Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics

非技术性描述本研讨会旨在促进三名拥有与陶瓷材料相关的研究专长的早期教师的职业发展。具体地说，最近通过材料研究部陶瓷项目获得NSF职业资助的三名教师成为研讨会活动的重点。研讨会的其他参与者将包括因其在教师专业领域的专业知识而被选中的研究人员、相关技术学会的志愿者领导人、来自互补项目领域的NSF人员，以及其他职业生涯早期的教师。为期两天的研讨会旨在帮助目标教员确定他们研究的最有希望的方向，以及他们提议的方法中可能存在的困难。此外，研讨会还将帮助教员建立一个由来自世界各地的专业同事组成的网络。技术细节这项活动的目标是提高研究技能，并帮助建立职业生涯早期教师的专业网络。为此，制定了若干目标来指导讲习班的组织工作。首先，研讨会将包括为期两天的会议，其中将包括对研究计划的批判性评估和确定每个目标教员的潜在困难。其次，时间表的设计将鼓励所有研讨会参与者之间的互动，这些参与者将是不同的群体，以提供广泛的观点。研讨会组织者将邀请来自其他NSF项目领域的项目主任和管理人员，如国际科学与工程办公室(OISE)、教育和人力资源局(EHR)和工程局(ENG)，向与会者通报其他研究机会，以补充和加强他们的职业拨款资助的活动。最后，研讨会的参与者将参观另一个政府机构，了解其在陶瓷材料领域的计划。美国国家标准与技术研究所(NIST)的实验室已成为此次巡演的目标。作为一个整体，工作坊活动将帮助目标教师完善他们的研究计划，并建立一个强大的、支持性的专业网络。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONThis workshop is designed to enhance the career development of three early-career faculty with research expertise related to ceramic materials. Specifically, three faculty who have recently been awarded NSF CAREER grants through the Ceramics Program in the Division of Materials Research have been targeted as the focus of the workshop activities. Other participants in the workshop will include researchers selected for their expertise in the specialties of the faculty, volunteer-leaders in relevant technical societies, NSF personnel from complementary program areas, and other early-career faculty. The two-day workshop is intended to help the targeted faculty identify the most promising directions for their research along with possible difficulties in their proposed approach. In addition, the workshop will help the faculty build a network of professional colleagues from around the world. TECHNICAL DETAILSThe goals of this activity are to enhance the research skills and help build the professional network of early-career faculty. To that end, several objectives have been established to guide the organization of the workshop. First, the workshop will consist of sessions over a two-day period that will include critical evaluation of research plans and identification of potential difficulties for each of the targeted faculty. Second, the schedule will be designed to encourage interaction among the all of the workshop participants, which will be diverse group to provide a broad array of perspectives. The workshop organizers will invite program directors and administrators from other NSF program areas such as the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE), Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), and the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) to inform participants about other research opportunities to complement and enhance the activities funded by their CAREER grants. Finally, the workshop participants will tour another government agency to learn about its programs in the area of ceramic materials. The laboratories of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has been targeted for the tour. Taken as a whole, the workshop activities will help the target faculty refine their research plans and build a strong, supportive professional network.