Workshop on USA/German Collaboration in Research & Education: Chemical Engineering to be held on April 3, 1992

拟在1992年新奥尔良美国化学工程师学会春季会议的同时举办一次为期一天的美国/德国研究和教育合作：化学工程讲习班。该研讨会是与德克萨斯州农工机械工程学院的弗莱彻教授提议的一个类似研讨会联合举办的。研讨会的目标是调查现有的学术化学工程项目，并促进美国化学工程学术界成员之间的对话，旨在记录美国和德国在合作教育和研究中交换学生的现有机制，同时从相关社区获得有关德国/美国合作交流的障碍的意见。讲习班将开始探索加强合作项目的新方法。本次研讨会和随附的最终报告的成果将包括：当前美德互动的目录；当前成功和理想的美德学术合作模式的表格；确定合作的结构性障碍和可能的解决方案；鼓励和实施美德合作的计划。这次研讨会的报告将广泛分发。研讨会的目的是让最终报告的参与者和读者敏感地认识到化学工程的国际性质，从而鼓励美国各地的化学工程项目的学生参与交流计划，以发展必要的文化技能，以便与世界各地经过德国培训的工程师进行良好的互动。德国大学教育和研究系统强调与产业界的密切合作。美国学生和教职员工将深入了解德国人对工程学的看法，或许能够更好地帮助他们的美国公司在海外市场上具有竞争力。这些学生应该能够更有效地在海外为美国公司工作，或者(在美国)为在美国有子公司的德国公司工作，并在这些不同的环境中感到同样自在。

A one day workshop on USA/German Collaboration in Research and Education: Chemical Engineering, is proposed to be held in conjunction with the 1992 Spring meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in New Orleans. The workshop is in conjunction with a similar workshop proposed by Professor Fletcher of Texas A&M mechanical engineering. The goals of the workshop are to survey existing academic chemical engineering programs and to catalyze a dialog among members of the US chemical engineering academic community directed toward documenting existing mechanisms for US/German student exchanges in cooperative education and research, while obtaining input from the involved community regarding impediments to collaborative German/US exchanges. The workshop will initiate an exploration of new methods for enhancing collaborative projects. The products to this workshop and accompanying final report will include: A catalog of current US/German interactions; a tabulation of current successful and ideal models for US/German academic cooperation; identification of structural impediments and possible solutions to cooperation; plans for encouragement and implementation of US/German cooperation. The report of this workshop will be widely distributed. It is the intent of the workshop to sensitize participants and readers of the final report to the international nature of chemical engineering so that of chemical engineering programs throughout the United States will be encouraged to participate in exchange programs to develop the cultural skills necessary to interact well with German trained engineers throughout the world. The German University education and research system emphasizes close collaboration with industry. US students and faculty will gain insight into the German view of engineering and may be better able to help their US companies to be competitive in foreign markets. These students should be able to work more effectively for US companies overseas, or (in the US) for German companies with subsidiaries in the US, and feel equally comfortable in these different environments.