2014 Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics, September 4-5, 2014

非技术描述：2014年陶瓷专业发展研讨会的目标是加强陶瓷材料研究和教育的下一代未来领导者的职业发展。三位刚刚从材料研究部陶瓷项目获得美国国家科学基金会职业补助金的早期职业教师是研讨会活动的焦点。主要活动是一个为期两天的密集讲习班，将三名职业生涯奖获得者与八至十名同事和同行聚集在一起，其中包括各自研究领域的公认专家、各自选择的技术和专业学会的领导人以及具有相关经验的国际研究人员，参加一个促进专业讨论、指导和网络活动的论坛。所有参与者之间独特的交流和互动将影响早期职业教师各自的研究领域，交流培训和教学的最佳实践，以及建立新的合作研究机会。这些成果应该提供一个强大的支持基础，帮助职业奖获得者成功地成为他们所选领域的杰出研究人员和教育工作者。研讨会也向其他有资格申请CAREER补助金，但尚未申请或提案成功的早期职业教师，以及感兴趣的博士后同事和教职员工开放。技术细节：2014年陶瓷专业发展研讨会的重点是三个技术主题，每个早期职业教师将提出：1)单个异质结纳米线的特性及其作为光催化剂的性能的量化。2)弹性在原位光散射增强玻璃中的作用的研究；3)氧化物热电材料能量相互转换性能的优化和纳米工程。在各自的陶瓷材料研究领域的早期职业教师和技术专家正在领导科学讨论，目的是批判性地评估研究计划，职业发展和教育工作。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPITON: The goal of the 2014 Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics is to enhance the career development of the next generation of future leaders in ceramic materials research and education. Three early-career faculty who have recently been awarded NSF CAREER grants from the Ceramics Program in the Division of Materials Research are the focus of the workshop activities. The main activity is an intensive two-day workshop that brings together three CAREER awardees with a group of eight to ten colleagues and peers, including recognized experts in their research areas, leaders from their chosen technical and professional societies, and international researchers with relevant experience in a forum that promote professional discussions, mentoring and networking activities. The unique exchange and interactions between all participants will impact the early-career faculty's respective fields of research, exchange of best practices for training and teaching, as well as the forging of new collaborative research opportunities. These outcomes should provide a strong base of support that helps the CAREER awardees succeed in becoming outstanding researchers and educators in their chosen fields. The workshop is also open to other early-career faculty who are eligible to apply for CAREER grants, but have not yet applied or been successful with their proposals, as well as interested post-doctoral associates and faculty members. TECHNICAL DETAILS: The 2014 Professional Development Workshop in Ceramics focuses on three technical topics to be presented by each early-career faculty: 1) Quantification of the properties of individual heterojunction nanowires and their performance as photocatalysts. 2) Examination of the role of elasticity in strengthening glasses by in situ light scattering, and 3) Optimization and nano- engineering of the energy interconversion properties of oxide thermoelectric materials. The respective early-career faculty and the technical experts in their field of ceramic materials research are leading the scientific discussions for the purpose of critically evaluating research plans, career development, and education efforts.