Developing an Engineering Focused Narrative Television Series

为了提高技术素养，吸引更多的年轻人从事工程职业，并为维持国家技术创新能力做出贡献，美国国家工程院（NAE）工程教育奖学金促进中心（CASEE）寻求提高公众对工程作用的认识。具体来说，这个项目建立在之前的研讨会的经验基础上，这些研讨会探讨了工程师和工程在电影和电视中的表现，以推进“黄金时段”商业电视系列的实施，突出工程师在现代社会中的积极作用。该项目将计划、组织和召集一个论坛，其中12位经验丰富的制片人、作家和导演将花一天半的时间讨论关键问题，这些问题将决定获得以工程为重点的叙事电视连续剧的可行性。

As a means to enhance technological literacy, attract more young people to careers in engineering and contribute to the sustainment of the national capacity for technological innovation, the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) seeks to increase public awareness of the role of engineering. Specifically, this project builds upon prior experience with previous workshops that have explored the representations of engineers and engineering in films and television in order to advance the implementation of a "prime-time" commercial television series that highlights the positive roles of engineers in modern society. This project will plan, organize, and convene a forum wherein 12 experienced producers, writers, and directors will devote one and one-half days to discussion of key questions which will determine the viability of attaining an engineering focused narrative television series.