The Enrollment Floodgates Are Open - Best Practices in Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Education for Rising Enrollments, September 9-11, 2019

招生闸门已打开 - 材料科学与工程本科教育最佳实践，招生人数不断增加，2019 年 9 月 9 日至 11 日

• 批准号: 1842175
• 负责人: Susan Sinnott
• 金额: $ 4.9万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-15 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1842175&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enrollment; Floodgates; Open; Best; Practices

Non-Technical Description: The workshop will bring together leaders and students from materials science and engineering programs at academic institutions, materials-based companies, national laboratories and federal and accreditation agencies. The objective of the workshop is to discuss the national trend of rapidly rising undergraduate enrollments in materials science and engineering programs, make projections for expected future impact on the field, establish best practices, and summarize the findings in a report that will be broadly disseminated. Technical Details: Student enrollment in materials science and engineering (MatSE) programs has been growing dramatically at many universities over the last decade. These increases are taking place across BS, MS, and PhD programs with the most substantial growth taking place at the undergraduate level. These trends are impacting all stakeholders, from academic programs, to industries and government laboratories that hire materials scientists and engineers, through government and other agencies that fund and accredit MatSE programs. The objectives of this workshop are to bring together representative stakeholders to discuss current trends, make projections for expected future impact on the field, and establish best practices. The meeting is structured to include presentations, contributed posters, and panels with ample time for questions and discussion. The findings are summarized in a report that is broadly disseminated through publication in a leading publication aimed at the materials science community to inform and enhance the educational activities in materials science and engineering programs around the country.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术描述：研讨会将汇集来自学术机构、材料公司、国家实验室以及联邦和认证机构的材料科学和工程项目的领导者和学生。研讨会的目的是讨论材料科学与工程专业本科入学人数迅速增加的全国趋势，对该领域的预期未来影响进行预测，建立最佳实践，并在将广泛传播的报告中总结研究结果。技术细节：过去十年，许多大学材料科学与工程 (MatSE) 课程的学生人数急剧增长。这些增长发生在学士、硕士和博士课程中，其中本科阶段的增长最为显着。这些趋势正在影响所有利益相关者，从学术项目到雇用材料科学家和工程师的行业和政府实验室，再到资助和认证 MatSE 项目的政府和其他机构。本次研讨会的目标是将利益相关者代表聚集在一起，讨论当前趋势，预测对该领域未来的预期影响，并建立最佳实践。会议的结构包括演讲、海报和小组讨论，并有充足的时间提问和讨论。研究结果总结在一份报告中，该报告通过在一份领先出版物上广泛传播，该出版物旨在为材料科学界提供信息并加强全国各地材料科学和工程项目的教育活动。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被视为值得通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。