NSF GRFP Engineering Innovation Fellows Programs

该奖项提供资金在2010财年美国工程教育协会（ASEE）建立研究生研究员计划（GRFP）工程创新研究员计划，将提供40个第二年及以后的GRFP研究员在工程学科的机会，在2011年夏天参加在工业环境中的研究活动。该项目将在Frank Huband博士的指导下进行。鉴于该国目前面临的挑战，迫切需要用科学和技术改造经济。研究的挑战包括能源独立，气候控制和发展可靠的经济模型，以成功和持续地恢复我们的经济。 让工程师和科学家寻找下一个伟大的发现，创造尖端技术的就业机会，并进行明智的投资，这将有助于工业在全球经济中取得成功，这一点非常重要。 最重要的是为下一代技术领导者在一个能够刺激创新和发明的环境中开发工业研发机会。这一试点计划将是联邦政府和各种工业赞助商之间的伙伴关系。该计划旨在鼓励已经参与NSF GRFP的创造性和训练有素的工程师参与对我们面临当前经济挑战的国家具有极大兴趣和相关性的研究领域。该计划的好处将包括通过他们的企业研究经验提高GRFP研究员的知识和技能，并通过研究员的研究能力的注入提高创业企业的创新能力。 随着美国领导层更多地关注学术研究和开发工作对提高美国行业竞争力的潜在贡献，该计划为他们的学科特定培训提供了补充。 研究员预计将获得商业价值的理解，并在他们的旅程成为创新者在多元文化环境中工作的能力。

This award provides funding in FY 2010 to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to establish the Graduate Research Fellows Program (GRFP) Engineering Innovation Fellows program that will provide 40 2nd year and beyond GRFP fellows in engineering disciplines the opportunity to participate in research activities in an industrial setting during the summer of 2011. This project will be under the direction of Dr. Frank Huband.Given the challenges that the country faces today, there is an urgent need to tranform the economy with science and technology. Research challenges include energy independence, climate control and the development of credible economic models for a successful and sustained recovery of our economy. It is very important to have engineers and scientists looking for the next great discovery, creating jobs in cutting-edge technologies and making informed investments that will help industries succeed in a global economy. Of primary importance is the development of industrial R&D opportunities for the next generation of technology leaders in an environment that will stimulate innovation and invention. This pilot program will be a partnership between the federal government and various industrial sponsors. The program will aim to encourage the involvement of creative and highly trained engineers already participating in the NSF GRFP in areas of research that have a great interest and relevance to the nation as we face current economic challenges. The benefits of this program will include both the enhancement of the knowledge and skills of the GRFP Fellows through their corporate research experience and the enhancement of the entrepreneurial businesses' innovation capabilities through the infusion of the research capabilities of the Fellows. With the U.S. leadership focusing more on the potential contributions of academic research and development efforts to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. industries, this program provides a complement to their discipline specific training. Fellows are expected to gain an understanding of business value and an ability to work in multi-cultural environments on their journey to becoming innovators.