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A Conversation on Pairing Training and Career: A University-based Education Perspective

A Conversation on Pairing Training and Career: A University-based Education Perspective. 2015 AASHTO RAC Meeting Portland, Oregon Martin Pietrucha, Director Larson Institute, Penn State. Summary. University curricula are changing Undergraduate Graduate

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A Conversation on Pairing Training and Career: A University-based Education Perspective

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  1. A Conversation onPairing Training and Career:A University-based Education Perspective 2015 AASHTO RAC Meeting Portland, Oregon Martin Pietrucha, Director Larson Institute, Penn State THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  2. Summary • University curricula are changing • Undergraduate • Graduate • Are they changing the “right” way? • Are they changing quickly enough (and can they continue to change as needed)? THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  3. Changing University Curricula THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  4. Changing University Curricula • Undergraduate • ASCE’s Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century • Foundational • Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences • Technical • Materials Science, Mechanics, Experiments, Problem Recognition and Solving, Design, Sustainability, Contemporary Issues and Historical Perspectives, Risk and Uncertainty, Project Management, Breadth in Civil Engineering Areas, Technical Specialization • Professional • Communication, Public Policy, Business and Public Administration, Globalization, Leadership, Teamwork, Attitudes, Lifelong Learning, Professional and Ethical Responsibility THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  5. Changing University Curricula • Undergraduate • The reality • Fewer required math, physics, and chemistry courses • Elimination of Surveying, Basic Circuits, Thermodynamics • Some • Sustainability (coming slowly) • Leadership (strong presence; but not required) • Globalization (indirectly through study abroad, EWB, BTP) • Lifelong Learning (through osmosis) • Professional and Ethical Responsibility (inoculation only) • None • Contemporary Issues and Historical Perspectives • Risk and Uncertainty • Public Policy • Business and Public Administration • Attitudes THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  6. Changing University Curricula • Undergraduate • Is the civil engineering degree the right entry level degree for a transportation professional? • Is there finally a need for an undergraduate transportation engineering degree separate from civil engineering (like industrial broke off from mechanical in the early 1900s or environmental differentiated itself from civil in the 1960s/70s)? • Can we do it “off the rack” by moving transportation from civil to industrial engineering? • Or do we need to “custom tailor” a new curriculum for transportation engineering? THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  7. Traditional Civil Engineer • Construction • Environmental • Geotechnical • Hydrology/Hydraulics • Materials • Structures • Surveying and Mapping • Transportation

  8. Typical Transportation Engineer • Design (Highway) • Operations (Highway) • Planning (Car/Truck/Transit?) • Other Modes? (Peds? Bikes? Transit?) • Other Operating Schemes? (ITS? Supply Chain Management?)

  9. Engineering Knowledge Gaps • Users • Needs, Wants, and Desires • Capabilities and Limitations • Vehicles • Capabilities and Limitations • Operating Environment • Weather/Surface Conditions • Lighting

  10. Beyond Tradition • Mechanical Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Computer Engineering • Computer Science • Industrial Engineering • Supply Chain Management

  11. Business Requirements • Speaking • Writing • Working on a team • Resolving conflicts • Handling the media • Managing resources (e.g. budgets, personnel, facilities, equipment, etc.)

  12. Transportation Engineerof the Future 1 • Construction ---> Facilities Management • Environmental • Geotechnical • Hydrology/Hydraulics • Materials • Structures • Surveying and Mapping • Transportation

  13. Peds Bikes Cars Trucks Buses Rail Transit Streets/Highways Fixed Guideway Air Water Pipelines Telecommunications Transportation Engineerof the Future 2Planning, Design, and Operations

  14. Transportation Engineerof the Future 3 • Machine design • Tribology/meteorology • Command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I) • Lighting • Operations research • Human factors/ergonomics • Supply chain management

  15. Transportation Engineerof the Future 4 • Speech communications • Technical writing • Human resource management • Media relations • Mediation • Marketing

  16. Transportation Engineerof the Future 5 • 5th Semester • Transportation Systems Engineering • Contemporary Skills for Business Professionals • Supply Chain Management • Human Factors Engineering • Mechanical Systems Design

  17. Transportation Engineerof the Future 6 • 6th Semester • Highway Engineering • Transportation Planning • Urban Transportation • Vehicle Road Dynamics • Automatic Control Systems

  18. Transportation Engineerof the Future 7 • 7th Semester • Traffic Operations • Introduction to Operations Research • Introduction to Embedded Microcontrollers • Non-Motorized Transportation • Introduction to Air, Rail, and Water Transport

  19. Transportation Engineerof the Future 8 • 8th Semester • Transportation Design • Fundamentals of Computer Vision • Fundamentals of Air Pollution • Computer Aided Lighting Design and Analysis • Management and Organization

  20. Changing University Curricula • Graduate • ABET accreditation for MS in applied science (engineering) programs • The reality • Only 36 (of 544) universities have accredited MS programs • AFIT – 9 programs • Clemson – Environmental Engineering and Science • Colorado State – Environmental Health, Health Physics • Hunter College – Environmental and Occupational Health Science • Idaho State - Health Physics • USF – Industrial Hygiene • Purdue – Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences • Michigan – Environmental Health Sciences/Industrial Hygiene THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  21. Changing University Curricula • Graduate • The reality • Faculty drive what constitutes the degree program • Credits (primarily for PHD) • Required Courses • 3 Types of Transportation Graduate Programs • Basic/Analytical • Applied/Empirical • Hybrid • How does this curricular structure (and associated graduate product) match up with industry needs? THE LARSON INSTITUTE

  22. If you really want to blow your mind • April 30, 2012 New Yorker • Get Rich U. • http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/30/get-rich-u • July 23, 2015 New York Times • The Fundamental Way That Universities Are an Illusion • http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/upshot/the-fundamental-way-that-universities-are-an-illusion.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share THE LARSON INSTITUTE

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