NSF GRFP Engineering Innovation Fellows Programs

该奖项在2010财年为美国工程教育学会（ASEE）提供资金，用于建立研究生研究研究员计划（GRFP）工程创新研究员计划，该计划将在2011年夏季为40名工程学科的二年级及以上GRFP研究员提供参与工业环境研究活动的机会。这个项目将由弗兰克·哈班德博士指导。鉴于这个国家今天面临的挑战，迫切需要用科学技术来改造经济。研究方面的挑战包括能源独立、气候控制以及为我们经济的成功和持续复苏开发可信的经济模式。让工程师和科学家寻找下一个伟大的发现，在尖端技术领域创造就业机会，并做出明智的投资，这将有助于行业在全球经济中取得成功，这一点非常重要。最重要的是在刺激创新和发明的环境中为下一代技术领导者提供工业研发机会。这个试点项目将是联邦政府和各种工业赞助商之间的合作项目。该项目旨在鼓励已经参加NSF GRFP的有创造力和训练有素的工程师参与研究领域，这些领域对我们面临当前经济挑战的国家有很大的兴趣和相关性。这一项目的好处包括：通过他们的企业研究经验，提高GRFP研究员的知识和技能；通过注入研究员的研究能力，提高创业企业的创新能力。随着美国领导层更加关注学术研究和发展努力的潜在贡献，以提高美国工业的竞争力，该计划为他们的学科特定培训提供了补充。在成为创新者的过程中，学员将获得对商业价值的理解，并具备在多元文化环境中工作的能力。

This award provides funding in FY 2010 to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to establish the Graduate Research Fellows Program (GRFP) Engineering Innovation Fellows program that will provide 40 2nd year and beyond GRFP fellows in engineering disciplines the opportunity to participate in research activities in an industrial setting during the summer of 2011. This project will be under the direction of Dr. Frank Huband.Given the challenges that the country faces today, there is an urgent need to tranform the economy with science and technology. Research challenges include energy independence, climate control and the development of credible economic models for a successful and sustained recovery of our economy. It is very important to have engineers and scientists looking for the next great discovery, creating jobs in cutting-edge technologies and making informed investments that will help industries succeed in a global economy. Of primary importance is the development of industrial R&D opportunities for the next generation of technology leaders in an environment that will stimulate innovation and invention. This pilot program will be a partnership between the federal government and various industrial sponsors. The program will aim to encourage the involvement of creative and highly trained engineers already participating in the NSF GRFP in areas of research that have a great interest and relevance to the nation as we face current economic challenges. The benefits of this program will include both the enhancement of the knowledge and skills of the GRFP Fellows through their corporate research experience and the enhancement of the entrepreneurial businesses' innovation capabilities through the infusion of the research capabilities of the Fellows. With the U.S. leadership focusing more on the potential contributions of academic research and development efforts to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. industries, this program provides a complement to their discipline specific training. Fellows are expected to gain an understanding of business value and an ability to work in multi-cultural environments on their journey to becoming innovators.