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

该项目支持第二届USUCGER（美国大学理事会理事会岩土工程教育和研究）研讨会的早期职业岩土工程教师。 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说明审查会议。 该研讨会将帮助初级岩土工程师了解岩土工程师在解决重大工程和社会挑战中的作用。 参与者将通过促进小组讨论，模拟项目描述审查会议和海报会议积极参与，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计划，促进早期职业专业人员和成功的职业中期和高级专业人员之间的经验分享和指导，并促进早期职业专业人员之间的同行互动和关系建设。 研讨会将为初级教师提供一个论坛，与其他初级和高级教师就影响其职业道路的重要问题交流经验。有针对性的结果是帮助年轻的岩土学者开展他们的学术生涯富有成效，避免常见的陷阱，提高概率，如果成功的学术之旅。该研讨会将以结构化的方案为特色，以吸引参与者，并促进他们之间以及与职业中期和高级专业人员的互动。 它将更新当前的研究重点和NSF和其他资助机构的资助趋势的早期职业教师。 该计划将以主题会议和主题小组为特色，讨论重要的学术问题，包括终身教职和晋升。 它还将使早期职业专业人士（初级教师，博士后和高年级研究生）分享个人经验（成功和不成功），并避免在开始学术生涯的常见陷阱。 参加者将被要求提交一份以国家科学基金格式编写的模拟项目说明，在讲习班之前对两份此类说明进行同行审查，然后参加讲习班上对项目说明的小组审查，提供提案编写和同行审查方面的培训。 参与者还将有机会与同龄人建立关系，这将是非常宝贵的，因为他们在他们的学术生涯的进展。 该研讨会还将为参与者提供基本技能，他们可以与其他早期职业教师在他们的家乡机构分享。 而且，通过促进早期职业专业人员的成功，它可以最大限度地提高其所在机构和其他利益攸关方在其职业发展中所作投资的成功回报潜力。

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.