IEEE All Society Research Project: 2003 IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Research coordinated by...

IEEE All Society Research Project: 2003IEEE Oceanic Engineering

Society

Research coordinated byIEEE Research

Corporate Strategy and Communications

Overview of Project

Overview of Project In February 2003, Society presidents endorsed a

research project that would, for the first time, survey all IEEE Societies. This project was named, “IEEE All Society Research Project.”

The project was coordinated by Elena Gerstmann, Director, IEEE Research.

Each Society appointed a point of contact (poc) to work on this project.

The Socpoc team, via email, oversaw the processes. This team included one person from each Society, a staff member from RAD, a staff member from TAD, and the two-person IEEE Research staff.

Goals The goals of this project were to provide each

Society with membership information in order to: Plan for the future Measure membership satisfaction with each Society

and IEEE Develop strategies for membership growth & retention Assess the value and importance of existing programs

and services (publications, conferences, websites, etc.) and of membership, in general

Highlight “hot” content areas Determine membership demographics (employment

status, industry, years of professional experience, etc.)

Methodology - Questionnaire Questionnaire development

The Socpoc team came to a consensus on the format and wording of a template questionnaire.

This template questionnaire provided a framework for each Society’s questionnaire.

The template contained both standard questions that were the same for all Societies and questions that could be customized by each Society.

Each Society representative customized the questionnaire for his or her Society.

Methodology – Sample Sample

The population of members that could have been selected for participation were Higher grade Society members (Associates, Fellows, Members, Senior Members; no Life members or Students) with an email address on file (approximately 88% of IEEE members have an email address on file)

1,200 members were randomly selected per Society A sampling plan was developed that assured that each

member would only receive one questionnaire regardless of how many Society memberships she or he holds.

Comparisons between the randomly drawn sample and the Society populations were made to ensure representative samples

Methodology – Data Collection Data collection began in early June 2003

1) Society Presidents had an option of sending an email message to the sample informing them of the survey

2) Elena Gerstmann, Director, IEEE Research, sent an email invitation to each sample explaining the project along with the URL to the Society’s web survey

3) Approximately 14 days after the initial email message was sent, a reminder email was sent. This message thanked those who had already completed the survey and encouraged those who hadn’t completed it to do so.

An additional sample of 1,800 IEEE non-Society members received a similar survey

Response Rate for IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society

A total of 308 IEEE OES members responded to the questionnaire

Estimating that 1,100 email invitations were delivered, the response rate was 28%

Assuming these responses constitute a representative sample because the sample was randomly drawn and was representative of the population of IEEE OES members with email addresses

the margin-of-error is within ±5% with a 95% degree of confidence

Detailed Findings

Membership Issues

Please select the main reasons why you maintain membership in the IEEE OES. (Select up to three that apply.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Access to continuing education

Attend local chapter activities

Discounts on OES conference fees

Serve as a volunteer

Contribute to my profession

Networking

Keep informed in my field

Obtain OES publications

Obtain technical information

Please select the main reasons why you maintain membership in the IEEE OES. (Select up to three that apply.)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

To obtain technical information and resources 235 76.3%

To meet and interact with others who share my professional interests (networking)

90 29.2%

To obtain OES publications (paper and/or electronic) 209 67.9%

To receive discounts on OES conference fees 10 3.2%

To serve as a volunteer (for example, write or review articles, speak at conferences or serve on committees)

27 8.8%

To contribute to my profession 36 11.7%

To keep myself informed of the advancements in my field 203 65.9%

To attend local chapter activities 8 2.6%

To get access to continuing education opportunities 3 1.0%

Other, please specify 7 2.3%

Please indicate how well you feel OES is providing opportunities and services in each of these areas. (Select one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Continuing education opportunities

Discounts on OES conference fees

Local chapter activities

Opportunities to volunteer

Ability to contribute to my profession

Opportunities to network

Keep informed in my field

Obtain technical information

Obtain OES publications

Very well 1

2

3

4

Very poorly 5

Please indicate how well you feel OES is providing opportunities and services in each of these areas. (Select one for each item.)

Topic Very well 1

2 3 4 Very poorly 5

Not aware/ No opinion

Technical information and resources 76 166 45 5 0 13

Opportunities to meet and interact with others who share my professional interests (networking)

33 92 68 18 2 88

OES publications (paper and/or electronic) 113 135 34 5 0 13

Discounts on OES conference fees 16 61 65 14 3 130

Opportunities to volunteer (for example, write or review articles, speak at conferences or serve on committees)

17 62 63 13 6 137

Ability to contribute to my profession 29 102 77 15 0 71

Informed of the advancements in my field 65 146 65 10 1 15

Local chapter activities 17 39 48 35 24 136

Continuing education opportunities 7 28 60 33 11 158

Overall, how satisfied are you with your OES and IEEE memberships? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE OESMembership

IEEEMembership Highly satisfied 1

23

4Highly dissatisfied 5

Overall, how satisfied are you with your OES and IEEE memberships? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Highly satisfied 1

2 3 4 Highly dissatisfied 5

IEEE OES Membership

85 149 59 8 1

IEEE Membership

91 158 50 5 2

Would you recommend OES membership and IEEE membership to a colleague? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE OESMembership

IEEEMembership

Definitely wouldrecommend it 1

2

3

4

Definitely would NOTrecommend it 5

Would you recommend OES membership and IEEE membership to a colleague? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Definitely would recommend it 1

2 3 4 Definitely would NOT recommend it 5

IEEE OES Membership

124 111 57 13 1

IEEE Membership

148 111 39 5 1

The next time your OES and IEEE memberships are up for renewal, do you plan to renew? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE OESMembership

IEEEMembership

Definitely willrenew 1

2

3

4

Definitely will NOTrenew 5

The next time your OES and IEEE memberships are up for renewal, do you plan to renew? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Definitely will renew 1

2 3 4 Definitely will NOT renew 5

IEEE OES Membership

214 58 24 8 3

IEEE Membership

253 40 12 3 0

Does your employer currently pay or reimburse you for your membership dues? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE OESMembership

IEEEMembership

All

Part

None

Does your employer currently pay or reimburse you for your membership dues? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic All Part None

IEEE OES Membership

78 23 206

IEEE Membership 83 21 203

Websites and Educational Opportunities

How often do you visit the following websites? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

General searchengines

Other professionalassociations' websites

IEEE Xplore®

IEEE OES Website

IEEE Website

11+ times a month

4 to 10 times a month


Less than once a month

Aware of, but never visited

Not aware

How often do you visit the following websites? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic 11+ times a month



Less than once a month

Aware of, but never visited

Not aware

IEEE Web site 11 31 95 146 19 6

IEEE OES Web site 4 11 52 132 55 52

IEEE Xplore® 13 36 48 76 50 68

Other professional associations' Web sites

9 33 84 118 40 19

General search engines (for example, Google, Yahoo, etc.)

238 45 15 5 4 1

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE OES provides adequate products andservices

My employer provides adequate training

Have access to enough info from sourcesother than my employer and OES

OES should offer more Internet educationalopportunities

OES should offer more CD-ROM/DVDeducational opportunities

Completely agree 1

2

3

4

Completely disagree 5

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Completely agree 1

2 3 4 Completely disagree 5

No opinion

My employer provides adequate training to maintain my skills in my professional field.

35 64 81 57 51 20

The IEEE OES provides adequate products and services to maintain my skills in my professional field.

14 81 108 42 14 48

I have access to enough information to maintain my skills in my professional field from sources other than my employer and OES.

38 103 89 48 15 14

OES should offer more educational opportunities via the Internet.

45 94 79 20 7 62

OES should offer more educational opportunities via CD-ROM/DVD.

61 85 67 32 5 57

Conferences

Number of Conferences Attended

How many technical conferences, meetings, or workshops do you attend in a typical two-year period? Mean=3.25; Median=3; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 20

If you attend conferences in a typical two-year period, please indicate their sponsorship.

Sponsored or cosponsored by OES Mean=.77; Median=0; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 5

Sponsored or cosponsored by another IEEE Society (not OES) Mean=.95; Median=0; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 8

Not sponsored or cosponsored by IEEE or an IEEE Society Mean=1.88; Median=1; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 22

Conferences that I am unsure who sponsors Mean=.34; Median=0; Mode=0; Range = 0 to 13

Below are major conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by OES. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

IEEE Working Conference on CurrentMeasurement

IEEE International Workshop on Scientific Useof Submarine Cable and Related technologies

Offshore Technology Conference

International Underwater TechnologySymposium

IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles:A Workshop on AUV Energy Systems

OCEANS

Extremely useful 1

2

3

4

Not at all useful 5

I am familiar but cannot rate it

I am NOT familiar with thisconference

Note: 82 Respondents (27% of Total Respondents) were not asked to rate the Offshore Technology Conference. All other conferences above were presented to all Respondents.

Below are major conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by OES. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Extremely useful 1

2 3 4 Not at all useful 5


I am NOT familiar with this conference

OCEANS 68 74 42 10 2 77 31

IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Workshop on AUV Energy Systems

25 32 30 21 24 92 79

International Underwater Technology Symposium

21 33 27 22 12 86 102

IEEE Working Conference on Current Measurement

7 12 20 21 38 59 147

IEEE International Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cable and Related technologies

10 15 19 26 32 53 147

Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)

13 24 25 23 12 68 55

Publications

Below are major publications sponsored or co-sponsored by IEEE or IEEE OES. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

The Institute

IEEE OESNewsletter

IEEESpectrum

IEEE Journalof Oceanic

EngineeringExtremely useful 1

2

3

4

Not at all useful 5


I am NOT familiar with thispublication

Below are major publications sponsored or co-sponsored by IEEE or IEEE OES. How useful are these to you? (Choose one for each item.)

Topic Extremely useful 1

2 3 4 Not at all useful 5


I am NOT familiar with this publication

IEEE Spectrum 52 123 83 36 10 3 1

The Institute 8 37 96 83 36 16 26

IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Newsletter

28 115 88 49 11 10 3

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

118 123 43 15 2 6 1

Have you read the following publications in the last two years? (Check all that apply.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

The Institute

IEEE Spectrum

Yes, I have read

No, I have not read

Have you read the following publications in the last two years? (Check all that apply.)

Topic Yes, I have read No, I have not read

IEEE Spectrum 296 10

The Institute 233 74

Have you read IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Newsletter in the last two years?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I have notread

Yes, I haveread

Have you read IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Newsletter in the last two years?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Yes, I have read 292 94.8%

No, I have not read 16 5.2%

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Newsletter.

(Choose one for each item.) (Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Relevance to myprofessional needs

Level of content

Timeliness ofcontent

Breadth of topics

Authors of articles

Quality of designand layout

Highly satisfied 1

2

3

4

Highly dissatisfied 5

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Newsletter.

(Choose one for each item.) (Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)



No opinion

Relevance of content to my professional needs

25 115 96 31 2 20

Level of content 29 108 104 18 3 26

Timeliness of content 30 97 97 17 1 41

Breadth of topic covered 25 107 98 25 3 31

Authors of the articles 26 109 83 7 1 62

Quality of design and layout 31 126 79 15 1 36

Have you read IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering in the last two years?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I have notread

Yes, I haveread

Have you read IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering in the last two years?


Yes, I have read 296 96.4%

No, I have not read 11 3.6%

Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. (Choose one for each item.)

(Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Relevance to myprofessional needs

Level of content

Timeliness ofcontent

Breadth of topics

Authors of articles

Quality of designand layout Highly satisfied 1

2

3

4


Please indicate your level of satisfaction with the following elements of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. (Choose one for each item.)

(Only asked of those who indicated they read this publication.)



No opinion

Relevance of content to my professional needs

96 120 53 14 2 8

Level of content 98 139 42 1 1 13

Timeliness of content 63 128 68 7 2 23

Breadth of topic covered 72 141 55 9 4 13

Authors of the articles 86 117 43 4 1 40

Quality of design and layout 106 122 44 3 0 19

Content Coverage

Indicate the amount of content coverage in the following areas you would like to see in OES publications, conferences, products and services.

(Choose one for each item.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Chapter activities

Conferences

People in the profession and industry

Academic and Student News

Hydrodynamics

Government Activities Worldwide

Environmental and Biotechnology

Industry Articles

Oceanography

Professional Articles

Remote Sensing

Communications and Navigation

Signal Processing

Acoustics

ROV/AUV/UUV

More practical application of technology

Much more content

More content

Same amount receiving now

Less content

No content

No opinion

Indicate the amount of content coverage in the following areas you would like to see in OES publications, conferences, products and services.

(Choose one for each item.)

Topic Much more content

More content

Same amount receiving now

Less content

No content

No opinion

Acoustics 52 100 102 17 1 24

Communications and Navigation 35 106 114 12 3 22

Environmental and Biotechnology 11 58 129 48 5 42

Hydrodynamics 10 56 139 42 5 43

Oceanography 18 81 139 25 4 31

Remote Sensing 35 111 114 17 1 22

ROV/AUV/UUV 58 99 106 14 3 19

Signal Processing 52 116 93 20 2 18

More practical application of technology 67 126 85 8 0 17

Professional Articles 18 64 140 31 5 40

People in the profession and industry 5 35 124 72 20 44

Chapter activities 3 38 125 66 22 48

Conferences 4 33 191 26 9 33

Industry Articles 15 72 133 37 9 37

Government Activities Worldwide 11 54 128 44 17 46

Academic and Student News 7 32 132 67 17 45

OE Society Chapters

Have you participated in a local chapter of the IEEE OES in the past two years?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I know a localchapter exists, but

I do not attend

No, and I do notknow if there is a

local chapter

No, there is nolocal chapter

Yes

Have you participated in a local chapter of the IEEE OES in the past two years?


Yes 40 13.1%

No, there is no local chapter 60 19.6%

No, and I do not know if there is a local chapter

139 45.4%

No, I know a local chapter exists, but I do not attend

67 21.9%

Volunteering

Before you read the above, how familiar were you with the different ways to volunteer for OES? (Please check one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Not at all familiar

Somewhat not familiar

Somewhat familiar

Very familiar

Volunteers carry out daily activities in support of the Society's operations. They also lead the IEEE OES at many levels and in many ways - including, among others,

· Member of the Administrative Committee Elected At Large

· Serving on a Committee of the Administrative Committee (for example, Technical Committee, Membership Committee, Publications Committee)

· Serving on local committees (for example, Chapter officers)

· Editing or reviewing articles for the Journal of Oceanic Engineering or the OES Newsletter

· Conducting tutorials

· Serving as Distinguished Lecturer

· Developing, organizing, and participating in conferences and workshops

Before you read the above, how familiar were you with the different ways to volunteer for OES? (Please check one.)


Very familiar 41 13.5%

Somewhat familiar 87 28.6%

Somewhat not familiar 47 15.5%

Not at all familiar 129 42.4%

Do you currently volunteer for IEEE OES?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, I have notserved as avolunteer

No, but I have inthe past

Yes, I currentlyserve as avolunteer

Do you currently volunteer for IEEE OES?


Yes, I currently serve as a volunteer 42 13.8%

No, but I have in the past 28 9.2%

No, I have not served as a volunteer 235 77.0%

Overall, how satisfied are you with your current volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently volunteer.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%


4

3

2

Highly satisfied 1

Overall, how satisfied are you with your current volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently volunteer.)


Highly satisfied 1 18 42.9%

2 15 35.7%

3 6 14.3%

4 3 7.1%

Highly dissatisfied 5 0 0.0%

Overall how satisfied were you with your volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently do not volunteer but they did in the past.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%


4

3

2

Highly satisfied 1

Overall how satisfied were you with your volunteer activities?

(Asked only of those who indicated they currently do not volunteer but they did in the past.)


Highly satisfied 1 9 31.0%

2 13 44.8%

3 6 20.7%

4 1 3.4%

Highly dissatisfied 5 0 0.0%

Demographics

Years of Professional Experience

Average = 20.03 Median = 20 Mode = 20 Range = 0 to 60

What is your age?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Decline to answer

Over 70

61 to 70

51 to 60

41 to 50

31 to 40

30 or under

What is your age?


30 or under 15 4.9%

31 to 40 74 24.3%

41 to 50 100 32.9%

51 to 60 86 28.3%

61 to 70 27 8.9%

Over 70 1 0.3%

Decline to answer 1 0.3%

Identify the highest educational degree you hold. (Choose one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Doctorate

Masters/graduate/professional

Baccalaureate

Vocational/technical degree

Some college

Identify the highest educational degree you hold. (Choose one.)


Some college 2 .7%

Vocational/technical degree/certification (less than a baccalaureate degree)

5 1.6%

Baccalaureate or equivalent 52 17.0%

Masters/graduate/professional degree 95 31.0%

Doctorate or equivalent 150 49.0%

Other, please specify 2 .7%

Indicate all of the fields in which you hold a degree. (Choose all that apply.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Medicine

Materials science/ engineering

Industrial engineering

Business or Finance

Systems engineering

Mechanical engineering

Mathematics

Computer science/ engineering

Ocean engineering

Physics

Electrical or electronics engineering

Indicate all of the fields in which you hold a degree. (Choose all that apply.)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

Electrical or electronics engineering 191 62.0%

Ocean engineering 45 14.6%

Mechanical engineering 23 7.5%

Materials science/engineering 1 0.3%

Computer science/engineering 31 10.1%

Mathematics 28 9.1%

Physics 71 23.1%

Industrial engineering 2 0.6%

Systems engineering 17 5.5%

Business or Finance 7 2.3%

Medicine 0 0.0%


Identify the category that best describes your current employer type. (Choose one.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Other

Full-time student

Unemployed

Retired

Self-employed/ consulting

Nonprofit institution

Educational institution

Public/government

Private industry

Identify the category that best describes your current employer type. (Choose one.)


Private industry 110 36.2%

Public/government 54 17.8%

Educational institution (private or public) 92 30.3%

Nonprofit institution (non educational) 14 4.6%

Self-employed/consulting 20 6.6%

Retired 4 1.3%

Unemployed 3 1.0%

Full-time student 0 0.0%


Please indicate your IEEE Grade. (Please note that Life membership is a status of membership but not a grade.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Student

Associate

Member

Senior Member

Fellow

Please indicate your IEEE Grade. (Please note that Life membership is a status of membership but not a grade.)


Student 1 0.3%

Associate 22 7.2%

Member 237 78.0%

Senior Member 32 10.5%

Fellow 12 3.9%

Please indicate your IEEE Region.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Regions 1 to 6(United States)

Region 7 (Canada)

Region 8 (Europe,Middle East, Africa)

Region 9 (LatinAmerica)

Region 10 (Asiaand Pacific)

Please indicate your IEEE Region.


Regions 1 to 6 (United States) 163 53.3%

Region 7 (Canada) 23 7.5%

Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) 61 19.9%

Region 9 (Latin America) 5 1.6%

Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 54 17.6%

Including your membership in OES, how many IEEE Societies do you currently belong to?

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

5 or more

4

3

2

1, just OES

Including your membership in OES, how many IEEE Societies do you currently belong to?


1, just OES 99 32.5%

2 102 33.4%

3 49 16.1%

4 36 11.8%

5 or more 19 6.2%

Do you consider OES to be your primary IEEE Society? (Asked only of those who indicated they belonged to more than one IEEE Society.)

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

No, anotherIEEE Society is

my primarySociety

Yes, OES is myprimary Society

Do you consider OES to be your primary IEEE Society? (Asked only of those who indicated they belonged to more than one IEEE Society.)


Yes, OES is my primary Society

78 38.0%

No, another IEEE Society is my primary Society

127 62.0%

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