2013 Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics

非技术描述：2013年陶瓷专业发展研讨会的目标是提高和加强美国下一代领导者在陶瓷材料研究和教育方面的职业发展。五名早期职业教师最近获得了材料研究部陶瓷项目的NSF CAREER赠款，他们是研讨会活动的主要焦点。他们将参加为期一天半的技术和专业发展研讨会，沿着的还有来自国内和国际科学界的15位资深同事和同行，他们都具有陶瓷材料方面的专业知识。所有参与者之间的互动会影响早期职业教师吗？在各自的研究领域，允许交流培训和教学学生的最佳实践，并促进在世界范围内建立新的合作或合作研究机会。该研讨会在先进纳米材料国际会议（ICANM 2013）期间举行，对所有注册者开放。将研讨会与国际会议结合举办将通过吸引更多观众（特别是助理教授和博士后）来扩大其影响力，提高早期职业教师的知名度，并且在某些情况下可能会减少总体旅行时间和成本。技术详细信息：2013年陶瓷专业发展研讨会重点关注每位早期职业教师提出的五个技术主题：1）由双相陶瓷的界面引起的结构-性质关系; 2）与纳米铈的辐射相互作用; 3）钙钛矿薄膜异质结构的电子性质; 4）环境友好型压电材料的开发;以及5）增强复合氧化物薄膜中的热释电和电热效应。研讨会对所有ICANM 2013会议与会者开放。 一个早期的职业教师将领导一个简短的口头报告的主题，然后是一个问题和回答期间，从专家小组在教师？s字段。专家将通过提供建议，提出问题和提供积极的反馈来批判性地评估他/她的研究计划，职业发展和教育工作。随后将与观众进行进一步讨论。本次研讨会是一系列研讨会中的第三次;以前的参与者发现环境是积极的，评论对他们的科学和职业生涯有帮助。 博士后助理和新的助理教授发现研讨会既鼓舞人心又有用。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The goal of the 2013 Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics is to enhance and strengthen the career development of the next generation of U.S. leaders in ceramic materials research and education. Five early-career faculty who have recently been awarded NSF CAREER grants from the Ceramics Program in the Division of Materials Research are the main focus of the workshop activities. They will be immersed in one and a half day technical and professional development workshop along with fifteen senior colleagues and peers from both national and international scientific communities with expertise in ceramic materials. The interaction between all participants will impact the early-career faculty?s respective fields of research, allow exchange of best practices for training and teaching students, and facilitate the forging of new collaborative or cooperative research opportunities worldwide. The workshop takes place during the International Conference on Advanced & Nano Materials (ICANM 2013) and is open to all registrants. Placing the workshop in conjunction with an international conference will amplify its impact by bringing in a larger audience, in particular assistant professors and postdoctoral associates, increase the visibility of the early-career faculty, and may, in some cases, reduce overall travel time and cost.TECHNICAL DETAILS: The 2013 Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics focuses on five technical topics presented by each early-career faculty: 1) structure-property relationships arising from interfaces of bi-phase ceramics; 2) radiation interactions with nanoceramics; 3) electronic properties of perovskite thin films heterostructures; 4) development of environmentally-benign piezoelectric materials; and 5) enhancement of pyroelectric and electrocaloric effects in complex oxide thin films. The workshop is open to all ICANM 2013 conference attendees. An early-career faculty will lead one of the topics with a short oral presentation, followed by a question and answer period from a panel of experts in the faculty?s field. The experts will critically evaluate her/his research plans, career development, and education efforts by offering suggestions, asking questions, and providing positive feedback. Further discussion with the audience will follow. This workshop in the third in a series; previous participants have found the environment to be positive and the commentary to be helpful in their scientific and professional careers. Post-doctoral associates and new assistant professors have found the workshops to be both inspiring and useful.