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CONFERENCE
ON U.S. ENGINEERING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY |
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Sponsored
by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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September
26-27, 2011 |
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Richard
B. Freeman and Hal Salzman, Organizers |
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The
National Bureau of Economic Research |
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1050
Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd floor, Cambridge, MA |
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MONDAY, September 26, 2011 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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SUPPLY |
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9:00-9:30 |
The
Labor Market for New Engineers: An Overview of Recent Trends |
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Daniel Kuehn, The Urban Institute |
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Hal Salzman, Rutgers
University |
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9:30-10:30 |
Engineering Educational Opportunity:
Impacts of 1980s Policies to Increase the Share of Black College Graduates with Major in Engineering or
Computer Science |
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Catherine Weinberger, University of California,
Santa Barbara |
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10:30-12:00 |
Career Plans of
Undergraduate Engineering Students: Characteristics and Contexts |
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Bridging the Gaps
between Engineering Education and Practice |
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Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University |
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Shannon K. Gilmartin,
SKG Analysis and Stanford University |
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Samantha Brunhaver, Stanford University |
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12:00- 1:00 |
Lunch |
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MARKETS
AND DEMAND |
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2:00 -3:00 |
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Morris Kleiner, University
of Minnesota and NBER |
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3:00-4:00 |
Establishment
Level Engineering and Design as Agents of Technology Innovation |
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Erling Barth, University of Oslo and NBER |
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Jim Davis, Boston
Census Research Data Center, NBER |
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Richard Freeman, Harvard University and NBER |
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Jerry Marschke,
University at Albany SUNY and NBER |
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Andrew Wang, NBER |
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4:00-5:00 |
Best and Worst
Practice Use of Engineering Talent by Manufacturers |
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Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve and NBER |
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6:00pm |
Dinner, Bambara
Restaurant, 25 Edwin Land Boulevard, Cambridge |
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TUESDAY, September 27, 2011 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-10:00 |
Bridge to Immigration or Cheap
Temporary Labor? The H-1B & L-1 Visa Programs Are a
Source of Both |
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Ron Hira, Rochester
Institute of Technology |
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10:00-10:30 |
Engineering
Shortages Analysis |
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Daniel Kuehn, The Urban Institute |
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10:30-12:30 |
Policy
Discussion/Lunch |
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MODERATOR: Michael
Teitelbaum, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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Francis Cissna,
US Department of Homeland Security |
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Heather Barbour Gonzalez, Congressional
Research Service |
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Peter Henderson, National Research Council |
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Mark Regets, National Science Foundation |
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12:30-130 |
Dynamics of Engineering
Labor Markets: Petroleum Engineering and Responsive Supply |
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Hal Salzman, Rutgers University |
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Leonard Lynn, Case Western Reserve University |
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Daniel
Kuehn, Urban Institute |
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1:30-2:30 |
Natural Resource
Engineering 2: Water engineering as new interdisciplinary field |
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Andrew Wang, NBER |
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Richard Freeman, Harvard University and NBER |
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2:30-3:30 |
Discussion and Wrap Up |
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Mark Regets, National
Science Foundation |
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3:30 |
Adjourn |