Mindset matters. Mindset is the collection of attitudes, dispositions, and motivations that are involved in every situation. The world needs engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset.
4. Projection Population by Generation
In millions
90
70
50
30
10
2014 2028 2036 2050
SILENT
BOOMER
GEN-X
MILLENNIAL
Millennials are 18-34 in 2015
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of US
Census Bureau population projections, Dec 2014
What’s new? Millennial’s rule.
5. Mature
Technology
While the technology “S-Curve” is familiar…
Under
Development
Adoption
Key
Improvements
Performance
(efficiency,lowercost,functionality,integration…)
Time
6. Disrupting the norm,
has become the normPerformance
(efficiency,lowercost,functionality,integration…)
Time
“Accelerating returns” produce
ever increasing rates of change
Decreasing
Product
Lifespans
9. US Utility Patent Awards & Non-US Awardees
D. Melton, Source: USPTO Database, Dec 2015
Protected intellectual property is
skyrocketing within a globally
competitive economy.
10. Note: The decrease is despite a disparity between unemployment rates
* 8.1% 2013 Unemployment for general population
* 3.8% 2013 Unemployment for scientists and engineers (NSF NCSES)
* 5.0% 2015-Dec Unemployment for general population
See the Gallup blog post regarding unemployment rate
11. 50%
Obsolete
Ref: An Engineering Career: Only a Young Person’s Game?
By Robert N. Charette, IEEE Spectrum Posted 4 Sep 2013
http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/an-engineering-career-only-a-young-persons-game
by the time you graduate
18. #1: Belief in the opportunity
and obligation of higher education
to transform individuals
Why?
19. #2: Belief that value creation leads
to individual fulfillment
Why?
20. #3: Belief that creating
economic and societal value
leads to jobs and
global well-being
Why?
21. Doubling down on even more hard sciences
and math will not help. Instead, we need to
incorporate new elements into engineering
students’ education to give them both the
skillset and the mindset needed
to become leaders in addressing
societal challenges. Dr. Richard Miller, Olin College
NAE Newsletter
28. THE ENGINEER WE NEED
HAS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET COUPLED
WITH ENGINEERING THOUGHT AND ACTION,
EXPRESSED THROUGH COLLABORATION AND
COMMUNICATION, AND FOUNDED ON
CHARACTER.
31. Identify
an opportunity
Perform
technical design
Investigate
the market
Validate
market interest
Create
a preliminary
business model
Communicate
an engineering solution
in economic terms
Communicate
an engineering solution
Evaluate
technical feasibility
customer value
economic viability
Develop
partnerships and
build a team
Test
concepts quickly via
customer engagement
Identify
supply chains
distribution methods
Assess
policy and
regulatory issues
Analyze
solutions
Create
a model or prototype
Validate
functions
Protect
intellectual property
Develop
new technologies
(optional)
COMPLEMENTARY
SKILLS
OPPORTUNITY DESIGN IMPACT
Determine
design requirements
THESE SPECIFIC SKILLS REINFORCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET
32. Identify
an opportunity
Perform
technical design
Investigate
the market
Validate
market interest
Create
a preliminary
business model
Communicate
an engineering solution
in economic terms
Communicate
an engineering solution
Evaluate
technical feasibility
customer value
economic viability
Develop
partnerships and
build a team
Test
concepts quickly via
customer engagement
Identify
supply chains
distribution methods
Assess
policy and
regulatory issues
Analyze
solutions
Create
a model or prototype
Validate
functions
Protect
intellectual property
Develop
new technologies
(optional)
OPPORTUNITY DESIGN IMPACT
Determine
design requirements
the traditional
engineering
skillset
needs expansion
33. Identify
an opportunity
Perform
technical design
Investigate
the market
Validate
market interest
Create
a preliminary
business model
Communicate
an engineering solution
in economic terms
Communicate
an engineering solution
Evaluate
technical feasibility
customer value
economic viability
Develop
partnerships and
build a team
Test
concepts quickly via
customer engagement
Identify
supply chains
distribution methods
Assess
policy and
regulatory issues
Analyze
solutions
Create
a model or prototype
Validate
functions
Protect
intellectual property
Develop
new technologies
(optional)
OPPORTUNITY DESIGN IMPACT
Determine
design requirements
38. Our mission is to
graduate engineers
with an
entrepreneurial
mindset so they
can create
personal, economic,
and societal value
through a lifetime
of meaningful work.