The Impact of Globalization on Electrical and Computer Engineering Curricula of the Future; November 14-15, 2005; Washington, DC

全球化对未来电气和计算机工程课程的影响；

• 批准号: 0549885
• 负责人: W. Kenneth Jenkins
• 金额: $ 4.91万
• 依托单位: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0549885&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Impact; Globalization; Electrical; Computer; Engineering

In response to significant interests in globalization, public policy, and engineering out-sourcing that emerged during the 2004 ECEDHA Annual Meeting, and which continued throughout the 2005 ECEDHA Annual Meeting, the Electrical and Computer Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) and The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) are proposing to organize a fall 2005 workshop that focuses on The Impact of Globalization on Electrical and Computer Engineering Curricula of the Future. The workshop will be held at the Constitution Avenue location of the National Academy of Engineering, Washington D. C, on November 14 and 15, 2005. The ECEDHA Board of Directors is grateful to Dr. William Wulf, President of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), for making the NAE facilities available for this event. Dr. Ralph Cavin of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has expressed an interest in the workshop on behalf of SRC, and it is anticipated that SRC will play a crucial role in representing the U.S. semiconductor industry's views on engineering education. Also, since ECEDHA has recently developed a new working relationship with the Computing Research Association (CRA), CRA will also participate in the workshop to represent their views on educational policy. Funds are requested in this proposal to provide partial travel support for invited workshop attendees and to cover basic administrative expenses for the fall 2005 workshop.There is a growing need to educate engineering students for competitive careers in a global economy.Educators need to carefully consider how to educate engineering students to prepare them for changes in aprofession that is becoming increasing influenced by globalization and outsourcing. Educators will also faceincreasing challenges when recruiting students into ECE programs in the face of negative publicity on out-sourcing, and the perceived undercutting of the value of an engineering degree in the United States due to global competition. Another challenge to educators will be the retraining of engineering professionals in fields that have suffered from excessive out-sourcing. Addressing this challenge requires a new emphasis on continuing education to provide opportunities for engineers at all career levels to refresh and change the direction of their evolving careers. The proposed workshop will explore changes that are needed in engineering education and ECE curriculum to properly prepare graduates from United States institutions for careers in an economy where globalization and out-sourcing are predominant characteristics.Although this proposal requests funding for the November 2005 workshop, the long range plan is forECEDHA and NSF to sponsor a series of three workshops in consecutive years from 2005 through 2007. The first (2005) workshop will focus on the discovery phase, with its goal being to analyze the effects of globalization on the Electrical and Computer Engineering profession, to propose ECE curriculum revisions designed to prepare students for further changes in the future, and to deal with issues involving the recruiting and retention of undergraduate students, graduate students, and young faculty in ECE. The role of ABET will be re-examined, and the workshop will seek to define changes needed in the ABET process to facilitate the creation curricula that prepare students to effectively deal with globalization of their profession. The second workshop (2006) will explore the implementation phase, in particular how ECE educators can bring about much needed curricula change in light of traditional program structures and increasing pressures to introduce emerging technologies into already crowded ECE curricula. The third workshop (2007) will focus on assessment and continual improvement of curricular revisionsthat were identified and implemented in the two previous years. ECEDHA believes a three-year time window is the minimal period over which substantial changes can be made in ECE curricula in response to the globalization and outsourcing pressures that are already appear to be dominant forces in the profession. It is hoped that one of the outcomes of this three-year workshop series will be an increase in proposals submitted by ECE departments that will lead to major curricular revisions and eventually to overall department level reform across the nation.Intellectual Merit: Intellectual merit of the proposed workshop centers on the urgency for ECE educators torespond to the increasing pressures of globalization in the ECE profession, to provide opportunities for continuing education, and to motivate life-long learning in a rapidly changing ECE profession that is dominated by international issues.Broader Impact: The broader impact of the proposed workshop is reflected in the international scope of the issues to be addressed at the workshop, and by the serious attention that the workshop will devote to recruiting, retaining, and mentoring undergraduate students, graduate students and young faculty, while drawing as much as possible from underrepresented groups in engineering (minorities and women in engineering).

为了响应2004年ECEDHA年会上出现的对全球化、公共政策和工程外包的重大兴趣，并在2005年ECEDHA年会上继续进行，电气和计算机系主任协会（ECEDHA）和国际工程协会（IEC）提议组织2005年秋季研讨会，重点关注全球化对未来电气和计算机工程课程的影响。研讨会将于2005年11月14日和15日在华盛顿特区国家工程院宪法大道举行。ECEDHA董事会感谢美国国家工程院（NAE）院长William Wulf博士为本次活动提供了NAE设施。美国半导体研究公司（SRC）的Ralph Cavin博士代表SRC表达了对研讨会的兴趣，预计SRC将在代表美国半导体行业对工程教育的看法方面发挥关键作用。此外，由于教育局最近与计算机研究协会建立了新的工作关系，计算机研究协会也将参加研讨会，表达他们对教育政策的意见。本提案要求提供资金，为应邀参加讲习班的人员提供部分旅费支助，并支付2005年秋季讲习班的基本行政费用。在全球经济中，越来越需要教育工程专业的学生，以适应有竞争力的职业。教育工作者需要仔细考虑如何教育工程专业的学生，使他们为这个日益受到全球化和外包影响的行业的变化做好准备。教育工作者在为ECE项目招收学生时也将面临越来越多的挑战，因为外包的负面宣传，以及由于全球竞争，工程学位在美国的价值被削弱。教育工作者面临的另一个挑战将是对那些遭受过度外包的领域的工程专业人员进行再培训。为了应对这一挑战，需要重新重视继续教育，为所有职业水平的工程师提供更新和改变其职业发展方向的机会。拟议的讲习班将探讨工程教育和欧洲经委会课程所需的变化，以便使美国各机构的毕业生在全球化和外包为主要特点的经济中适当地做好就业准备。虽然该提案要求为2005年11月的研讨会提供资金，但长期计划是由forECEDHA和NSF在2005年至2007年连续几年赞助一系列三次研讨会。第一次研讨会（2005年）将侧重于发现阶段，其目标是分析全球化对电气和计算机工程专业的影响，提出旨在使学生为未来的进一步变化做好准备的欧洲经委会课程修订建议，并处理涉及招收和保留欧洲经委会本科生、研究生和年轻教师的问题。将重新审查ABET的作用，讲习班将设法确定ABET进程所需的变化，以促进创造课程，使学生能够有效地应对其专业的全球化。第二次研讨会（2006年）将探讨实施阶段，特别是欧洲经委会教育工作者如何根据传统的课程结构和将新兴技术引入已经拥挤的欧洲经委会课程的日益增加的压力，带来急需的课程改革。第三次研讨会（2007年）将重点关注前两年确定和实施的课程修订的评估和持续改进。欧洲经委会认为，三年的时间窗口是对欧洲经委会课程作出重大改变的最小期限，以应付全球化和外包的压力，这些压力似乎已成为该专业的主要力量。希望这个为期三年的系列讲习班的成果之一将是增加欧洲经委会各部门提出的建议，这些建议将导致重大的课程修订，并最终导致全国整个部门一级的改革。知识价值：提议的研讨会的知识价值集中在欧洲经委会教育工作者应对欧洲经委会专业日益增长的全球化压力的紧迫性，提供继续教育的机会，并在由国际问题主导的快速变化的欧洲经委会专业中激励终身学习。更广泛的影响：提议的研讨会的更广泛的影响反映在研讨会要解决的问题的国际范围，以及研讨会将致力于招聘、留住和指导本科生、研究生和年轻教师的认真关注，同时尽可能多地从工程领域代表性不足的群体（少数民族和工程领域的女性）中汲取灵感。