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Why ASU Engineering?
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Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical Engineering School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering http://aar.faculty.asu.edu/
October 5, 2011
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Outline
Outline
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• Motivation
• Engineering as a 1st Degree
• My Background (all my degrees are in Electrical Engineering)
• Why ASU?
• Myths About Engineering
• Who Is Becoming An Engineer?
• Starting Salaries
• Why Engineering?
- aero, bio, chemical, civil, computer science/systems, electrical, environmental, industrial, materials, mechanical, sustainability
• Areas of National Importance
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Motivation
Motivation
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• Nation needs more engineers!
• Matter of national security!
- essential to remain innovative and globally competitive
•There’s money ($$$) for you to become one!
- $2.5M grant from National Science Foundation (NSF) - ASU PI: Dr. Anderson-Rowland, Co-PI: Dr. Rodriguez
•We can help you become an engineer!
- you can have an amazing career - impactful, exciting, challenging, good pay, security, flexibility, etc.
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NO Interest in Engineering
:o(
…WAIT…
Engineering can be a great 1st degree for many fields !
Engineering BS as a 1st Degree
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• Engineering BS can be a great 1st degree for many fields - rigors of math/science-based education provides universally applicable critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Interested in med, dental, veterinary school…consider bioengineering
• Interested in law school…consider engineering (e.g. electrical) …useful for patent law • Interested in pharmacy…consider chemical engineering …developing the drugs can be very rewarding • Interested in business school…consider engineering (e.g. industrial) …especially if you wish to start a hi-tech company
An engineering degree is also a great final degree!
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My Background
(I have been very fortunate!)
My Background Born and raised in NY, NY (just north of Harlem)
Mother died of cancer: I was 13 years old, 2 brothers (ages 5, 6)
1990: PhD from MIT, Joined ASU Electrical Engineering
Married with 2 kids
Work/Consulting Experience: Bell Labs, Boeing, Eglin AFB, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, NASA, etc.
Research: control systems, hypersonic vehicle design, sustainability, low power electronics, portfolio management
CAREER HAS BEEN WONDERFUL !!!
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White House Presidential Award (9-9-98)
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Other Interests: baseball, boxing, photography, chess economics, learning, etc.
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Why ASU?
(many good reasons!)
WHY ASU? We have MONEY ($$$) for you! ◦ $2.5M NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent
Expansion Program (STEP) Grant with partnering AZ community colleges (CCs) ◦ $4K/year scholarships, financial aid, paid faculty-supervised projects, and more! ◦ projects permit you to figure out what you are truly passionate about; can lead to
senior design project, honors thesis, MS thesis, PhD thesis, etc… All engineering disciplines represented (highly ranked): ◦ aero, bio, chemical, civil, computer science/systems, electrical, environmental,
industrial, materials, mechanical, sustainability cool cutting-edge engineering problems and projects (in areas of national importance) world class researchers and facilities (e.g. labs, multi-media classrooms, libraries, etc.) community of mentors to provide time-tested one-on-one personal mentoring ◦ over 50% of our STEP/STEM scholars go on to grad school - more than 2x national
average nationally recognized career planning and development classes…we prepare you!
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WHY ASU? great track record for getting its students hired by internationally recognized high
tech firms/laboratories (e.g. Apple, Boeing, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, Lawrence Livermore, Microsoft, Oracle, NASA, Sandia, etc.)
lots of local industrial job/internship opportunities within Phoenix/Tempe metro area likely to get fun, well-paying job when you graduate with BS in Eng from ASU
lots of cool things to do at ASU Main campus – Nation’s largest university campus lots of things to do in Phoenix/Tempe metro area work with mentors that understand needs of CC transfer students see http://mets.engineering.asu.edu/ special center for CC transfer students ◦ for studying, networking, computers, and counseling from faculty, staff, and
successful transfer students closely communicate with prior CC transfers following ASU engineering path transfer credits from ASU back to CC to earn your two year CC degree while you
progress towards BS in Engineering at ASU
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Myths About Engineering
lots of BS! …and I do not mean the degree!!
Myths About Engineering
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Not Relevant to My Life ◦ engineering has and will continue to revolutionize the world … and your life!
Too Hard ◦ need not be a mathematical/scientific “nerdy brainiac” ◦ other skills are needed (e.g. planning, leadership, vision, communications, business savy, cross
disciplinary knowledge, etc.) ◦ Please remember: anything worthwhile will not be easy! most things that are easy up front end up being a life-long nightmare!! ◦ hard is not having a job, becoming obsolete (replaceable), being perpetually bored, struggling
throughout a career, etc… Not Exciting or Too Boring ◦ engineering has revolutionized medicine, transportation, housing, communications, computing,
learning, etc… ◦ and you ain’t seen nothing yet! Unprecedented innovation will occur over the next two decades!!
Poor Pay and Job Security ◦ This too is BS! Average starting pay with BS: ~ $55-65K MS: $70-80K PhD: $85-100K ◦ These figures do NOT consider: consulting or starting your own company! ◦ Unemployment amongst engineers is low (far below national average) ◦ Don’t trust me…verify!....Compare with other areas…engineers live very well…
Poor Working Conditions ◦ most of today’s engineers work in great environments
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Who Is Becoming An Engineer?
Who Is Becoming an Engineer?
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• Need more of everybody – particularly woman and underrepresented minorities – a matter of national security!
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Starting Salaries
- Money ($$$) should NOT be your critical decision factor!
…do something you love! …something you’re passionate about!
…don’t deprive yourself too much :o(
- Engineering can give you good $$$ and sustained (life-long) passion !!
Field Starting Salary (2008) Engineering - all majors $56,336
Nursing $52,129 Finance $48,791
Accounting $47,413 Marketing $43,459
History $35,956 Liberal Arts - all majors $33,258
Psychology $30,877
Engineers!
• Add ~ $20K for MS • Add ~ $30K for PhD NOTE: 2008 was NOT a good year (financial meltdown) Great Recession started during 12/2007
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A Few Videos
Many more on internet!
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A FEW VIDEOS Renewable Energy http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science-channel/34234-ecopolis-biofuel-video.htm (Algae, goto 1:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cysaOnlv_E (20% Renewable Energy by 2020) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSr5BhAXSw (ASU Biodesign Institute) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8dzOB-Ykg (Hydrogen fuel cells for cars) Boston Dynamics’ BIG DOG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww NASA X-43A Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Vehicle – Mach 7, 10 (2004) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiBsD-cafH8 Boeing 787 Dreamliner http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10635444 Carbon Nanotubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQAK4xxPGfM http://vega.org.uk/video/programme/71 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikYhyjPjKBs Regenerative Organs/Medicine http://interactmd.com/content/organ-regeneration-talk-video (goto 11 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7eM3zOffI4 Personalized Medicine http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=524 Supercomputers http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/most-popular-supercomputing-videos/ (goto 55sec) Electronic Devices http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPIbGq634yU (Spintronics) Intellectual Property http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yp_Xj6YshM
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Why Engineering?
Join Ongoing Technological Revolution We’re experiencing a technological revolution - Amazing things are taking place - More amazing things will take place over the next two decades
...we want and need you to participate …the Nation NEEDS YOU !
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Many HOT Areas
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Amazing discoveries/innovations will take place over the next two decades….
• Green energy, electric vehicles • Mass storage, super computing, immersive asynchronous learning • Genetic engineering, personalized medicine, prosthetics • Neuroscience • Advanced robotics • Hypersonic vehicles, etc.
We want you to be part of it !
Nation needs you to be significant participants !!
MANY opportunities to take advantage of !!!
(…just need to prepare….)
Nation Needs You!
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After WWII, US had little competition; with 2 oceans for protection
NO longer the case…due to increasingly global economy
To remain competitive, US - can no longer afford to rely on imported talent - must find & nurture talent from within - cheap labor is an issue, need to rely on new technical innovation and
creativity
THAT’s YOU!
- Financial opportunities for BS; Even more for MS and PhD! $$$ Nation needs you to be significant participants ! MANY opportunities to take advantage of !!
(…just need to prepare…)
Why Engineering?
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Globally impactful Revolutionizing the world (e.g. medicine, agriculture, energy,
transportation, communications, computing, learning, entertainment, sports, exploration, national security, poverty, etc.)
Challenging and Exciting (Never Boring!) ◦ I do not want to sleep because I am having so much fun!
Many job opportunities ◦ To address national and world needs ◦ job security; low unemployment
Good Pay Can be my own boss (consult, start my own company) Opportunity for growth and travel (life-long learning) Work with people Flexible hours!
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Exciting Areas to Consider
“Areas of
National Importance”
What do Engineers do? What have they done?
Electrification Automobile Airplane (Jets) Water Supply & Distribution Highways Telephones (Smart Cell) Petroleum & Petrochemicals Electronics Radio & Television Agricultural Mechanization Computers (Super, desk/lap tops) Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Spacecraft Internet Imaging Household Appliances
Health Technologies Laser & Fiber Optics Nuclear Technologies High-Performance Materials
…Quite an IMPRESSIVE LIST! …But there’s much to be done!!
Engineers … Have significantly impacted our world Are creative problem-solvers Are essential to our health, happiness, and safety
Exciting 21st Century Challenges ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY BATTERIES: Low-cost long-life supercharged batteries (e.g. Li-ion
phosphate for electric vehicles)
BIOFUELS: Green biofuels to displace oil consumption and greenhouse gases (e.g. corn or sugar cane based)
FUEL: Turning sunlight into carbon-neutral fuel (replicate photosynthesis) 2n CO2 + 2n H2O + photons → 2(CH2O)n + n O2
Carbon dioxide + electron donor + light energy → carbohydrate + oxygen
SOLAR: Cheap highly efficient solar cells
BUILDINGS: Self-sufficient (green) buildings – produce all energy they consumes
WASTE: Safe inexpensive disposal of toxic and radioactive wastes
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING • RADIO: Cognitive radio (frequency switching)
• COMPUTING: Exascale supercomputer - 1018 calc/sec within 10 years; yotta (1024), zetta (1021), exa (1018), peta (1015) - Japan K Computer: 8.162 PF, tera (1012), giga (109), mega (106) floating pt ops/sec (flops)
• MEMORY: Massive memory (e.g. Library of Congress on a Chip)
• LIBRARIES: Interactive digital mobile libraries
• TEACHING: Immersive High Definition Game-Quality Teaching Software
• LEARNING: On-Line Interactive Asynchronous Learning for All
• LANGUAGE: Real-time language translation (currently 5000 words/day, $0.15/word)
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
Exciting 21st Century Challenges PERSONALIZED MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS: Earlier disease diagnosis (via saliva sample)
DNA SEQUENCING: Rapid Low-Cost DNA sequencing (e.g. map all forms of cancer)
PERSONALIZED DRUGS: Drugs tailored to individuals CANCER: Smart anti-cancer therapies (e.g. cell directed
nanotechnology) MALARIA: Cheap anti-malarial drugs VACCINES: Vaccines for every flu strain
ORGANS/LIMBS: Regenerative organs/limbs
PROSTHETICS: Brain-powered prosthetics
Exciting 21st Century Challenges MATERIALS ARMOR: Lightweight vest to stop armor-piercing bullets ENERGY: Energy efficient materials MEDICAL: Medical materials that can be used within humans TRANSPORTATION AEROSPACE: Two-stage to-orbit (TSTO) via hypersonic
vehicles AIR TRAFFIC: Revamp air traffic control RAIL: High speed rail CARS: Electric and hybrid vehicles
See Obama’s 25 Ways to Rebuild America for additional information
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• We have money for engineering wanna-bees
• Come visit us at ASU!
• You will not regret it!
• We have significantly impacted the lives of many students…
…many who never thought to consider engineering as a viable career choice
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THE END
(A New Beginning for some of you… We Hope!)
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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GRAND CHALLENGES
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY BATTERIES: Low-cost long-life supercharged batteries (e.g. Li-ion
phosphate batteries to power electric vehicles, 100’s of miles on a single charge)
- GE, IBM, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway - Chinese automaker BYD - Watertown (Mass.) based A123 Systems
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY BIOFUELS: Green biofuels to displace oil consumption and reduce
greenhouse gases (e.g. corn or sugar cane based, exploit wastes, algae) - 21 B gallons by 2022 – non food crops - Archer Daniels Midland, Deere, Monsanto (e.g. corn field waste) - GM, Warrenville (Ill.)-based renewable energy firm Coskata are working system to break down cellulosic biomass - as well as certain kinds of trash - and convert it to biofuel
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY FUEL: Turning sunlight into carbon-neutral fuel (replicate
photosynthesis) 2n CO2 + 2n H2O + photons → 2(CH2O)n + n O2 Carbon dioxide + electron donor + light energy → carbohydrate + oxygen
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY SOLAR: Cheap highly efficient solar cells (as cheap as paint!) - Dow Chemical recently announced solar roof shingles that use low-cost, thin-film photovoltaic cells (no special installation skills, 2011).
- Ascent Solar Technologies set to begin shipping highly efficient solar cells made from copper, indium, gallium, and selenium.
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY BUILDINGS: Self-sufficient (green) buildings – produce all energy
they consume
- United Technologies and Honeywell - developing industrial-specification, energy-efficient systems for heating, ventilation, and water
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY WASTE: Quick, safe, inexpensive disposal of toxic and radioactive
wastes - Pressure on global suppliers from retail giant Walmart - Dell and Apple engineering electronics that don't create waste - Other advances will come from govt agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency when further iterations of nuclear power are explored
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING • RADIO: Cognitive radio (frequency switching) - Develop phones and wireless devices that seamlessy switch between radio frequencies whether using Internet, TV, or a cellular signal. - Dell, Google, Hewlett-Packard have petitioned FCC to make unused TV spectrum (~7MHz-1GHz) available for cognitive devices - cognitive network could continually adapt and allocate resources according to customer needs and demands
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING • COMPUTING: Exascale supercomputer - 1018 - million trillion – • calc/sec within 10 years; yotta (1024), zetta (1021), exa (1018), peta (1015), tera (1012), giga (109), mega (106) floating point operations per sec (flops)
- 2011 – Japan K Computer, 8.162 peta flops - 2010 – Chinese Tianhe-1, meaning Milky Way, 2.507 peta flops - 2008 – IBM's $133 million Roadrunner was fastest – 1.026 peta flops - HP, Microsoft, DARPA contributing
Significantly impacts ability to solve hard problems; e.g. weather prediction, finding new medicines, hypersonic vehicles, etc.
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING • MEMORY: Massive memory (Library of Congress on a Chip)
- AT&T and other telecommunications companies already use sophisticated data-compression technologies to store vast sums of information
- Internet companies such as Facebook and Myspace, which hold information on millions of users, say flash storage is crucial - EMC, IBM, HP working to squeeze more memory onto flash drives
- Flash drive – type of EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) that is erased and programmed in large blocks
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING • LIBRARIES: Interactive digital mobile libraries - Build rich, interactive, digital library for every child - Amazon's Kindle e-reader ignited an explosion in mobile book and magazine reading. - Google Books' collection of digitized literature is growing - Apple’s iPad works with iTunes; a mobile library
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING •TEACHING: Immersive High Definition Game-Quality Teaching Software
- Build educational software that's as compelling as the best video game and as effective as a personal tutor - Chicago-based PrepMe has developed customizable test prep software that tracks a student's progress and tailors the educational experience. Company plans to expand offerings into software for classrooms - Rosetta Stone's innovations in language-teaching software including live chats with experts and intro of game-like, logic-based learning exercises – could be expanded to include many subjects
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING •LEARNING: On-Line Interactive Asynchronous Learning for All
- Sun Microsystems applying open-source model to online textbooks, which the company says will ultimately be freely available. - MIT already offers free lecture notes, exams, and videos - Apple's iTunes U presents material from many other universities and colleges
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
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COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTING, & LEARNING •LANGUAGE: Real-time language translation (currently 5000 words/day, $0.15/word) - Create highly accurate, real-time translation between major world - Waltham (Mass.)-based Lionbridge Technologies; human- assisted machine translation - A computer program tackles 1st round of word-and-sentence conversion, about 90% of work. Human then corrects mistakes, clarifies sentences, and refines the language. - progress in computing power and language research could make real- time translation a reality
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS: Earlier disease diagnosis (via saliva sample) ◦ Attain early detection of dozens of diseases via a saliva sample. ◦ Bristol-Myers Squibb and Quest Diagnostics already using spit
samples to test for mutations that make some patients immune to certain treatments. ◦ Google-backed startup 23andMe collects saliva samples and looks
for genetic variations in DNA that might reveal possible future diseases
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE DNA SEQUENCING: Rapid Low-Cost DNA sequencing (e.g. map all
forms of cancer) PERSONALIZED DRUGS: Drugs tailored to individuals CANCER: Smart anti-cancer therapies (e.g. cell directed
nanotechnology) ◦ Nanotechnology and microtechnology researchers refining medicines that deliver drugs only to disease-infected cells ◦ Univ of Chicago Medical Center, Energy Dept.'s Argonne National Laboratory ◦ Bet on pharmaceutical industry to test and bring the new treatments to market
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE MALARIA: Cheap anti-malarial drugs VACCINES: Vaccines for every flu strain ◦ Develop universal vaccine for influenza to protect against all future strains ◦ hundreds of strains circulating; ever-morphing virus - universal vaccine not likely soon ◦ closer a vaccine can match a strain, the less severe the virus's effects will be ◦ Major US players: Baxter, VaxInnate, Pfizer, Novavax, and Merck
Exciting 21st Century Challenges
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE ORGANS/LIMBS: Regenerative organs/limbs ◦ Develop regenerative medicine that can create an organ or regrow a limb. ◦ Amgen says its prowess in cellular and molecular biology places the company in a prime position to
uncover treatments to repair or replace tissue and organs. ◦ The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine - Winston-Salem, N.C. – 1st to grow an organ in a
lab, implying it might have success with limb regrowth ◦ Politically issues: stem-cell research
PROSTHETICS: Brain-powered prosthetics - Iceland's Ossur
Exciting 21st Century Challenges MATERIALS ARMOR: Lightweight vest to stop armor-piercing bullets ENERGY: Energy efficient materials MEDICAL: Medical materials that can be used within humans TRANSPORTATION AEROSPACE: Two-stage to-orbit (TSTO) via hypersonic
vehicles AIR TRAFFIC: Revamp air traffic control RAIL: High speed rail CARS: Electric and hybrid vehicles
See Obama’s 25 Ways to Rebuild America for additional information
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Areas That I Have Worked In
Research Interests Automatic Control Systems
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Robotic Systems
Electromechanical Systems
Aerospace Systems
Sustainability
Portfolio Management
Flexible Autonomous Machines operating in an uncertain Environment ◦ semiconductor processes and manufacturing
◦ robotics and automation
◦ advanced vehicles and transportation systems Note: All involve systems that need to be controlled. FAME offers something for everyone…all encompassing umbrella for multidisciplinary research Started in 1994.
What did FAME
include?
Background
Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, Holmdel, NJ)
◦ Control of LANs, Robotics, Complex Systems
Sikorsky Aircraft ◦ AFCS design for UH-60A Blackhawk
◦ AFCS for Twin Lift Helicopter System
Twin Lift Helicopter System
Tilt-Wing Rotorcraft
Background
Raytheon Missile Systems (Bedford, MA)
◦ Patriot Missile Autopilot Design
Eglin AFB (Pensacola, FL)
◦ Extended Medium Range Air-to-Air Technology (EMRAAT) Missile Guidance and Control System Design
Background
Intel ◦ Control of a re-entrant semiconductor
manufacturing line (e.g. Pentium fab) ◦ allocate resources in the presence of
uncertainty ◦ maximize $$$, minimize average tpt (to
help make promises), minimize variance of tpt (to help keep promises) ◦ Fab costs ~$3B; makes ~$1M/hr profit
Background
Honeywell ◦ Space Weaponry/Imaging Systems e.g. Space Integrated Control Experiment (SPICE) Laser beam expander/telescope rapid slewing and precision pointing of flexible
structure Satellite Attitude Control
◦ Satellite Attitude Control
Background
Honeywell/Boeing ◦ Flight Management System (FMS) Design commercial aircraft guidance
◦ High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) 300+ passengers, Mach 2.2
Flexible structure (long, thin)
Automatic Landing System
Background
Boeing Space and Defense (Seattle, WA)
◦M&S of two Major Regional Conflicts (MRC’s)
◦ Joint Strike Fighter (F-35)
◦ V-22 Osprey (Tilt-rotor)
◦ Autonomous vehicles
Background
NASA - Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter (JIMO)
Background
NASA – Hypersonic Vehicles, Mach 5-15
X-43A 2004: Mach 7, 10 X-51A 2010: Mach 6
Background
Robotics
Sustainability • Management of Renewable Resources
• Management of World Fisheries
• Management of Irrigation Systems
• Energy Efficient Buildings
• Energy Policy to Address Global Warming
Concerns
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THE END (A New Beginning? We Hope!)
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Overview of Engineering Disciplines
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What Kinds of Engineers are there?
Bioengineering Chemical Materials Civil Environmental Construction
Electrical Industrial Mechanical Aerospace Computer Systems
Computer Science
Work Opportunities: ♦Boeing ♦Bell Helicopter ♦Honeywell ♦NASA ♦Department of Defense
Design & Develop Aerospace Vehicles: - military jet fighters, commercial airplanes, spacecraft, space probes Aerospace Technology - used to achieve better aerodynamic properties (e.g. cars, golf balls) - used to study fluid flow through body
Applies engineering and physical science principles/methods to life and medical sciences
to understand, define, and solve problems in medicine, physiology, and biology
Design passenger safety devices and artificial body parts (e.g. hip replacements, artificial skin)
Stem cell research Prosthetic devices Medical instruments Great alternative to pre-medicine Work Opportunities: Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, hospitals
Chemical engineers develop methods to transform raw materials into products we use every day (e.g. pharmaceuticals, soft drinks, makeup)
Design new materials and chemical products. For e Examples: air & water purification, process control, air pollution control, & biological applications of chemical technology
Companies: Dow Chemical, Dupont, Intel Pharmaceutical companies
Design roads, bridges, & highways on which we travel
Work Opportunities: construction companies, transportation departments, and governmental organizations (e.g. ADOT)
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Computer scientists design program language software Developing and advancing uses of virtual reality in medicine and robotics
Design programming tools and knowledge-based systems
Design computer and video games
Develop software for controlling micro-circuitry Develop software for embedded systems
Companies: Microsoft, IBM, Oracle
Computer systems engineers deal more with what’s inside the computer-hardware (e.g. circuit boards, microprocessors) than with software
Work as part of a team that designs
new computing devices or computer-related equipment, systems or software
Concerned with interconnection of subsystems
♦EX:DESIGN/MANAGE THE MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENTS USED IN
AUTOMOBILES.
♦ work closely with owners on planning, designing, building, and leading construction process
♦Assist with management of project infrastructure, budget, work site ♦Example: Oversee construction of automobile factories
♦Electrical engineers devise ways to take energy from turbines, fuel cells, hydroelectric plants & solar panels & transfer it to homes & businesses. ♦Design components that move digital information from one place to another - they’re behind much of technology used within computers, cell phones, satellites, televisions, medical equipment, etc.
♦Examples: Electrical systems for power operations, power steering, lighting, radios, flipping a light switch, etc.
♦Companies: AMD, Apple, AT&T, Boeing, Cisco, Dell, General Electric, IBM, Intel, SRP, Department of Energy, etc.
Industrial Engineers organize materials, machines, information, & people to ensure that an industrial production process functions smoothly
They address design, manufacturing, quality control, & the human factors issues
Example: Design how automobiles can be produced within management constraints (cost, schedule, quality, labor, etc.) Work for manufacturing
companies and consulting organizations
♦Industrial Engineers
♦Material engineers work with plastics,
metal, & ceramics
♦They make these materials work for us –
turning raw substances into useful products
e.g. Gore-Tex, high performance snow skis,
fiber optic cables
♦Example: Material Engineers designed U.S.
Air Force’s stealth technology that
significantly reduces a fighter’s radar
signature
♦Mechanical Engineers design & design and develop everything you think of as a machine - from supersonic fighter jets to bicycles to engines.
♦Manufacture robotics, automotives, air conditioners, engines, and much more.
♦EX: Design the frame, engine drive train, steering, brakes and many other mechanical parts.
