEVICE?
Power
Management WiFi + Bluetooth
+ FM + NFC
GPS
3G Cellular SoC
w/Quad-Core
1GHz CPU and
Advanced
Graphics
Memory

27. Watch this!

28. Why Kids are the ideal inventors?
Creative
Motivated by
challenges
Not afraid of failure
Resilient
Idealistic
Create Inventors

29. Why Kids are the ideal inventors?
Kelvin Doe, Sierra Leone, created
batteries and generators; started a
radio station for his village from a
deteriorating voltage stabilizer that he
found in the trash.
William Kamkwamba, Malawi, windmill
to power his family’s house using blue
gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials
collected from a scrapyard

30. Girl-power!

31. What do these great companies have in common?
Founders were all in their teens or 20s

35. Laser CutterCNC Machine Sewing
Machine
Scanner
3D Printer
Vinyl Cutter
Modela Milling Machine
Items in a Make - SPace

36. FAB-Camp UCI
• In July and August 150 (6th thru
10th)students participate in the
UCI FAB-Camp and App Camp.
• This program gave students
“hands on” project based
learning skills while
simultaneously exposing them
to multiple engineering
disciplines
• Students built their own, LED,
Fuel Cell, Hovercraft, model
aircraft, ice cream, etc.
• They also learned the basics of
advanced manufacturing with a
focus on how to use CAD
software and 3-D printers
http://sites.uci.edu/fabcamp/

37. Fab Camp Video

38. http://www.triolith.com/2011/08/08/design-insigths-about-diablo-3-auction-house/
Novel Partnerships
works out when there is common purpose and pursuit
• We need more collaboration
between University and K-12
• Engineering must be at the table
along with the Sciences and
Education
• NGO’s play a key role
• Industry is our greatest untapped
resource
• Adopt a School Program
• Industry Partner
• University Partner
• Parent support group

39. We should be concerned... but?
1. Electrification
2. Automobile
3. Airplane
4. Water Supply and Distribution
5. Electronics
6. Radio and Television
7. Agricultural Mechanization
8. Computers
9. Telephone
10. Air Conditioning
11. Highways
12. Spacecraft
13. Internet
14. Imaging
15. Household Appliances
16. Health Technologies
17. High-Performance Materials
18. Laser and Fiber Optics
19. Nuclear Technologies
20. Petroleum and Petrochemical
Technologies
• We were able to do this in spite of the fact that in 1900 the US Population
was 76 million and China’s was 467 million (6.14 times larger than ours).
China’s Population in 2013 was only 4.33 times larger than ours.
•What about people like me?
Great Achievements of the Last Century

40. Major 21st Century Innovations
. . . . And many more!