The 5XME Workshop and Report

5XME 研讨会和报告

• 批准号: 0647197
• 负责人: A. Galip Ulsoy
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0647197&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 5XME; Workshop; Report

AbstractThis proposal is to organize a workshop for the mechanical engineering research and education community, in partnership with allied fields, to develop a transformative vision and strategy to serve national needs in the current environment of global competition. Globalization, with open flow of information, goods and people all over the world, brings benefits to all. However, it also creates challenges for the nation. For example, in engineering education many countries now emulate the successful US engineering schools and curricula, and are producing an order of magnitude more engineers, of comparable quality, than the US. Global companies can employ such world-class engineering talent, often at 20-30% of the cost in the US, and are moving manufacturing, design and even research activities to such locations. The economy and prosperity of the nation will depend on our ability to respond effectively to such a changing environment, especially in core engineering disciplines such as mechanical engineering. The challenge is how to educate a mechanical engineer that provides five times the value-added when compared to the global competition, i.e., the "5XME".The workshop will identify the attributes that mechanical engineering graduates will need to achieve the transformative goal of a "5XME." The primary goal of the workshop and report is to provide recommendations to NSF/CMS, and other funding agencies, regarding needs and priorities for future investment in mechanical engineering research and education. This will be accomplished through a series of workshops, symposia, and reports with broad participation by the engineering education and research community as well as NSF personnel.

摘要本提案旨在为机械工程研究和教育界组织研讨会，与相关领域合作，制定变革性的愿景和战略，以满足当前全球竞争环境中的国家需求。全球化使信息、货物和人员在世界范围内自由流动，使所有人受益。然而，这也给国家带来了挑战。例如，在工程教育方面，许多国家现在都在模仿美国成功的工程学校和课程，培养出的同等质量的工程师数量比美国多出一个数量级。跨国公司可以以美国20-30%的成本聘请到这些世界级的工程人才，并将制造、设计甚至研究活动转移到这些地方。国家的经济和繁荣将取决于我们对这种变化的环境作出有效反应的能力，特别是在机械工程等核心工程学科方面。挑战在于如何培养能够提供比全球竞争对手高出5倍附加值的机械工程师，即“5XME”。该研讨会将确定机械工程专业毕业生实现“5XME”转型目标所需的属性。研讨会和报告的主要目标是向NSF/CMS和其他资助机构提供有关机械工程研究和教育未来投资需求和优先事项的建议。这将通过一系列由工程教育和研究界以及NSF人员广泛参与的研讨会、专题讨论会和报告来完成。