Task 1

Provide a forecast of what the workforce demand would be over a five-year period to produce and market your team's technical application or process. Include the impact such production would have on the marketplace.

I predict that in five years the demand for this type of product would be high. There are hundreds of prisons in the United States of America with over two million inmates. In the twentieth century alone, there were about 1,300 riots in all, which is around 13 a year. Seeing that our product is meant to control prison violence, and seeing the number of prisoners is increasing the need for a solution is high. Our robot can help with violence. This robot would have face recognition software to pick up emotions and access risk. If a risk is detected it will shoot the taser probe from its head if high anger and rage is detected. This is helpful for stopping violence, and because of this product prisons would be safer for prisoners and guards.

Task 2

Give two examples of undergraduate or graduate degree programs in science or engineering that directly relate to your team's NCT technical application. For each program, be sure to include the following:

• the URL address of the institution,
• the department (for example, chemical engineering, electronic engineering) where the program is offered, and
• a brief description of the program of study.

One example of a graduate degree is the masters in engineering in robotics and autonomous vehicles at the University of Michigan. This degree's course offerings include sensing, perception and cognition, intelligence and learning, mechatronics, propulsion and power management, system integration, management, and financial analysis. With this program students will receive a greater understanding in autonomous robotics and engineering, institution's url address roboautovehicles@umich.edu . Another example is the Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This degree is one of the best you can earn n the field of robotics. This degree is more of a research degree, but all of that research is on robotics and engineering. To earn these degree students must have preformed an original research project in robotics that has advanced the field in some way. Before doing this research however, students must gain a broad education in the field of robotics and write a thesis on the subject. This program will give students a great intelligence in the field of robotics and the research done within this field, institution's url address http://www.ri.cmu.edu/education/RI_Handbook_2004.pdf . 

Task 3

Develop an idea for a new science and/or engineering degree program that might emerge given the advancements in scientific knowledge that the team has identified. Provide a title and 100-word description of this new degree program.

After the research my group has done, I have thought of a new degree program. Called the Autonomous Robotic Security Program, it will allow students to learn how autonomous robots work, how to program them, and security uses. They will also learn to understand why we should use autonomous opposed to humans or human operated robots, and the history of autonomous robots and their past uses. Additionally they will be taught how to make software for their autonomous robots, and how to supply the right power source to them.