The Age of Science Nonfiction: Geographies of Innovation

The Age of Science Nonfiction
Michael Bettersworth
Associate Vice Chancellor
for Technology Adv.,
Texas State Technical
College System
Jim Brazell
President,
VentureRAMP, Inc.

TERAFLOP
SUPER
COMPUTER
for $300!

10 years ago,
the cost of a 2
Teraflop
supercomputer
was $100M.
--Frietas, The Future of
Computers

Each major period
in history takes its
character from the
medium of
communication
used most widely
at the time.

http://www.welectronics.com/gsm/Nokia/Nokia_3220.HTML
What is
the
message?

http://www.outsidethetent.com/wp/archives/category/white-house/
I am a bomb!

http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/adidas_1/content/downloads/adidas_1-
wp_02_1280_1024.jpg
http://www.adidasprlookbook.com/adidas1/index.asp
• 1,000th of a second sensor measures
gap between heel and a magnet
• 20-MHz microcontroller measures
changes in compression
• Motor spins at 4000 rpm turns a
screw loosens cable
• Environmentally and operator
adaptive shoe sole
What is the
message?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7643818/
I am a wearable robot.

http://www-bsac.eecs.berkeley.edu/archive/users/warneke-brett/SmartDust/
Berkeley’s Golem Dust
11.7 mm3 total circumscribed volume
~4.8 mm3 total displaced volume
Berkeley’s Deputy Dust
6.6 mm3 total circumscribed
volume
4th Gen
11.7 mm3
6.6 mm3

MIT Tech Review, 2005
Sensors
Physical
Chemical
Biological
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/events/bbl/03102801.pdf , page 16
Actuators
Physical
Chemical
Biological
PhiloMetron™
4th
GEN

MIT Technology
Review,
January, 2005
4th
GEN

Micro-robotics team and biologists at
Tsukuba University
Source: The Guardian
Date: 2 May 2002
State University of New York (Suny)
"Go go gadget: With a
remote control sensor
hotwired to its central
nervous system,
developments like the
"roborat," created at
SUNY's Downstate
Medical Center, herald
the coming of the
biotronic age.
What is the
message?

We need to
think beyond
these.
v
v

An artificial red cell – the respirocyte [41].
Designer Robert A. Freitas Jr. ©1999 Forrest
Bishop. http://www.imminst.org/freitas.html
“A half a liter of respirocytes… would allow a person to hold his
breath at the bottom of a swimming pool for up to 4 hours…”

Nanobionics: What is the
message?
Tethered bacterium
Swimming bacterium
Swimming speed ~ 20-30 μm
Protons flux/motor ~ 1200 proton/rev
Tethered bacterium
Motor efficiency ~ 90-100 %
Output power ~ 2.9×10-4
pW
Stall torque ~ 4600 pN-nm
Nano-motor (45 nm wide)Genetic Engineering
Harmless E. coli
Mohamed Al-Fandi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of NEMS & MEMS
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Biomechanics
University of Texas

www.kurzweilai.net/.../ SIN_headshot_highres.html
“An analysis of the
history of technology
shows that
technological change is
exponential, contrary to
the common-sense
‘intuitive linear’ view. So
we won't experience
100 years of progress
in the 21st century -- it
will be more like 20,000
years of progress (at
today's rate)… because
we're doubling the rate
of progress every
decade, we'll see a
century of progress--at
today's rate--in only 25
calendar years.”
Kurzweil, KurzweilAI.net, March 7, 2001.

Adapted from National Science
Foundation
NEURO NANO
BIOINFO
21st Century Architecture

How would you
characterize
this new age?

By routing signals from helmet-mounted
cameras, sonar and other equipment
through the tongue to the brain, they hope to
give elite soldiers superhuman senses
similar to owls, snakes and fish….
Researchers at the Florida Institute for
Human and Machine Cognition envision their
work giving Army Rangers 360-degree
unobstructed vision at night and allowing
Navy SEALs to sense sonar in their heads
while maintaining normal vision underwater -
- turning sci-fi into reality.
Brain Port: Warriors of the
future will 'taste' battlefield
CNN - Tuesday, April 25, 2006; Posted: 11:23 a.m. EDT (15:23 GMT)

Geographies of
Innovation
Changing Nature of
Work
STEM Collaborations
Industry Collaborations
Advancing
Accountability
Workforce Futures
Market

Cooke, Fannin and Grayson Counties in Texas, and
Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Johnston, Love,
Marshall, Murray, and Pontotoc Counties in Oklahoma

23 Counties
3 Research Universities
14 Community Colleges
27 Economic Dev. Orgs.
23 Workforce Organizations
2+2 Programs – Enter Junior
Workforce Development -
techPATH
Marketing – Historical Marketing
Sector Research
Florida High Tech Corridor

States and the federal
government should have more
discretion to devote employment
and training resources toward
high-performance programs,
high-growth skills and skills in
demand by local firms.
--National Council on Competitiveness,
Innovate America

Today, Finland’s progressive
strategy includes: multi-
disciplinary and multi-industry
collaboration to integrate nano
science-, bio science-, information
science- and cognitive science-
based research and development
(Tieke, 2005, p.9); converging
design, art and science in the
contexts of education and human
development (Tahkokallio and
Koivusilta, 2004, p.1); national R&D
policy and urban-rural
development establishing
connected regional centers of
innovation; partnering with global
high tech markets and industries
(Embassy of Switzerland, Beijing,
2005, p.12); and leading the world
in “Public-Private Partnership”
(with efforts dating back to the
year of their independence, 1917)
(Tieke, 2005, p.12-15).

1. Advanced Technologies and Manufacturing
a) Nanotechnology and Materials
b) Micro-electromechanical Systems
c) Semiconductor Manufacturing
d) Automotive Manufacturing
2. Aerospace and Defense
3. Biotechnology and Life Sciences(Excluding Medical Services)
4. Information and Computer Technology
a) Communications Equipment
b) Computing Equipment Semiconductors
c) Information Technology
5. Petroleum Refining and Chemical Products
6. Energy
a) Oil and Gas Production
b) Power Generation and Transmission
c) Manufactured Energy Systems
Texas Cluster Initiative
forecasting.tstc.edu

Samuel Palmisano (CEO, IBM): Business Week: 10.11.2004
100 million jobs are going to
be created in a lot of these
cross-disciplinary fields
Council on Competitiveness:
National Innovation Initiative

Mechatronics
The synergistic
combination of
mechanical
engineering,
electronics,
control systems
and computers.
Mechanical, Aerospace, and
Nuclear Engineering
Departments at RPI
All Contents Copyright(C) 2001 Mechatronics Lab at RPI
http://mechatronics.rpi.edu/

“In most industries you
have electricians,
mechanics and IT, in wind,
you are expected to do
everything. Turbine Techs
earn $28-$40K a year…
Many techs earning $40K -
$80K a year with OT.”
-- Bryan Gregory, Jr.
11.1.2006, TSTC West TX, Sweetwater

“Automotive
Technicians earn
$30K-$36K per
year.”
“Every system on a
car is monitored or
controlled by a
computer.
Technicians have to
be more analytical
and process
oriented.”
--Russell Carrigan
TSTC West TX, Sweetwater, 10.31.2006

Bio-Instrumentation
Drug development
Healthcare monitoring
Treatment modalities
Environmental control
Instrumentation Electronics Control SystemsBiotechnology
Materials science
Bioterrorism
Agriculture

Home Technology
Information
Technology
Electronics Control SystemsMechanical
Integrated home control
Computer/home network
Communications
Lighting and energy management
Security
Health
Safety
Entertainment

$35K - $45K
$25K$40K - $50K
$45K - $65K

--A. Gold, IC2 Institute, UT Austin
1.Students have professional aspirations,
but lack knowledge about how to reach
professional goals.
2.Opportunities to learn about and explore
careers are not available at school or
accessed by the majority of students.
3.Students lack knowledge about the
context and content of careers.

©numedeon,inc.2004
Virtual Biotech company
Make viruses
Release into community
Join team to find vaccine
Reach 20,000 for awareness
Refer 1,000 for education
WHERE’S
MY
VACCINE!
WhyPox
Biotech

©numedeon,inc.2004
Make airplanes
Do flight test
Manage supply
chain
WHERE’S
MY
AIRPLANE!!
New Century
Manufacturing
Reach 20,000
for
awareness
Refer 1,000
for education

©numedeon,inc.2006
Cliff Zintgraff
cliff@whyville.net

“The amount of
private investment
in post secondary
education now
exceeds the public
investment. The
lines have
crossed.”
— Dr. Ray Perryman

“We want people who can work with their
heads and their hands.” –Bob Ludlum

“The majority of our workers are in their 40’s and 50’s. [We have a
workforce problem today which we expect to get worse over
time.]” –Bob Ludlum

16 years ago we had 100 students—today
we have four. –Sang Shium

“We have labs, jobs and 72 hour transfer
program to Texas Tech.” –Sang Shium

“We need to recruit like the US Army [and K-12
programs need to enable] young people to get their
hands on the real equipment.” –Bob Ludlum

Students Education Industry
Recruiting

Aviation Career
Education (ACE)
Semester 1, 2, 3
Eligibility for part-time employment at L3
Semester 4, 5
Tuition paid for first three semesters
Part-time employment at L3
Tuition paid directly by L3
Upon Graduation
Two-year employment contract with L3

“When you realize you’re
going to get hired by a
company like L-3 right out
of school, it’s too good an
opportunity to pass up.”
— Al Johnson, 19, Houston, 1st year student

Students Education Industry
Clear path to career
No student debt
Real work experience
Purposeful investment
GUARANTEED JOB!
Leveraged investment
Positive ROI
Not subject to supply
Engaged in production
QUALITY WORKFORCE!
Fulfilling the mission
Aligned curriculum with industry needs
Grow programs in demand
Anticipate new program needs
INCREASED ENROLLMENT!

“I’m going to keep
up my end as
much as I can.”
— Ryan Felkner, Axtell, 1st year student

The Next Step
- Career Exploration
- Academic Planning
- Pathways, not Tracks
- Relevant Curriculum
- Industry Sponsored
- Career Intent

“We live in the "Information
Age." If you want to buy a
new car you go online and
compare a full range of
models, makes, and pricing
options”
“The same transparency and
ease should be the case
when students and families
shop for colleges, especially
when one year of college
can cost more than a car!”
— Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education

What is measured is what gets counted
Enrollment
Gender
Graduation Rate
Drop-Out Rates
Time to Degree
Ethnicity
“You can find plenty of
rankings and college
guides, but you're out
of luck if you want to
find an answer to the
question that
matters most:
How much are
Students
learning?”
Spellings

Measures that Matter
• Employed Relatedness
• Employment Retention
• Earnings Gains
• Accomplishment of intent with
economic contribution
• Salary representative of the
industry
• Graduate Satisfaction
• Employer Satisfaction

Students
Education
Industry
Workforce
Eco Dev
Informed Education Choices
Improved Career Relevance
Pathways with Intent
Higher Placement
Fulfilling the Mission
Closer Industry Alignment
Informed Curriculum Planning
Compelling Data
Increased Enrollment
Informed Education Investments
Improved Workforce Analysis
Transparent Supply Pipeline
Higher Quality Workforce

Geographies of
Innovation
Changing Nature of
Work
STEM Collaborations
Industry Collaborations
Workforce Futures
Market
Advancing
Accountability

Innovate America, Council on Competitiveness, December 2004, p. 5
“For the past 25 years, we have
optimized our organizations for
efficiency and quality. Over the
next quarter century, we must
optimize our entire society for
innovation.”

Michael Bettersworth
michael.bettersworth@tstc.edu
www.forecasting.tstc.edu
Jim Brazell
jim@ventureramp.com

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