The Future of Center-Based, Multidisciplinary Engineering Research

以中心为基础的多学科工程研究的未来

• 批准号: 1539798
• 负责人: James Lancaster
• 金额: $ 113.13万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-15 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1539798&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Future; Center; Based; Multidisciplinary; Engineering

This collaborative project between the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research Council (NRC) aims to study the future of NSF's center-based, multidisciplinary engineering research. NSF's multidisciplinary, center-based, engineering research programs address a variety of key research, education, and innovation needs of the United States. Given the changing global context for engineering research, education and innovation, it is important to consider new guiding principles for constructing a new vision of such centers for the benefit of the nation. In addressing this goal, the proposed study will consider a variety of questions, including: 1) What models might most effectively enable breakthrough engineering research and discoveries that require center-scale investment considering the convergence of physical science, engineering and life science? 2) What educational models of center-based engineering research programs are best suited to creating a more diverse, internationally aware, and flexible engineering talent pool that is capable of addressing complex, real-world problems?; 3) What academic-industry partnership models might most effectively promote advances in use-inspired basic and translational research, accelerate technology commercialization, and strengthen the broader innovation ecosystem?; and 4) What metrics can be used to define successes and risks of such center programs? This study will inform NSF and other stakeholders about future directions of multidisciplinary, center-based, engineering research. The results will potentially influence decision making by several federal agencies, state economic development offices, research universities, R&D intensive industry, and non-profit foundations interested in more effective and impactful investment in and management of large-scale, multidisciplinary engineering research. The study will be managed by a committee of experts, appointed by the presidents of the NAE and the National Academy of Sciences. The committee will conduct extensive data gathering and host a public symposium to help it articulate a new vision for NSF's multidisciplinary, center-based, engineering research over the next 10-20 years. The study will identify needs and gaps of current approaches, and provide guiding principles and possible strategies for implementing the new vision. The committee's conclusions will be published in a peer-reviewed report.

美国国家工程院 (NAE) 和国家研究委员会 (NRC) 之间的这一合作项目旨在研究 NSF 以中心为基础的多学科工程研究的未来。 NSF 的多学科、以中心为基础的工程研究项目满足美国的各种关键研究、教育和创新需求。鉴于工程研究、教育和创新的全球环境不断变化，重要的是考虑新的指导原则，以构建此类中心的新愿景，造福国家。 在实现这一目标时，拟议的研究将考虑各种问题，包括：1）考虑到物理科学、工程和生命科学的融合，哪些模型可以最有效地实现需要中心规模投资的突破性工程研究和发现？ 2) 哪些以中心为基础的工程研究项目的教育模式最适合创建一个更加多样化、具有国际意识和灵活的工程人才库，能够解决复杂的现实世界问题？ 3）什么样的学术与产业合作模式可以最有效地促进基于使用的基础和转化研究的进步，加速技术商业化，并加强更广泛的创新生态系统？ 4) 可以使用哪些指标来定义此类中心计划的成功和风险？这项研究将为美国国家科学基金会和其他利益相关者通报多学科、以中心为基础的工程研究的未来方向。研究结果可能会影响多个联邦机构、州经济发展办公室、研究型大学、研发密集型产业和非营利基金会的决策，这些基金会对更有效和有影响力的大规模、多学科工程研究的投资和管理感兴趣。 该研究将由国家工程院和美国国家科学院院长任命的专家委员会管理。 该委员会将进行广泛的数据收集并举办公开研讨会，以帮助其阐明 NSF 未来 10-20 年多学科、以中心为基础的工程研究的新愿景。 该研究将确定当前方法的需求和差距，并为实施新愿景提供指导原则和可能的策略。 委员会的结论将在同行评审报告中发布。