NY Times Close Link Between Engineering & Business Management

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“As the dominant applied science in industry, engineering quickly emerged as a major recruiting ground for the applied science of management; and the link is still close today — reflected in an increasing tendency to combine the two in specialized M.B.A. and recruitment programs. ”
“Reflecting that, 70 percent of the school’s (MIT Sloan) M.B.A. students this year have engineering backgrounds, up from 55 percent last year.”

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Professional Science Master’s

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The PSM is a relatively new graduate degree, just over a decade old, designed to provide students with advanced training in the sciences without a Ph.D. and pertinent business skills without an M.B.A. These programs also emphasize written and verbal skills in which employers say they find traditional science students deficient. Some examples of fields in which programs are emerging include bioinformatics, computational chemistry, environmental science and industrial mathematics. Currently, there are 171 professional science master’s programs at 71 institutions around the country.

Hot Jobs – top 10 best paying degrees

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http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-best_paying_degrees_in_2010-1173

Top-Paid Bachelor’s Degrees
Source: Winter 2010 Salary Survey, National Association of Colleges and Employers.

1. Major: Petroleum Engineering
Average Salary Offer: $86,220

2. Major: Chemical Engineering
Average Salary Offer: $65,142

3. Major: Mining & Mineral Engineering (including Geological)
Average Salary Offer: $64,552

4. Major: Computer Science
Average Salary Offer: $61,205

5. Major: Computer Engineering
Average Salary Offer: $60,879

6. Major: Electrical/Electronics & Communications Engineering
Average Salary Offer: $59,074

7. Major: Mechanical Engineering
Average Salary Offer: $58,392

8. Major: Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
Average Salary Offer: $57,734

9. Major: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering
Average Salary Offer: $57,231

10. Major: Information Sciences & Systems
Average Salary Offer: $54,038

New Dean wants engineering students to look at the big picture

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Doreen Edwards, new dean of Alfred U.’s engineering school: Students in the discipline “need a better sense of business. They need to understand different cultures. … They need a better understanding of the world in general.”

From the Chronicle of Higher Education

Doreen Edwards, the first female dean of Alfred University’s engineering school, encourages the students to learn more about business, communications, and the arts.

CFP 8th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC) 2010

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December 7 – 10 2010, San Francisco, California, USA  www.icsoc.org

IMPORTANT DATES

Research and Industry Papers:

Abstract due: June 1, 2010
Full paper due: June 7, 2010
Notification: July 14, 2010
Camera ready due: August 23, 2010

TOPICS OF INTEREST

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Interactive Journal of Service Science

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http://www.sersci.com/magazine/v1n4/

From Robin Qiu

“I am very pleased to announce the release of the 4th issue of <<Service Science>>. All published papers are accessible and downloadable by interested readers. A reader/author (with an approved account after registration) can make comments and have direct discussions with the author(s) and other readers through the Wiki. ”

http://www.sersci.com/ServiceScience/magazine_details.php?id=4

Service Science
Volume 1 · Number 4 · Winter 2009
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