A Career Development Workshop for Early Career Geotechnical Engineering Faculty; Cleveland, Ohio; Fall 2017

该项目支持第二届USUCGER（美国大学岩土工程教育和研究委员会）研讨会，为早期职业岩土工程教师提供支持。研讨会为期两天，包括主题演讲、小组讨论、促进小组讨论和模拟项目描述审查会议。研讨会将帮助初级岩土工程教师了解岩土工程师在解决重大工程和社会挑战中的作用。参与者将积极参与小组讨论，模拟项目描述审查会议，以及海报会议，他们可以与其他参与者分享他们的研究兴趣。该研讨会将是一个综合项目，促进职业早期专业人员与成功的职业中期和高级专业人员之间的经验分享和指导，并促进职业早期专业人员之间的对等互动和关系建立。研讨会将为初级教员提供一个论坛，让他们就影响其职业道路的重要问题与其他初级和高级教员交流经验。目标是帮助年轻的岩土学者富有成效地开始他们的学术生涯，避免常见的陷阱，提高他们在学术旅程中成功的可能性。研讨会将以结构化的课程为特色，以吸引参与者，促进他们之间以及与职业中期和高级专业人士的互动。它将更新早期职业教师当前的研究重点和NSF和其他资助机构的资助趋势。该项目将围绕包括终身教职和晋升在内的重要学术问题进行主题演讲和主题小组讨论。它还将使早期职业专业人士（初级教师、博士后和高级研究生）能够分享个人经验（包括成功和不成功的），并避免在开始学术生涯时出现的常见陷阱。参与者将被要求提交一份以NSF格式准备的模拟项目描述，在研讨会之前同行评审两份这样的描述，然后在研讨会上参加项目描述的小组评审，提供提案准备和同行评审方面的培训。参与者还将有机会与他们的同龄人建立关系，这将是他们在学术生涯中取得进步的宝贵机会。该研讨会还将为参与者提供基本技能，他们可以与本国机构的其他早期职业教师分享。而且，通过促进早期职业专业人士的成功，它可以最大限度地提高他们的家庭机构和其他利益相关者在他们职业发展中的投资回报的潜力。

This project supports the 2nd USUCGER (United States Universities Council for Geotechnical Education and Research) workshop for early career geotechnical engineering faculty. The workshop will be a two-day event including keynote speeches, panels, facilitated group discussions, and mock Project Description review sessions. The workshop will help junior geotechnical faculty understand the role of the geotechnical engineer in addressing grand engineering and societal challenges. Participants will be actively engaged thorough the facilitated group discussions, mock Project Description review session, and a poster session where they get share their research interests with other participants. The workshop will be an integrated program that facilitates experience-sharing and mentoring between early career professionals and successful midcareer and senior professionals and promotes peer-to-peer interaction and relationship-building among early career professionals. The workshop will provide a forum for junior faculty to exchange their experiences on important issues affecting their career path with other both junior and senior faculty members. The targeted outcome is to help young geotechnical scholars launch their academic career productively, avoiding common pitfalls and enhancing the probability if successful on their academic journey. The workshop will feature structured programs to engage the participants and facilitate interaction among them and with mid-career and senior professionals. It will update early career faculty on current research priorities and funding trends for NSF and other funding agencies. The program will feature keynote sessions and keynote panels on important academic issues, including tenure and promotion. It also will enable early career professionals (junior faculty, postdocs, and senior graduate students) to share personal experiences (both successful and unsuccessful) and avoid common pitfalls in starting an academic career. Participants will be asked to submit a mock Project Description prepared in NSF format, peer review two such descriptions prior to the workshop, and then participate in a panel review of the Project Descriptions at the workshop, providing training in proposal preparation and in peer review. Participants will also have the opportunity to build relationships with their peers that will be invaluable as they progress in their academic careers. The workshop will also provide participants with essential skills that they can share with other early career faculty at their home institutions. And, by facilitating the success of early career professionals, it can maximize the potential for a successful return on the investment made by their home institution and other stakeholders in their career development.