1. Globalization & the Impact
of a STEAM Driven
Education System
PwC’s Cleantech Revolution
28 November 2012
G. Nagesh Rao
2. PROFESSIONAL
BACKGROUND
Starbucks “Coffee Jockey” (’01-’03)
RPI Office of Technology
Commercialization (’02-’04)
Mirzayan S&T Fellow at The National
Academies (‘04)
US Department of Commerce-
USPTO/CLDP/EDA (’04-’11)
Startup America
NACIE
Professional Science i6 Green Challenge
PT-Student Humanitarian IP Program
CTLA, LACI, & FLoW (‘11-’12)
Law Business
Stiefel Family Foundation (Present)
3. What is STEAM & Why
is Important?
Science
Technology
Engineering
Arts
Mathematics
4. Addressing The
Challenges
Homegrown vs. Imported Talents
Encouraging a Higher Bar for STEAM Education
Making CleanTech attractive again vs Web 2.0/Social Media
Energy Independence & National Security
Reducing Barriers to High Tech Growth Development
NOT stigmatizing failure or slow comprehension
6. Capital Development
How do we Reduce β ?
Financial
Need money, programs, and infrastructure to facilitate
appropriate endeavors around STEAM.
Public and Private Dollars
Political
STEAM needs to be a priority at the Local, State, and National
Level.
“The Quiet Crisis” (Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson)
Human
Basic Education (K-12)
After-School Programs
Community Colleges
University Level (BS, MS, and PhD)
7. Making a STEAM Based
Education Attractive
More Bill Nye’s Mayim Bialik’s and Neil deGrasse
Tyson’s in mainstream media.
11. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S
PERSPECTIVE
High Tech Growth Intra & Entre- preneurship
Priority of the Obama Administration
Public/Private Models (Policy Push)
Startup America (PR Umbrella Federal Interagency Push)
Prize Incentivization Mechanism (Programmatic
Endeavors)
Challenge.gov
i6 Grant Program
ERIC
Jobs & Accelerator Program
DOE National University Clean Energy Business Plan
Competition
Humanitarian IP
NSF I-Corp