NSF-Sigma Xi Workshop to Develop a Strategy for Assuring a Globally Engaged US Science and Engineering Workforce, Arlington, VA, Spring 2006

这个为期两年的奖项允许PI，西格玛Xi，以支持一个研讨会，“制定一个战略，以确保一个全球性的劳动力，”将在阿灵顿，弗吉尼亚州，在2006年春天举行。 研讨会的目的是制定一个更好的定义的人的目标在NSF的战略计划，“制定一个。. .全球参与的美国科学家，工程师，技术人员和准备充分的公民的劳动力。“它将召开一次国际科学、工程和劳动力教育领域的领导者和利益相关者会议，以确定良好国际合作的各种质量和指标。 该讲习班将包括来自不同部门和学科、不同劳动力培训和参与水平以及选定的外国机构的多达80名与会者。该研讨会预计将确定科学，技术，教育和数学（STEM）劳动力全球参与的要素，同时绘制该劳动力的不同要素可以采取的全球参与步骤。 它将有助于建立一个更严格和更全面的理解模型，以建立一个具有全球能力的科学和工程劳动力。 该研讨会有可能大幅增加关于STEM专业人员全球参与的工作方式和方式的知识。 这将有助于提高美国劳动力的质量、竞争力和国际参与度。 这种参与将有助于确保新的、创新的想法源源不断地流向美国研究界。 电子技术的进步与愿景、基于理论的强大概念框架、实现愿景的协议和战略以及成功的基准相结合，对科学和工程的进步可能是革命性的。

This two-year award allows the PI, Sigma Xi, to support a workshop, "Developing a Strategy for Assuring a Globally Engaged Workforce," to be held in Arlington, VA, in Spring 2006. The workshop is designed to develop a better definition of the People goal in NSF's strategic plan, "to develop a . . . globally engaged US workforce of scientists, engineers, technologists, and well-prepared citizens." It will convene a meeting of leaders and stakeholders in international science, engineering, and workforce education to determine the various qualities and metrics of good international collaborations. The workshop will include up to 80 participants from different sectors and disciplines, from different levels of workforce training and participation, and from selected foreign institutions. The workshop is expected to identify the elements involved in the global engagement of the science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM) workforce, while mapping the steps that different elements of that workforce can take to become globally engaged. It will help build a more rigorous and comprehensive understanding of models for building a globally competent science and engineering workforce. The workshop has the potential to substantially increase the knowledge of what works and how with regard to global engagement of STEM professionals. This will serve to enhance the quality, competitiveness, and international engagement of the US workforce. Such engagement will help ensure a steady flow of new, innovative ideas to the US research community. Advances in electronic technology combined with a vision, strong conceptual framework grounded in theory, protocols and strategies to carry out the vision and benchmarks for success can be revolutionary for advances in science and engineering.