Building Partnerships and Pathways to Address Engineering Grand Challenges Workshop at University Texas El Paso in Fall 2009

工程学院在得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索建议组织一个讲习班，题为？建立伙伴关系和途径，以应对工程的重大挑战。研讨会将集中在国家工程院的一个选定的小组？工程的巨大挑战。该研讨会将提供一个场所，以突出在少数民族服务机构（MSIs），特别是在西班牙裔服务机构的研究。研讨会还将提供一个论坛，让来自不同学科、行业和高等教育机构的各种研究人员参与进来，他们可以为选定的挑战带来不同的观点。研讨会将提供一个独特的机会，参与讨论，可能导致创新的解决方案，我们的社会面临的挑战。此外，研究人员将分享成功建立研究伙伴关系的最佳做法，并将确定如何克服可能阻碍大学、工业和国家实验室之间建立研究联盟的障碍。研讨会的目标包括：？为了确定协同研究和战略伙伴关系的机会，参与研究广泛的大学，MSI和行业，以有效地解决工程的大挑战。在多数民族大学和少数民族大学之间以及大学与产业之间建立伙伴关系，以应对工程挑战。确定创造一种有利于形成研究伙伴关系的合作文化所需的行动。展示MSIs教师的能力。讲习班将提高来自医疗卫生机构的研究团队，特别是来自服务不足群体的研究人员在整个研究界的知名度。

The College of Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso proposes to organize a workshop entitled ?Building Partnerships and Pathways to Address Engineering Grand Challenges.? The workshop will focus on a select group of the National Academy of Engineering ?Grand Challenges for Engineering.? The workshop will provide a venue to highlight the research at minority serving institutions (MSIs) and, in particular, at Hispanic Serving Institutions. The workshop will also provide a forum to engage a diverse group of researchers (from different disciplines, industry and higher education institutions) who can bring distinct perspectives to the selected challenges. The workshop will offer a unique opportunity to engage in discussions that could lead to innovative solutions to challenges that face our society. In addition, researchers will share best practices for successfully establishing research partnerships, and will identify ways to overcome obstacles that could prevent the creation of research alliances among universities, industry, and national laboratories. Workshop objectives include: ? To identify the opportunities for synergetic research and strategic partnerships amongparticipating research extensive universities, MSIs and industry to effectively address theEngineering Grand Challenges.? To create partnerships among majority-minority universities and university-industry to addressEngineering Challenges.? To identify the actions needed to create a culture of collaboration that facilitates the formation of research partnerships.? To showcase capabilities of faculty from MSIs. The workshop will increase the visibility of research teams from MSIs, in particularresearchers who are from underserved groups, to the research community in general.