Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base;
National Academy of Engineering, and the National Research Council of the National Academies
NAS Press | 2012 | ISBN: 030925180X 9780309251808 | 79 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base;
National Academy of Engineering, and the National Research Council of the National Academies
NAS Press | 2012 | ISBN: 030925180X 9780309251808 | 79 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book assesses the STEM capabilities that the Department of Defense (DOD) needs in order to meet its goals, objectives, and priorities; to assess whether the current DOD workforce and strategy will meet those needs; and to identify and evaluate options and recommend strategies that the department could use to help meet its future STEM needs.
This is the summary of a workshop held August 11, 2011, as part of an 18-month study of the issue.
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION
2 SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS FROM THE WORKSHOP
Emerging Science and Technology
Estimating STEM Workforce Needs Under Future Scenarios
Limitations to Meeting Workforce Needs of DOD and the Industrial Base
Institutional Capacity in Education and the DOD Investments Needed to Ensure a Sufficient Workforce
Ensuring an Adequate Workforce Capability in an Uncertain Future
3 SUMMARY OF KEYNOTE TALKS
Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering
Zachary J. Lemnios, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
4 SUMMARY OF PANEL SESSIONS
Panel 1: Emerging Science and Technology in the Next 15 Years
Question to Be Addressed
Summary of Lead-off Presentations
Panel Discussion
Panel 2: Estimating STEM Workforce Needs Under Future Scenarios
Question to Be Addressed
Summary of Lead-off Presentation
Panel Discussion
Panel 3: Limitations to Meeting Workforce Needs of DOD and the Industrial Base
Question to Be Addressed
Summary of Lead-off Presentation
Panel Discussion
Panel 4: Institutional Capacity in Education and the DOD Investments Needed to Ensure a Sufficient Workforce
Question to Be Addressed
Summary of Lead-off Presentation
Panel Discussion
Panel 5: Ensuring an Adequate Workforce Capability in an Uncertain Future
Question to Be Addressed
Summary of Lead-off Presentation
Panel Discussion
5 WRAP-UP SESSION
Co-Chair Summary
Panel Session Moderator Summaries
Panel 1, on Emerging Science and Technology in the Next 15 Years
Panel 2, on Estimating STEM Workforce Needs Under Future Scenarios
Panel 3, on Limitations to Meeting Workforce Needs of DOD and the Industrial Base
Panel 4, on Institutional Capacity in Education and the DOD Investments Needed to Ensure a Sufficient Workforce
Panel 5, on Ensuring an Adequate Workforce Capability in an Uncertain Future
APPENDIXES
A Workshop Agenda
B Workshop Attendees
C Biographies of the Committee Members
with TOC BookMarkLinks