A Blueprint for Fueling Economic Development: WSRI and DAGSI
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A Blueprint for Fueling Economic Development: WSRI and DAGSI
- 2. Fueling Economic Development: A Blueprint for Linking Education to Job Creation
- 5. Introduction 2007: Wright State University’s strategic investment
- 10. Who We Are OUR CAPABILITIES:
- 15. Our Model in Practice: The Human Performance Consortium
- 19. Workforce Development: Defense and Aerospace Graduate Studies Institute
- 20. Workforce Development “ Job development and workforce development are a critical element of growing our business, and supporting industry and the community here.” - Dennis Andersh, VP, Science Applications International Corporation “ This is the kind of thinking that comes naturally for universities. With Ohio's wealth of good colleges, it can be a blueprint for economic success.” - Jim Petro, Chancellor Ohio Board of Regents “ To strengthen ties between the graduate curriculum and the aerospace industry, we will … fill the pipeline with students to support the needs of existing and emerging businesses.” - David Hopkins, President Wright State University
Editor's Notes
- 2005: The leadership hearing from industry, WPAFB and the community that when they needed something, some expertise, they didn’t know who to call to get it done. There was a fence around the university higher than the one at the base Realized that Wright State was also a key economic driver of the region President David Hopkins and the rest of leadership made a decision to make a strategic investment, creating the Wright State Research Institute
- 3-fold mandate #4 At the same time, we also saw the needs of sponsors changing
- … but rather at cross-disciplinary intersections. You can’t solve a mechanical engineering problem anymore with just a mechanical engineer. The complexity of today’s challenges demands a different approach: We all know era diminishing budgets
- Outcomes-based: DRIVES EVERYTHING WE DO Leveraging, not duplicating, existing assets (knowledge or capital): I have a renowned human factors engineer Strategic partnerships that bring the best and brightest, regardless of geographic location or organizational affiliation Organizational flexibility to conduct business with federal, state, and commerce sectors. The university does not face business the way business is used to being faced. Does not move at the speed of business. It takes 120 days to invoice via the university process, and that’s an eternity to business
- In 5 years … just the impact to the university
- How do we do this? Four core business areas, aligned with the state’s economic development priorities
- For people with disabilities; improving the speed of technological advances for the disabled
- Immersive Visualition space
- Aerospace Technology Evaluation and Assessment (ATEA) state-of-the-art modeling, simulation and analysis tools, techniques, and flight tests to provide: research, development, demonstration, integration, and transition of new air vehicle technologies and modeling, Asses and integrate vehicle flight management systems; autonomous control; integrated guidance/navigation control; operator vehicle interfaces; related to operator-vehicle interface
- Strongest area of focus
- Every year $4 billion dollars comes through WPAFB and then leaves WSRI and some industry partners developed a concept to Keep some of that here With the BRAC, there was an opportunity to create a one-stop shop around the 711 Human Performance Wing and the expertise of researchers and business/contractors here. We work together to bring a large piece of the pie – we all get some of the pie. Build teams across the HPC to go after work Accelerate the AF research agenda by investing in infrastruture to support their research – we then accelerate their timeline
- Resources used to invest in infrastructure needed to secure Air Force work
- Given that model, The Wright State Research Institute, through its Defense Aerospace Graduate Studies Institute, is working with its sister institutions of higher education to build an aerospace curriculum that links education and training, research, technology commercialization and new job creation for the Dayton Region and the State of Ohio.
- We have recognized along with our industry partners, a need for qualified workers We have a University System of Ohio that recognizes the priority and challenge But has asked for our assistance in implementing a well-grounded solution For Aligning training with what we want the workforce to become
- IN the eyes of industry, this effort falls into three basic categories: • Traditional students ° Current employees seeking advancement • Displaced workers seeking retraining Educational path with the longest lead time is traditional academic environment i.e. te OBR degree approval process. We are NOT targeting this group through that. Would take 6 years from now for a student to graduate. Accelerate the timeline within this matrix?
- Though opportunies exist
- PROBLEM: Gaining access to recognized skills that advance one in an organization SOLUTION:
- Not distinct to Ohio but especially here is potential to infuse talent base w another layer of worker who has significatn skills but needs help translating that into a meaningful package for the Defense and Aerospace industry
- IN the eyes of industry, this effort falls into three basic categories: • Traditional students ° Current employees seeking advancement • Displaced workers seeking retraining Educational path with the longest lead time is traditional academic environment i.e. te OBR degree approval process. We are NOT targeting this group through that. Would take 6 years from now for a student to graduate. Accelerate the timeline within this matrix?
- So here’s the model The state is seeking help in implementing a well-grounded solution For Aligning training with what we want the workforce to become
- Created DAGSI Vision: Ohio will invest $8 million in the effort over two years funding contained in the biennial budget recently signed by Gov. John Kasich. The Wright State Research Institute, through its Defense Aerospace Graduate Studies Institute, will work with its sister institutions of higher education to build an aerospace curriculum that links education and training, research, technology commercialization and new job creation for the Dayton Region and the State of Ohio increase research that results in the commercialization of aerospace technology and booste graduate education to fill the pipeline with talent to feed emerging and growing businesses, Wright State University will serve as the lead for institutions in the University System of Ohio along with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in developing programs for an emerging workforce that align with aerospace and defense-related needs.
- HPC plays an important role Generate a mometum with these organizations that already recoznise the value of partnering with a university. They fully believe in our capabiliy to achieve a successful program
- How we get it started OBR did a ton of work
- CUPA did a signisifcant part of the survey
- We will look at gaps and release a set of RFPs Would be released to orgs within the state including our sister institutions who think they can create a novel solution to fill the gap NOT to stand up a course or program, but fill a gap
- Articulates those paths Want employers and employees to have a single portal to identify the sources of skills/training they need, and where to get those
- Help link industry training dollars, JobsOhio and this inititave so employers can extend their training budgets to support continuing educaation
- One Model: At Wright State we’ve created our GEMS program after Surveying business community
- Just one example Accelerated the students’ experience because they are working while getting education. Paid a living wage Given industrial company an opportunity to test-drive a potential new employee And be cost-cometitive beause reserouce is less expensive than getting someone from the marketplace Win-win
- Again, that is just one model… Within the RFP responses, our sister instutitions look at how to best fill the identified gaps they can offer OTHER novel models that have incentivized the DoD to have active engagement in the process , in other words Get them invested in solving their workforce problem
- Within WSRI and the HPC, we are combining our talents with the key infrastructure needed to support the Air Force That extends to DAGSI, with our sister institutions – cobbling our pockets of excellence into articulated pathways To fill pipeline with talented people to support the needs of business That will position the state Drive Job creation as a result And fulfill our mandate to drive economic development