{"425821":{"#nid":"425821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech is \u0022most preferred\u0022 by defense and aerospace employers, study finds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA workforce study published Aug. 8 by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;has named Georgia Tech as the number one \u201cmost preferred school\u201d for aerospace and defense companies seeking to hire graduates with \u0022specific, critical and high-demand engineering skills.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was also named as the number one alma mater for \u201cmaking a difference\u201d in its graduates\u2019 success, according to the same study, which surveyed workers ages 35 and younger at 28 firms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EWorkforce Study examined data from corporate employers and federally funded research centers, while also incorporating a survey of young professionals and students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E\u2019s workforce project leader, Carole Hedden, the findings bode well for many subject areas in the engineering field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe industry hires new graduates in a broad range of engineering fields, from aerospace and aeronautics to software, electrical, mechanical and materials engineering,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPreferred schools are those institutions where companies invest in research and development, have a high regard for specific engineering education programs, and whose graduates tend to succeed as their careers progress with the companies, Hedden added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings are a part of a larger industry assessment that\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAviation Week\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;commissioned to gauge the health of the aerospace and defense industry. An analysis of all results will be included in an annual study used by industry leaders -- AIA, NDIA, AIAA, DoD, Commerce, NASA and others \u2013 to inform their recommendations moving forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile leaders from government, industry and academia mull the larger implications of the report, educators at Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Aerospace Engineering is justifiably proud of the report\u0027s most basic findings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing one of the largest aerospace engineering program in the nation, AE bears enormous responsibility to produce graduates for an industry that demands excellence in skills and in vision,\u201d said AE Chair Dr. Vigor Yang.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe see the results of this study as confirmation that our graduates are meeting the challenges and reaching beyond them. And I commend the AE faculty giving them that opportunity.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A workforce study published Aug. 8 by Aviation Week has named Georgia Tech as the number one \u201cmost preferred school\u201d for aerospace and defense companies seeking to hire graduates with \u0022specific, critical and high-demand engineering skills.\u0022"}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-16 14:10:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:08","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}