The 5XME Workshop and Report

这项建议旨在与相关领域合作，为机械工程研究和教育界组织一次研讨会，以制定一种变革性的愿景和战略，以在当前全球竞争的环境中服务于国家的需求。全球化，信息、货物和人员在世界各地的开放流动，给所有人带来了好处。然而，它也给国家带来了挑战。例如，在工程教育方面，许多国家现在效仿美国成功的工程学校和课程，培养出的工程师数量比美国多一个数量级，具有类似的质量。全球公司可以雇佣这样的世界级工程人才，成本通常是美国的20%-30%，并将制造、设计甚至研究活动转移到这些地点。国家的经济和繁荣将取决于我们对这种变化的环境做出有效反应的能力，特别是在机械工程等核心工程学科。挑战是如何培养一名提供五倍于全球竞争对手的附加值的机械工程师，即“5XME”。研讨会将确定机械工程毕业生实现“5XME”这一变革性目标所需要的特质。研讨会和报告的主要目标是就未来机械工程研究和教育投资的需求和优先事项向NSF/CMS和其他资助机构提供建议。这将通过一系列研讨会、研讨会和报告来实现，工程教育和研究社区以及NSF人员将广泛参与其中。

AbstractThis proposal is to organize a workshop for the mechanical engineering research and education community, in partnership with allied fields, to develop a transformative vision and strategy to serve national needs in the current environment of global competition. Globalization, with open flow of information, goods and people all over the world, brings benefits to all. However, it also creates challenges for the nation. For example, in engineering education many countries now emulate the successful US engineering schools and curricula, and are producing an order of magnitude more engineers, of comparable quality, than the US. Global companies can employ such world-class engineering talent, often at 20-30% of the cost in the US, and are moving manufacturing, design and even research activities to such locations. The economy and prosperity of the nation will depend on our ability to respond effectively to such a changing environment, especially in core engineering disciplines such as mechanical engineering. The challenge is how to educate a mechanical engineer that provides five times the value-added when compared to the global competition, i.e., the "5XME".The workshop will identify the attributes that mechanical engineering graduates will need to achieve the transformative goal of a "5XME." The primary goal of the workshop and report is to provide recommendations to NSF/CMS, and other funding agencies, regarding needs and priorities for future investment in mechanical engineering research and education. This will be accomplished through a series of workshops, symposia, and reports with broad participation by the engineering education and research community as well as NSF personnel.