U.S.-Mexico: Workshop on the Global Engineering Education Challenge for the Americas; May 29 - June 1, 2007; Tampico, Mexico

这项美国-墨西哥奖将支持将于2007年5月29日至6月1日在墨西哥坦皮科举行的美洲全球工程教育挑战研讨会，该研讨会与拉丁美洲和加勒比工程与技术会议同时举行。研讨会的组织者是宾夕法尼亚州立大学的Ivan E. Esparragoza博士和蒙特雷高等理工学院的Rodolfo Castello博士。讲习班将由拉丁美洲和加勒比工程学院联合会、墨西哥的布拉沃山谷大学、蒙特雷理工学院和美洲国家组织共同主办。研讨会的目的是提供一个持久的机制，以促进教育、研究和最佳实践，为美洲培养世界级的工程师。此次会议将促进来自美国、墨西哥等拉美和加勒比国家的资深研究人员和各自领域的领军人物以及包括本科生在内的年轻研究人员之间的交流和联系。该奖项将支持来自美国的20名参与者，包括初级和高级研究人员，本科生和研究生。将鼓励妇女和代表性不足的群体参加。

This U.S. Mexico award will support a Workshop on the Global Engineering Education Challenge for the Americas, to be held in Tampico, Mexico May 29 thru June 1, 2007, co-located with the Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology. The organizers of the workshop are Dr. Ivan E. Esparragoza of Penn State and Dr. Rodolfo Castello of the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. The workshop will be cosponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), Universidad Valle del Bravo, and Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico, and the Organization of American States. The aim of the workshop is to provide an enduring mechanism to promote education, research and best practices in forming world-class engineers for the Americas. The meeting will foster communication and contact between a diverse group of senior researchers, leaders of their respective fields, and young researchers including undergraduate students from the U.S., Mexico, and other Latin America and Caribbean countries. This award will support 20 participants from the U.S., including junior and senior researchers, undergraduate, and graduate students. Women and underrepresented groups will be encouraged to participate.