The Chicago Conference for Associate Deans of Research at Small and Mid-Sized Engineering Schools, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 2016

芝加哥中小型工程学院研究副院长会议，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校，2016 年 10 月

• 批准号: 1646808
• 负责人: Kenneth Brezinsky
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1646808&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Chicago; Conference; Associate; Deans; Research

1646808 - BrezinskyThe aim of this conference is to provide engineering school Associate Deans from smaller, primarily public, institutions with the practical, effective and field-based knowledge they need to successfully address some of the challenges to the development of the graduate education missions at smaller universities. Some of these challenges involve forming best practices for the following: a) helping faculty to be successful, i.e. getting more funding and national recognition b) assisting junior faculty, especially during their pre-tenure years, through mentoring, particularly for highly prestigious and competitive grants such as the NSF CAREER awards and its equivalent awards from other agencies (e.g. Air Force Young Investigator Award) c) providing faculty the necessary infrastructure for writing proposals for large funding amounts d) facilitating both disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborative groups or clusters e) increasing research productivity as well as enhancing the impact of the research f) cultivating research leaders who might be PIs on future large proposals g) defining and empowering the position of Associate Dean of Research in a consistent way h) providing Associate Deans of Research a system of metrics both for self-evaluation and for evaluation of their Colleges/Schools of Engineering i) recruiting best quality graduate students especially domestic students, possibly from one another's institutions j) recruiting women faculty and faculty from underrepresented minority groups k) developing inter-institutional collaborations since smaller sized schools do not have the critical mass necessary for having the program managers, proposal managers, research assistantships needed to put together large funding proposals especially for Institutes or Centers l) optimizing Associate Deans relationships with their Deans m) optimizing Associate Deans relationships with their engineering faculty colleagues. The significance of forming best practices for the items listed is that Associate Deans, the faculty and the students themselves will better serve the advancement of students' education in engineering, one of the STEM disciplines which is of great importance to society and the nation. The two day conference will have presentations, lectures and breakout sessions as the means of providing Associate Deans with the practical, effective and field-based knowledge they need. The presentation speakers will include NSF program managers who will present details about what leads to successful proposals in their programs. Speakers from the Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences and other agencies can contribute as well. Associate Deans of Research who have dealt with smaller school problems will present as will successful proposal writers from these same sized schools. Lastly, practitioners will be complemented by presentations of mentoring experts who can put the practical advice of the practitioners into a wider context. In addition, plenary lectures will also provide a broader context for specifics of practical implementation. For example, the Director of the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Division will be asked to give a plenary lecture about NSF's Mission and/or Broader Impacts. Similarly, the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago will be asked to give a plenary focusing on the challenge of establishing diversity in smaller engineering schools such as the one at UIC. It may also be possible to get an honorific plenary speaker to represent the City of Chicago, a burgeoning technological location. Breakout sessions will complement the presentations and plenary lecturers by giving Associate Deans the opportunity to discuss the tactics and strategies they have used with those of other ADRs and with those suggested by the speakers and lecturers. Scribes will keep records of the practical actions discussed so that a compilation of field tested techniques can be created for subsequent dissemination.

1646808 -Brezinsky这次会议的目的是为较小的，主要是公共机构的工程学校副院长提供实际，有效和现场的知识，以成功地解决较小大学的研究生教育任务的一些挑战。 这些挑战中的一些涉及为以下方面形成最佳实践：a）帮助教师取得成功，即获得更多的资金和民族认可b）协助初级教师，尤其是在他们的三年前，尤其是通过指导，尤其是对高度享有声望和竞争力的竞争者，例如NSF的职业奖项及其其他奖项的奖项（E.G. E.G. G. E.G. Giold）（E.G. G. Giold）（E.G.G）的一些奖项（E.G.G.G），这是一定的调查委员会（E.G. G. Giold）。为了撰写大量资金的建议d）促进纪律和跨学科的合作小组或群集e）提高研究生产力，并增强研究的影响f）培养对未来大型建议的研究领导者，他们可能会在未来的大型建议中g）定义和赋予一致研究的研究和授权的研究委员会的地位。评估他们的大学/工程学校i）招募最优质的研究生，尤其是家庭学生，可能是来自彼此的机构j）招募来自代表性不足的少数群体的妇女教师和教职优化副院长与其院长的关系M）优化与工程教师同事的副院长关系。为列出的项目形成最佳实践的重要性是，副院长，教职员工和学生本人将更好地为学生在工程学领域的教育发展，这是对社会和国家非常重要的STEM学科之一。为期两天的会议将举办演讲，讲座和突破性会议，以此作为向副院长提供所需的实用，有效和现场知识的手段。演讲者将包括NSF计划经理，他们将介绍导致计划中成功建议的细节。能源部，基础能源科学和其他机构的发言人也可以做出贡献。 处理较小的学校问题的研究副院长将出现，因为这些大小相同学校的成功提案作者将出现。 最后，从业者将通过指导专家的演讲来补充，他们可以将从业者的实践建议置于更广泛的背景下。此外，全体讲座还将为实际实施的细节提供更广泛的背景。例如，将要求化学，生物工程，环境和运输系统部门的主任进行有关NSF任务和/或更广泛影响的全体演讲。 同样，将要求芝加哥伊利诺伊大学的校长给予全体关注，重点是在UIC等小型工程学校建立多样性的挑战。 也可能有可能获得一位荣誉全体演讲者来代表芝加哥市，这是一个新兴的技术地点。突破性会议将通过让同事院长有机会与其他ADR以及演讲者和讲师建议的策略和策略讨论他们使用的策略和策略，从而补充演讲和全体讲师。 抄写员将保留讨论的实际动作的记录，以便可以创建经过现场测试技术的汇编以进行后续的传播。