IREE Conference 2007 being held ; October 30 - November 1, 2007 at Purdue University

普渡大学提议在其位于印第安纳州西拉斐特的校园内组织2007年国际工程研究与教育（IREE）会议。日期为2007年10月30日至11月1日。会议将紧接2007年11月1日至4日在普渡大学举行的第10届国际工程教育年会，因此IREE会议的与会者也可以参加该会议，如果他们愿意的话。2006年IREE项目资助的早期职业教师、本科生和研究生以及博士后研究员将参加IREE会议。IREE计划于2006年由ENG/EEC发起，为工程局现有七个部门中的六个部门（即BES， CMS， DMI， CTS， EEC和ECS）的现有获奖者提供补充资金。IREE的目标是使美国的早期职业研究人员获得国际研究经验和视角。此外，通过与自费的外国同行合作，扩大由英语项目资助的现有研究项目，IREE寻求加强美国在研究和教育方面的创新。IREE资助美国早期职业研究人员到美国境外的合作机构/实验室进行为期3至6个月的中期访问。访问必须与当前项目中正在进行的工作目标有关，并有参与所访问国家文化活动的证据。2006年，工程系和国际科学与工程办公室作为合作伙伴共同资助了115个IREE奖项。IREE与欧洲经济共同体的人力资源项目紧密相连，因为重点是发展早期职业研究人员的潜力，IREE也与欧洲经济共同体？美国在整合研究与教育方面的领导作用。这是IREE的主要使命，使工程系的研究项目与学生的教育联系起来。计划中的旅行后会议将为获奖者提供一个平台，分享他们在国外访问期间的经验和教训。根据这些经验和教训，与会者将向美国国家科学基金会提出国际合作的建议，这些建议可以有效地促进由美国国家科学基金会资助的国内研究项目的创新。这将涉及如何将国际经验/合作纳入提交给核心项目的提案的讨论。第二个目标是获得一个工具，宣传IREE获奖者在利用国际合作加强其国内研究项目创新方面的成功和成就。为此目的，在会议上提出的论文将被汇编成论文集，PI将向工程界广泛散发。

Purdue University proposes to organize the 2007 International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE) Conference on its campus in West Lafayette, IN. The dates are from October 30 - November 1, 2007. The conference will immediately precede the 10th Annual Colloquium for International Engineering Education at Purdue from November 1-4, 2007 thereby making it possible for IREE conference attendees to attend that conference also if they so choose. The IREE conference will be attended by early-career faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows funded by the IREE Program in 2006. The IREE Program was initiated by ENG/EEC in 2006 to provide supplemental funding to current awardees in six (out of seven) existing divisions in the Directorate for Engineering (viz., BES, CMS, DMI, CTS, EEC, and ECS). The goal of IREE is to enable early-career researchers in the U.S. to gain international research experience and perspective. Additionally, by broadening existing research projects funded by programs in ENG through partnership with self-supported foreign counterparts, IREE seeks to enhance U.S. innovation in both research and education. IREE funds medium-duration visits of between 3 to 6 months by U.S. early-career researchers to collaborating institutions/laboratories outside of the U.S. The visits must be related to the objectives of ongoing work in current projects, augmented by evidence of engagement with the cultural activities in the countries visited. During 2006, divisions in ENG and the Office of International Science and Engineering joined as partners to co-fund 115 IREE awards. Tied to the Human Resources Program of EEC because of the focus on developing the potential of early-career researchers, IREE is also linked to EEC?s leadership role in integrating research with education. This, the principal mission of IREE, enables the connection of the research programs of Divisions in ENG with the education of students. The proposed post-trip IREE conference will provide a platform for awardees to share experiences and lessons learned during their visits abroad. Based on these experiences and lessons learned, participants will present to NSF their recommendations for international cooperation that are effective in enhancing innovation in domestic research programs funded by NSF. This will involve discussion of how to incorporate international experiences/collaborations in proposals submitted to core programs. A secondary objective is to obtain a vehicle for publicizing the successes and accomplishments of IREE awardees in leveraging international cooperation to enhance innovation in their domestic research programs. To this end, papers presented at the conference will be compiled into a proceedings volume that the PI will disseminate widely to the engineering community.