The 5XME Workshop and Report

本提案旨在与相关领域合作，为机械工程研究和教育界组织一次研讨会，以制定一个变革性的愿景和战略，在当前的全球竞争环境中满足国家需求。 全球化使全世界的信息、货物和人员自由流动，给所有人带来好处。 但这也给国家带来了挑战。例如，在工程教育方面，许多国家正在效仿美国成功的工程学校和课程，并正在培养出比美国多一个数量级的工程师。跨国公司可以以美国20-30%的成本雇佣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有效应对这种不断变化的环境的能力，特别是在核心工程学科，如机械工程。 挑战是如何培养一个机械工程师，与全球竞争相比，提供五倍的附加值，即，该研讨会将确定机械工程专业毕业生实现“5XME”变革目标所需的属性。" 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的需求和优先事项的建议。这将通过一系列的讲习班，研讨会和报告来完成，工程教育和研究界以及NSF人员广泛参与。

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.