U.S. Travel Grants Program for the 1998 International Conference on Engineering Education

1998年国际工程教育会议（ICEE）将继1997年国际工程教育会议（ICEE '97）之后在巴西里约热内卢举行，由南伊利诺伊大学、美国国家科学基金会、国立成功大学、斯特拉塔技术大学和美国技术学会ASME和IEEE共同主办。在ICEE '97之后，各工作组通过电子邮件进行了持续的对话，以履行他们分享课件和其他教育信息的承诺，并加深合作关系。这项提议将为参加会议的20名美国与会者提供部分旅费。该提案旨在促进来自世界各地的工程教育工作者的合作，以便各方都能从各国学到的东西中受益。当工程实践正在成为一种全球职业时，这一点被认为尤为重要。在选择旅行补助金的受助人时，将作出特别努力，确保受助人包括相当数量的年轻教员，以便他们获得国际活动的经验。部分旅费补助的奖励将主要发给那些没有从当地赞助活动中获得旅费的人，例如在国家科学基金会联盟中工作的人。

EEC-9814162 University of Minnesota Francis A. Kulacki The 1998 International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE) to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a follow up to ICEE '97 sponsored by Southern Illinois University, the National Science Foundation and National Cheng Kung University, the Technical University of Strata, and the U.S. technical societies ASME and IEEE. After ICEE '97, working groups have carried on a continuing dialog through e-mail to fulfill their commitments to share courseware and other educational information, and to deepen the collaborative ties. This proposal will provide partial travel support for 20 U.S. participants to the conference. The proposal in intended to facilitate collaboration of engineering educators from different parts of the world in order for all parties to benefit from what is learned in the various countries. This is judged particularly important at this time when the practice of engineering is becoming a global profession. In the selection of the recipients of the travel grants a special effort will be made to assure that the recipients include a significant number of younger faculty so that they may gain experience in international activities. The awards for partial travel support will go principally to those who do not have travel funds from their local sponsored activities, such as work in the NSF coalitions.