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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Cullen College Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>There was an interesting piece of tidbit in today’s
ASEE: Connections regarding engineering Ph.D. degrees that I thought you may
want to read. One statistics that drew my attention was that nationwide over
60% of engineering Ph.D.s in industrial, electrical and civil were awarded to
foreign nationals and little less than half for chemical and about one-third
for biomedical engineering.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Suresh Khator <o:p></o:p></p>
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color:blue'>_______________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>Suresh K. Khator, Ph.D., P.E.
Phone:
713-743-4205 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>Associate Dean, College of Engineering Fax:
713-743-4214<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>University of
Houston Email:
skhator@uh.edu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>E421 Engineering Bldg
2 www.egr.uh.edu/ie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>Houston, TX 77204-4008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>Engineering Doctorates: Totals, and Discipline Preferences of
U.S. Citizens and Foreign Nationals</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The
total number of doctorates awarded by US colleges of engineering is currently
nearing 10,000 as shown in the accompanying graph. Through the mid-1960s, this
growth was due to US citizens who enrolled in graduate programs. Since then,
doctoral degree growth has resulted primarily from degrees awarded to foreign
nationals. From AY1970 through AY2008-09, the number of doctorates awarded to
US citizens increased only 39%. On a per capita basis, doctorates awarded to US
citizens over this four-decade period have remained constant.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><img width=500 height=248 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01CAE2F0.4CBD8E40" alt="Engineering Trends"></span></b><b><span
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<p><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Foreign
national doctoral students have strong preferences for specific engineering
disciplines. Nine of the larger disciplines ranged from 34% to 64% foreign
national doctorates in AY2008-09. The largest fractions were for industrial
(64%), electrical (63%) and civil (60%) engineering; the smallest were for
chemical (47%), aerospace (44%) and biological (including biomedical) (34%)
engineering. It is noteworthy that these rankings are much the same as those
for AY1990-91 (largest, civil (63%), industrial (63%) and mechanical (56%)
engineering and, smallest, aerospace (47%), chemical (42%) and biological (33%)
engineering).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>This
article was provided by Engineering Trends. For more information, visit
Engineering Trends at <a
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103334469786&s=11544&e=001_tcBikLICRNK2CFkgJKN-oWzL5YkeGuLZ5kIn4KZXlEhmV7T_UeCYL-iu7249c0gqrlK2SVQNSUnE_wcHYoNCYb2AaFNQKF7etMRZWNuEmoVVRtgwH5Zgw==">engtrends.com.</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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