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·“The generation who went into aerospace engineering to
go to the moon, Mars and beyond
is retiring…” Wm. F. Ballhaus, president of Aerospace Corp.
·NASA has more engineers over 60 than between 60 &
30.*
·Money isn’t the problem… the class of 2002 grads earned:
Marketing/Business à$35K Mech E à$49K Chem Eà$51K*
Marketing/Business à$35K Mech E à$49K Chem Eà$51K*
·“The engineering culture is not a people culture.” Judith
Ramaley, NSF.
·“We throw really hard math and science at them for two
years and only then let them do some fun stuff. No wonder we’re losing 40% of the freshman who start in engineering.” Wm. Wulf,
president NAE.
·CEO’s aren’t the only ones who should be worried…
Engineers, after all, figure out
how to clean air and water, build better and safer cars, bridges and planes, improve manufacturing
efficiency… an otherwise
move the discoveries of basic science out of the lab and into our lives.*
“As we lose engineers,
who will
take us into the future?”
Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2002 *
take us into the future?”
Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2002 *
* Sharon Begley,
“As We Lose Engineers, Who Will Take Us into the Future?” Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2002. © 2002 Dow Jones & Co., Inc.