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]本次会议的目的是为来自小型（主要是公立）院校的工程学院副院长提供实用、有效和基于领域的知识，以成功应对小型大学研究生教育任务发展中的一些挑战。其中一些挑战涉及形成以下方面的最佳做法：A)帮助教师取得成功，即获得更多的资金和国家认可b)帮助初级教师，特别是在他们获得终身教职前的几年，通过指导；特别是对于高声望和竞争性的资助，如国家科学基金会职业奖和其他机构的同等奖项（如空军青年研究者奖）c)为教师提供必要的基础设施，为大笔资金撰写提案d)促进学科和跨学科的合作小组或集群e)提高研究生产力，并增强研究的影响f)培养可能成为pi的研究领导者未来的大型提案g)以一致的方式定义和授权研究副院长的职位h)为研究副院长提供一个自我评估和评估其学院/工程学院的指标体系i)招募最优质的研究生，特别是国内学生，j)招聘女性教师和来自代表性不足的少数群体的教师k)发展机构间合作，因为规模较小的学校没有足够的数量来拥有项目经理、提案经理、研究助理奖学金需要汇集大量的资金提案，特别是为研究所或中心l)优化副院长与院长的关系m)优化副院长与工程学院同事的关系。为所列项目形成最佳实践的意义在于，副院长、教师和学生本身将更好地为学生在工程领域的教育提供服务，工程是对社会和国家都非常重要的STEM学科之一。为期两天的会议将包括演讲、讲座和分组讨论，为副院长提供他们所需的实用、有效和基于领域的知识。演讲人将包括NSF项目经理，他们将详细介绍在他们的项目中是什么导致成功的提案。来自能源部、基础能源科学部和其他机构的演讲者也可以发表演讲。曾处理过小型学校问题的研究副院长将出席，同样规模学校的成功提案作者也将出席。最后，指导专家的介绍将对实践者进行补充，这些专家可以将实践者的实际建议置于更广泛的背景中。此外，全体会议讲座也将为具体的实际执行提供更广泛的背景。例如，化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统部门的主任将被要求就NSF的使命和/或更广泛的影响进行一次全体演讲。同样，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（University of Illinois at Chicago）的校长将被要求举行一次全体会议，重点讨论在规模较小的工程学院（如伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校）建立多元化的挑战。也有可能请一位荣誉的全体会议发言人来代表芝加哥这个新兴的科技城市。分组会议将为报告和全体讲师提供补充，让副院长有机会讨论他们与其他adr使用的策略和策略以及演讲者和讲师建议的策略和策略。抄写员将保留讨论的实际行动的记录，以便编写现场测试技术的汇编，以便后续传播。