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Graduate School 101
ESP Seminar, September 19, 2005Dr. N. K. Anand
Dwight Look College of EngineeringAssistant Dean for Graduate Programs
Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, Texas 77843
Why Graduate School?
Why graduate school is important to you
Why graduate school is important to the U.S.
How to choose a graduate program Why TAMU? How to apply to TAMU
Graduate School Options After Graduation
Obtain an engineering position in a corporation, government, or military
Become an independent entrepreneur Complete a social or mission service Attend engineering graduate school Attend other type of graduate school Combinations of the above (not exclusive) BUT: a) Not easy to go back to school
b) Night school not the samec) Part-time school not the samed) Some (fewer) companies will support
you attending school
What Should You Get From Graduate School?
New learning skills New confidence in solving difficult
problems New appreciation in research New knowledge in a specific area New perspectives on how the world works New and broader outlooks on many
technical and non-technical topics Leadership skills
The Importance of Continual Learning
Your career could be 40-50 years long No degree or training will be valid for this
length of time – technology is advancing at increasing rates
You will need to continue to learn or will be out-dated quickly
Graduate school’s most important feature is that it helps you master how to continually learn
Education is a continuing process for all of our lives
Just some of the disciplines…... Average Starting Salaries Spring 2005
Aerospace Engr. $65,000 Masters
Biomedical Engr.$53,000 Masters
Chemical Engr. $57,713 Masters
Civil Engr. $48,240 Masters
Electrical Engr. $51,390 Masters $85,000 Doctorate
Industrial Engr. $58,000 Masters $85,000 Doctorate
Mechanical Engr. $63,333 Masters
Ocean Engr. $45,000 Masters
Source: TAMU Career Ctr.
Challenges
Numbers gap Ambition gap Education gap In the Age of Flatism, these gaps
are what most threaten our standard of living.
“The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges in Recruiting Domestic Students
COUNTRY POPULATION (MILLIONS)
# BACCULAURATE ENGINEERS/YR
# BACCULAURATE ENGINEERS/YR/MILLIO
N
USA 293 70,949 242
CHINA 1299 660,000 508
INDIA 1065 525,000 493
FRANCE 60 25,000 417
UNITED KINGDOM
60 16,200 270
GERMANY 82 40,000 488
WORLDWIDE >6000 >1,000,000 >167
Source: ASEE1; Weekly Magazines, and CIA Fact Book; National Academy of Engineering; National Institute of Informatics
U.S. Leadership in Science and Technology
Qualified U.S. students with baccalaureate degrees in engineering have an obligation to consider graduate school in engineering.
Challenges
National Science Board Science and Engineering Indicators,
2004
⇩in U.S. citizens training to become scientists and engineers
⇧ in jobs requiring S&E training Threatens economic welfare and security
of U.S.“The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges cont’d…
National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the Twenty-first Century Chaired by former astronaut and
senator John Glenn 2/3 of the nation’s math & science
teaching force will retire by 2010
The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges cont’d…
2.8 million BS degrees granted worldwide, 2003 1.2 million earned by Asian students
in Asian Universities 830,000 Europe 400,000 United States Asian universities produce 8 times as
many engineering BS degrees as U.S.
“The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges cont’d… Engineering & Science BS Degrees
60% China 33% South Korea 41% Taiwan 31% United States
Engineering BS Degrees 46% China 25% Russia 5% United States
“The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges cont’d…
Science & Engineering PhD’s awarded in U.S. ⇩ from 29,000 in 1998 to 27,000 in 1999
Engineering undergraduates in America
⇩ about 12% between mid-1980s and 1998
“The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges cont’d…
U.S. labor force⇧almost 5% per year
Rest of labor force⇧at just over 1%
“The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges cont’d… Persons born outside U.S. accounted for
14% all S&E occupations in 1990 1990 – 2000
proportion of foreign-born with BS degrees
in S&E occupations ⇧ from 11% to 17% proportion of foreign-born with MS
degrees⇧ from 19% to 29% proportion of foreign-born with Ph.D’s in
S&E labor force ⇧ from 24% to 38%
“The World is Flat”;Thomas L. Friedman; Douglas & McIntrye, Ltd., 2005
Challenges cont’d… New York Times
Sam Dillon, Dec. 21, 2004 “foreign applications to American graduate schools
declined 28 percent this year. Actual foreign graduate student enrollments dropped 6 percent. Enrollments of all foreign students, in undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral programs, fell for the first time in three decades in an annual census released this fall.
“…Chinese applications to American graduate schools fell 45% this year, while several European countries announced surges in Chinese enrollment.”
HOW TO CHOOSE A GRADUATE PROGRAM
Graduate Program Quality Indicators
Faculty Curriculum Quality of Incoming Graduate
Students Quality of Graduates (value added) Resources/Infrastructure Rankings
Research Funding - Quality
Peer Reviewed Competitive Grants e.g. NSF, NIH,…………..
Factors Affecting Graduate Program Quality - Faculty
Size Research Funding Scholarship Visibility
Faculty Visibility Number of NAE members Number of Endowed, Distinguished, and
Regents Professorships Number of members in State and National
level policy making bodies Number of Editorships of Archival Journals Number of memberships on Editorial
Boards of Archival Journals Number of Fellows in Professional Societies
Faculty Citations
http://www.webofscience.com
Scholarship
Quantitative No. of Refereed
Journal Articles No. of Conference
Papers No. of Patents No. of Textbooks
and Research Monographs
Qualitative Journal Impact
Factors Immediacy Index Cited Half Life No. of Citations Acceptance Rate
per Conference
www.webofscience.com
Factors Affecting Graduate Program Quality - Curriculum
Number of Graduate Courses taught per year
Number of Special Topics Taught per year
Number of Graduate Courses omitted from the catalog /year
Number of cross listed graduate courses taught per year
Factors Affecting Graduate Program - Quality of Incoming Students
GPA GRE Scores Academic Preparation Acceptance Rate Composition of Domestic Students Composition of underrepresented
minority students
Factors Affecting Graduate Program Quality - Resources and Infrastructure
Percent of students on Financial Support-
Number of Endowed Fellowships Number of Federal Graduate
Fellowships Space per Graduate Student Graduate Student Salary
RANKINGS
U.S. News and World Report U.S. NRC (1995, 2005,..) London Times
Opportunities NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Workshop
Sept. 21, 2005 Graduate School 101 Workshop
Oct. 26, 2005 USRG (Undergraduate Summer Research Grant)
May 30 – August 7, 2005 http://eapo.tamu.edu/usrg
Fast Track Graduate Invitational
March 3-4, 2006 http://eapo.tamu.edu/gi
Best Graduate Engineering Programs – Public Institutions
2005 2006
1 1 Berkeley2 2 Illinois (Urbana)3 3 Georgia Tech 4 4 Michigan5 4 Purdue (+)5 6 University of Texas (-)7 7 UC San Diego8 8 Texas A&M 9 8 Wisconsin (+)11 10 UCLA (+)
Source: U.S. News and World Report rankings of U.S. universities
U.S. News & World ReportAmerica’s Best Graduate Schools
Category 2005Edition
2006Edition
Engineering 14 (8) 14 (8)
Aerospace 15 (9) 9 (5)
Biomedical 28 (13) 39 (21)
Chemical 27 (17) 25 (16)
Civil 14 (8) 13 (8)
Computer 21 (11) 23 (14)
Electrical nr 18 (11)
Industrial 9 (7) 10 (7)
Mechanical 20 (12) 23 (14)
Nuclear nr 4 (2)
Petroleum nr 4 (2)
Note: first number is ranking by all institutions; number in ( ) are only public institutions
nr = not ranked in this edition
12005 Edition TAMU was rankedIn the top 50 for teacher preparedness(no individual ranking was done in this category).
1995 NRC Rankings Methodology: Faculty from each university
granting a doctorate in an area was asked to rate each other ‘s doctorate granting universities in that area according to faculty quality and effectiveness of program on a 0.0 to 5.0 scale
Texas A&M programs in the top quartile: Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemistry Statistics
TAMU COE Funding Opportunities Fellowships
National Level (31 national fellowship winners)
NSF, U.S. Dept. of Ed., GEM, etc. University Level
Graduate Merit (COE = 9 offers for Fall’05) Regents Diversity (COE = 8 offers for Fall’05, round 1)
Department Level Assistantships
Teaching Research
TAMU Engineering Graduate Disciplines
Aerospace Engr. Biological & Agric.
Engr. Biomedical Engr. Chemical Engr. Civil Engr. Computer Engr. Computer Science
Electrical Engr. Health Physics Industrial Engr. Industrial Distr. Materials Sci. &
Engr. Nuclear Engr. Ocean Engr. Petroleum Engr.
Aerospace Engineering Research Areas
Space Technology Aerodynamics and
Fluid Dynamics Materials and
Structures
http://aero.tamu.edu/?view=academics/graduate/index.php
Biological and Agricultural Research Areas
Air Quality Engineering Biomaterials
Engineering Bioprocess Engineering Environmental &
Natural Resource Engineering
Food, Feed & Fiber Processing
Machine & Energy Systems
Soil & Water Resources Engineering
http://baen.tamu.edu/academics/graduates/degree_programs.asp
Biomedical Engineering Research Areas
Biomechanics Finite Element Methods Biomedical Electronics and Instrumentation Human Factors and System Safety Biomedical Imaging Nano and Micro Biosensing and Imaging Biomedical Signal Processing Nonlinear Optical Microscopy Biophotonics Orthopedic Rehabilitation Engineering Cardiac, Vascular and Cellular Mechanics Optical Diagnostics Clinical Engineering Optical Sensing Computational Mechanics Soft Tissue Biomechanics Computer Simulation of Biomolecules Telemedicine Constitutive Modeling Control Theory
http://biomed.tamu.edu/academics/grad.htm
Chemical Engineering
Research Areas Bio-(medical,
chemical, molecular) & life sciences
Computational chemistry
Materials Process systems
http://cheweb.tamu.edu/education/grad.php
Civil Engineering Research Areas
Structural Control and Reliability Deepwater Offshore Structures Wind and Earthquake Engineering Project Control and Simulation Risk Assessment Life Cycle Cost Analysis Coastal Processes and Tsunamis Scour and Foundations Partially Saturated Soils Transportation Network
Optimization Concrete and Asphalt Mixture
Design High Performance Materials Water Allocation Environmental Contaminant
Removal
http://www.civil.tamu.edu/Academics/graduate/index.html
Electrical Engineering Research Areas
Analog & Mixed Signal Biomedical Imaging and
Genomic Signal Processing
Computer Engineering Control Systems Electromagnetic and
Microwaves Electric Power and
Power Electronics Solid State Electronics,
Photonics and Nano-Engineering
Telecommunications and Signal Processing
http://www.ee.tamu.edu/htmlFrames.htm
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research Areas Production and service
systems Logistics and supply chain
management Transportation Quality and reliability
engineering Homeland security Decision analysis Optimization Modeling and analysis of
probabilistic systems Simulation modeling Virtual reality and 3D
visualization
http://ie.tamu.edu/academic/graduate/degrees_offered.html
Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas Materials Mechanics Systems and Controls Thermal and Fluid
Sciences
http://www.mengr.tamu.edu/Academics/GraduateProgram/graduateprogram.html
Nuclear Engineering Research Areas
Reactor Analysis / Computational Methods
Space Nuclear Power Radiation Biology Reactor Experiments Dosimetry Nuclear Power Plant
Engineering Irradiation Effects on
Materials
http://nuclear.tamu.edu/home/academics/graduate/index.php
Petroleum Engineering Research Areas
Tight Gas/Shale Gas Heavy Oil Recovery Coalbed-Methane Reservoirs Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Resource Assessments Advanced Drilling Technology Well Construction Deep Gas Well Construction Advanced Production Technology Well Stimulation Acidizing and Fracture
Conductivity Formation Evaluation Reservoir Simulation Enhanced Recovery Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Analysis of Reservoir Performance Energy Environmental and Water Issues Transportation Innovation
http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/homepage/Academics/Grad.shtml
How to apply
https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/commonapp.WBX
Engineering Graduate Programs
204 Zachry Dr. N. K. Anand
Assistant Dean of Engineering for Graduate Programs
Phone: 862-8869 Email: [email protected]
Ms. Teresa Wright Coordinator, Engineering Graduate
Studies Phone: 845-6883 Email: [email protected]
Any Questions?