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The Pipeline for Future Engineers and its Impact on US Competitiveness

Monday, November 9, 2009: 10:25 AM
Washington B (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Emmanuel A. Dada, FMC Corporation, Pasadena, TX
Rosemarie D. Wesson, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
L. Antonio Estévez, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR
Thomas Mensah, Georgia Aerospace Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Victor Atiemo-Obeng, Research & Engineering Sciences, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI
Christine Grant, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Tom R. Marrero, chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Over $500 million in the United States is expended annually in the United States towards programs dedicated to encourage students to study engineering yet enrollment in engineering has not changed significantly and in fact enrollment of underrepresented minorities are in a decline with few exceptions. The enhancement of STEM/engineering work force in the USA can be immediately achieved by fostering a sustainable education program for underrepresented students now in college and K-12
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