INSPIRING INSPIRING THE THE NEXT NEXT GENERATION GENERATION OF OF
INSPIRING INSPIRING THE THE NEXT NEXT GENERATION GENERATION OF OF
SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS & & ENGINEERSENGINEERS
SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS & & ENGINEERSENGINEERS
Tom WellsTom WellsSr. Engineering Manager Sr. Engineering Manager
IP U i iti d St t i T h lIP U i iti d St t i T h l
Tom WellsTom WellsSr. Engineering Manager Sr. Engineering Manager
IP U i iti d St t i T h lIP U i iti d St t i T h lIP, Universities, and Strategic TechnologyIP, Universities, and Strategic Technology
3 March 20143 March 2014
IP, Universities, and Strategic TechnologyIP, Universities, and Strategic Technology
3 March 20143 March 2014
BITE OF SCIENCE – March 2014 - #1 March 3, 2014
Gemini Launch Wakes 4 year-old from nap
• 1st manned Gemini Event, 3 orbits– Gemini III, Grissom and Young
– 23 March 1965, 14:24 UTC (9:24 AM EST)14:24 UTC (9:24 AM EST)
– Duration: 4h 52m 31s
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Gemini Mission Control
Moon Landing (July 20) Helped by Home Town Friends
• ORNL developed the Equipment/Methods for the Lunar Receiving LaboratoryLunar Receiving Laboratory
• ORNL measured Cosmic Rays and other harmful exposure
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Elementary School Teachers Inspire
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http://explorerschools.nasa.gov
Chemistry Teacher teaches “Puckett Squares”• Creativity makes lessons last and last!• ORHS Chemistry teacher, Mr. Powell Puckett,
teaches “Puckett Squares”F = ma
q– Never forgot how to “Balance the Units”
1000 kg 9.8 metersd * d
9800 Newton kg metersd d = seconds * secondsNewton seconds seconds
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Oak Ridge High School; Oak Ridge, TN
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)
• http://www.powersof10.com/film
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A film dealing with the relative size of things in the Universe and the effect of adding another zero.
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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Begins with a view 1 meter wide
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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Adds a “zero” every 10 seconds. This square is 10 meters wide
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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This square is 100 meters wide, the distance a man can run in 10 seconds
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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1 km wide, the distance a race car travels in 10 seconds
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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10 km : the distance the SST travels in 10 seconds
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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100 km : distance a satellite travels in 10 seconds, Lake Michigan
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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10 Mm : the diameter of the earth – just > 1minute in the journey
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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100 Mm : “Speed of Light” line, lunar orbitLight half traverses the lunar orbit in one second
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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100 Gm : Inner Planets of the Solar System
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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10,000 Gm : Outer Planets
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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100,000 Light Years : Milky Way Galaxy
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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100 million Light Years : Limit of Vision in 1977Hubble limit is ~10 billion light years – roughly 100 billion galaxies
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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Back to 1m – Remember the picnicIn our 5 minute journey the man fell asleep
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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0.1m – The hand
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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1 cm – Skin
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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0.1 mm – Skin layers, blood vessels
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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10 um – red blood cells, lymphocytes
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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0.1 um – DNA Helix molecule
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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1 nm – Hydrogen and Carobon Atoms
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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0.1 nm – Outer and Inner Electrons of a Carbon Atom
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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0.1 fm – Protons and Neutrons of a Carbon Atom … now known as baryon composite particles
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
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0.1 pm – 40 orders of magnitude smaller than the farthest
Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film
Today we could discuss bosons, fermions, quarks, leptons, etc.
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y , , q , p ,Studied at CERN & Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility & Spallation Neutron Source
CERN = European Organization for Nuclear Research
1981: First Shuttle Columbia Launch /Landing (STS-1) from a Radio in a DOE facility
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Vicarious Absorption from Spousal Studies in Space Science
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ISS Artificial Intelligence Makes Experts of us all
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JPL’s Deep Space Network: 70 meter Dish Antenna at Goldstone California
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Climbing the Toronto Ironworks Mountain in Goldstone, CA
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Gazing at the James Bond Movie Set300 meter dish
James Bond: Golden Eye ‘95
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Gray Pony-tailed life-long NASA/JPL engineers long for the good old days
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Barbarians to Bureaucrats(Larry Miller)
Arnold Toynbee
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Evidence of Bureaucracy
• No replacement vehicle as we just landed the last Atlantis Shuttle on July 21, 2011 (Space Taxi by SpaceX, Boeing, Blue Origin, and Sierra Nevada Corp. – Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines)
• On Mars– “We’re going to Mars” – George
H W BushH. W. Bush–“We’re focusing on small
unmanned vehicles” – Bill Clinton–“We’re going to Moon on the way
to Mars” – George W. Bush–“with regard to the moon, been
there done that, let’s land on an asteroid” – Barak ObamaNASA B i t I ti d asteroid – Barak Obama• NASA Barriers to Innovation and
Inclusion – Short Satirical YouTube Video by
fo r time space flier Andre
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four-time space flier Andrew Thomas
Demographic Problems
• Decreased enrollment in Engineering and Computer Science– Freshman enrollment decline in Engineering indicates a continuing trend
– Computer Science/Engineering is one of the fastest growing
l h h ’ h occupations although it’s showing a 29% enrollment decline.
• Not enough people to replace the retiring work force78 2 million Baby Boomers started to retire in 2008 with 45 million – 78.2 million Baby Boomers started to retire in 2008 with 45 million genXer’s to replace and backfill
– 54% of our employees are Boomers and 6% are in the Mature category– 79% of our directors and above are Boomers and 7% are Mature
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Harris Demographics
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The Engineer of 2020Vision of Engineering in the New Century
– Strong analytical skills– Practical ingenuity, creativity, dynamism, agility, g y, y, y , g y,
flexibility– Excellent communications skills– Understanding of business and management
concepts– Leadership high ethical standardsLeadership, high ethical standards,
professionalism– Background in strategic and crisis decision-
making
BITE OF SCIENCE – March 2014 - #41 March 3, 2014US will compete on Innovation and Invention
Recent Comments
• UF – “International Grad students going home”
• FSU – “Quality of international students not as high”
• Manufacturer’s Alliance / MAPI –• Manufacturer s Alliance / MAPI –“Cost of Engineering Labor in China raising 20% per year”
• MAPI – “Companies pulling the off-shoring work back to the states”
• UF - “50% of the students entering• UF - 50% of the students entering Engineering College leave with an engineering degree”
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Recent Comments
National Science Foundation study shows that the time to i fl d tt t i iinfluence and attract engineers is 6th through 8th grade.
84% of kids 11-13 would rather84% of kids 11 13 would rather clean their rooms, eat vegetables, or go to the dentist than do math homeworkthan do math homework
Of the S&P 500 CEO’s, there are more Engineers than any other g ydegree – “Rising Above the Gathering Storm.” National Academy of Sciences Study
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Academy of Sciences Study
Harris K-12 Outreach Objective
• Spark an interest in technical fields for t d t i l lstudents in our local
community
• Target elementary, jr. high and high school t d tstudents
• Many students don’t• Many students don t believe technical fields are an option for them –b k h h!!
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break that myth!!
Approach• Harris employees develop
Technology Roadshows and take directly to the classroom fordirectly to the classroom for career days, technology days, etc.
• Advertise to schools through• Advertise to schools through Brevard Schools Foundation.
Schools request a visit through• Schools request a visit through our [email protected] email.
• Technology Roadshows are dynamic and hands-on to maximize the learning experience.
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K-12 Outreach - Workshops
• Workshops Supported– SNAP Circuits WorkshopsSNAP Circuits Workshops– Lego Robotics Workshops
Applied Physics and Mechanics Workshops– Applied Physics and Mechanics Workshops
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K-12 Outreach: Software Engineering
• Lesson: Introduction to Robotics• Age: Grade 3-8• Purpose: To introduce software p
terminology, and application of Robotics while applying math and science concepts.STEM C t F ti d i l• STEM Concepts: Fractions, decimals, ratios/proportions, applied geometry, applied algebra,
• Lesson Materials:Lesson Materials:– LEGO® Mindstorms Robotics
• Lesson Length: 50 minutes
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An Alternative ApproachProblem Based Learning (PBL)
• Problem Based Learning– Learning driven by challenging, open-ended, ill-
defined and ill-structured problems– Students generally work in collaborative groups
T h t k th l "f ilit t " f l i– Teachers take on the role as "facilitators" of learning• Recent Example ripped from the headlines
Gamers who found HIV virus– Gamers who found HIV virus
The Call for the Barbarians
• Think big, Innovate, Dream, and Imagine
• Have persistence, stand for what is right, and bring g , gpassion and enthusiasm to everything you do
• Love people and use things, never give up on using thenever give up on using the gifts that are entrusted to you
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Be a Part of the Inspiration
• Be that nursery k h kworker who wakes
up the 4 -years olds t t h th l hto watch the launch or landing
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Be a Part of the Inspiration
• Be the local town crier h i th kwho praises the work
done in your own back dyard
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Be a Part of the Inspiration
• Share the book the• Share the book, the interview, the YouTube, video post yourvideo, post your enthusiasm on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter
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Be a Part of the Inspiration
• Celebrate the• Celebrate the Accomplishments
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with fervor
Be a Part of the Inspiration
Li th i ith th kBITE OF SCIENCE – March 2014 - #59 March 3, 2014
• Live the experiences with those you know
Here’s someone that got it!
• Flickr user Chris Bray and his father attended the first shuttle launch 33 years ago. According to an interview with Universe Today, they had not been to another launch since, but decided to "bookend" the program by going to the final launch — and re-creating a photo taken at the first launch
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Be a Part of the Inspiration
• Cherish the opportunities you have to participate
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Be a Part of the Inspiration
•Be The•Be The Barbarian!Barbarian!
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Be a Part of the Inspiration
… because more gets caught than taught!
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