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From page 49... ... 49 4 Naval Engineering Workforce This chapter discusses the second of three pillars supported by the National Naval Responsibility for Naval Engineering (NNR-NE) : the naval engineering workforce. Read the entire page →
From page 50... ... 50 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS make it more difficult for the Navy to attract workers due to compensation and security clearance demands.1 TRENDS IN STEM EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES According to statistics from the National Science Foundation (NSF) ,2 STEM education has been on the rise in the United States over the past two decades. Read the entire page →
From page 51... ... NAVAL ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 51 FIGURE 4-2 Trends in annual number (thousands) of bachelor's degrees awarded in the United States in STEM and adjacent fields, 2000 to 2015. Read the entire page →
From page 52... ... 52 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS growth in the study of engineering and other technical disciplines but also a potential challenge for channeling sufficient graduates to the NE enterprise, especially in disciplines of high relevance to NE, such as mechanical engineering, naval architecture, systems engineering, modeling and simulation, and data analytics. Because the broad domain of NE also includes professionals filling positions across many different science and engineering disciplines, it is difficult to characterize the total future labor demand in NE. Read the entire page →
From page 53... ... NAVAL ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 53 The difficulty of recruiting in an environment that demands security clearances is a DOD-wide problem; however, ONR may be able to ease the problem, at least marginally, for recruiting to the NE enterprise. One possible option, for instance, is for the NNR-NE to provide short-term unclassified funding of work for new NE hires that enables them to begin integrating into the workforce sooner as they await security clearances. Read the entire page →
From page 54... ... 54 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS • Education -- including the full spectrum of learners, from undergraduate and graduate students to mid-career professionals. Hands-on, experiential learning opportunities are especially effective in both educating and inspiring prospective NE professionals. Read the entire page →
From page 55... ... NAVAL ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 55 The 2011 Transportation Research Board (TRB) review of the NNR-NE estimated that for the 4 years from 2006 to 2009, the program supported 1,235 graduate students and 330 post-doctoral fellows, or about 310 and 80 per year, respectively (see Table 4-1) Read the entire page →
From page 56... ... 56 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS Unfortunately, metrics that address outputs across all NNR-NE pipeline investments are not available for assessing the validity of inferences about the long-term workforce value of investments in K–12 STEM and experiential learning. For this purpose, ONR might need "longitudinal" metrics that track individuals as they move into and through the NE workforce pipeline. Read the entire page →
From page 57... ... NAVAL ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 57 ONR/NNR-NE Programs The SeaPerch K–12 outreach and education camp was one of the first STEM programs funded by the NNR-NE. Based on a book of that name, the first curriculum using this concept was created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to inspire young students into the ocean sciences and NE pipelines. Read the entire page →
From page 58... ... 58 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS Over the years, the NNR-NE program has leveraged these various internship, scholarship, and fellowship programs to increase the number of young people and early career professionals engaged in the Navy's NE enterprise. The Center for Innovation in Ship Design (CISD) Read the entire page →
From page 59... ... NAVAL ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 59 TABLE 4-3 Awards from 2014–2017 National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program by Field of Study Field 2014 2015 2016 2017 Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 15 21 19 28 Biosciences 21 18 15 21 Chemical Engineering 11 5 6 9 Chemistry 13 19 14 11 Civil Engineering 3 4 2 3 Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences 6 14 13 9 Computer and Computational Sciences 13 23 13 15 Electrical Engineering 14 14 17 17 Geosciences 10 8 6 5 Materials Science and Engineering 22 15 26 22 Mathematics 11 9 9 11 Mechanical Engineering 14 13 12 17 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering 2 2 4 2 Oceanography 12 2 3 5 Physics 22 13 21 20 Total 189 180 180 195 Awards by Sponsoring Agency Air Force Office of Scientific Research 67 59 0 0 Air Force Research Laboratory 0 0 60 65 Army Research Office 64 61 60 65 Office of Naval Research 58 60 60 65 Total 189 180 180 195 SOURCE: https://www.ndsegfellowships.org. Read the entire page →
From page 60... ... 60 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS TABLE 4-4 Summary of SMART Awards and Educational Attainment 2018 2017 2016 Number of Scholars Awarded 382 343 239 Proposed Degree Percentage Percentage Percentage Bachelor's 57 58 58 Joint Bachelor's-Master's 7 8 8 Master's 18 15 15 Ph.D. 19 19 19 Awarded by Discipline Percentage Percentage Percentage Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 7 8 8 Biosciences 1 3 3 Chemical Engineering 1 3 3 Chemistry 1 1 1 Civil Engineering 5 7 7 Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences 1 1 1 Computer and Computational Sciences and Computer Engineering 26 22 22 Electrical Engineering 22 18 18 Geosciences 2 2 2 Industrial and Systems Engineering 2 3 3 Information Sciences 2 2 2 Materials Science and Engineering 3 1 1 Mathematics 5 3 3 Mechanical Engineering 16 20 20 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering 1 2 2 Nuclear Engineering 1 1 1 Oceanography 0 0 0 Operations Research 1 1 1 Physics 3 4 4 NOTE: Numbers may not add to 100 percent due to rounding. Read the entire page →
From page 61... ... NAVAL ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 61 In addition to programs aimed at students, DOD has many workforce development and executive education programs targeted at the existing STEM workforce that are applicable to the NE enterprise. While most of these programs are concentrated on uniformed service members, there is vast potential for expansion of the programs to the civilian DOD workforce. Read the entire page →
From page 62... ... 62 TOWARD NEW NAVAL PLATFORMS What the committee finds missing from the NNR-NE's workforce activities is an "intent-driven" approach to strategic direction. NNR-NE has long supported programs aimed at inspiring and developing NE talent through a variety of means across the continuum of K–12, undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty, and government and industry employee programs discussed earlier. Read the entire page →
From page 63... ... NAVAL ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 63 DOD-sponsored fellowships and scholarships attract larger numbers of naval engineers. Given the observations made earlier in this chapter, and with these strategic needs of the NNR-NE workforce component in mind, the committee offers the following recommendations: • ONR should perform periodic assessments of the effectiveness of NNR-NE workforce development programs, such as faculty summer fellowships, student internships, and centers for innovation (e.g., CISD and CINTs) Read the entire page →

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... 49 4 Naval Engineering Workforce This chapter discusses the second of three pillars supported by the National Naval Responsibility for Naval Engineering (NNR-NE) : the naval engineering workforce.