Infusing MSE Topics into Non-MSE Curricula: A Multidisciplinary Effort

2000 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devdas M. Pai ◽  
Jagannathan Sankar ◽  
Clinton B. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Graduate Curricula ◽  
National Science ◽  
The Status ◽  
Materials Research

ABSTRACTFaculty members at the authors' institution are involved in multidisciplinary materials research through a National Science Foundation funded center. One goal of this center is to empower materials education through the incorporation of research outcomes into the undergraduate and graduate curricula. There are currently no MSE degree programs on this campus; therefore, a variety of means is being employed to infuse MSE information into non-MSE curricula. In addition to classroom lectures and case studies, students receive an extramural exposure to the multidisciplinary aspects of MSE by engaging in team or individual projects that exploit fully the center's facilities and resources. Benefits are being experienced in terms of a heightened enrollment of students in graduate MSE programs, and increased placement of students in materials related positions in industry. The paper describes the status of these efforts.

Evolution of the Women in Materials Program: a Collaboration between Simmons College and the Cornell Center for Materials Research

2009 ◽  
Vol 1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velda Goldberg ◽  
Leonard J. Soltzberg ◽  
Michael D. Kaplan ◽  
Richard W. Gurney ◽  
Nancy E. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Outcomes ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Science Majors ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Laboratory Science ◽  
Joint Research Project ◽  
National Science ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Science Departments

AbstractThe Women in Materials (WIM) program is an on-going collaboration between Simmons College and the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR). Beginning in 2001, during the initial four years of the project, materials-related curricula were developed, a new joint research project was begun, and nearly 1/2 of Simmons College science majors participated in materials-related research during their first two years as undergraduates. We have previously reported the student outcomes as a result of this initial stage of the project, demonstrating a successful partnership between a primarily undergraduate women's college and a federally funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Here, we report the evolution and impact of this project over the last three years, subsequent to the initial seed funding from the National Science Foundation. The Women in Materials project is now a key feature of the undergraduate science program at Simmons College and has developed into an organizing structure for materials-related research at the College. Initially, three faculty members were involved and now eight faculty members from all three laboratory science departments participate (biology, chemistry, and physics). The program now involves research related to optoelectronics, polymer synthesis, biomaterials, and green chemistry, and each semester about 80% of the students who participate in these projects are 1st and 2nd year science majors. This structure has led to enhanced funding within the sciences, shared instrumentation facilities, a new minor in materials science, and a spirit of collaboration among science faculty and departments. It has also spawned a new, innovative curricular initiative, the Undergraduate Laboratory Renaissance, now in its second year of implementation, involving all three laboratory science departments in incorporating actual, on-going research projects into introductory and intermediate science laboratories. Most importantly, the Women in Materials program has embedded materials-related research into our science curriculum and has deepened and broadened the educational experience for our students; the student outcomes speak to the program's success. Approximately 70% of our science majors go on to graduate school within two years of completing their undergraduate degree. Our students also have a high acceptance rate at highly competitive summer research programs, such as Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs funded by the National Science Foundation.

The Accounting Doctoral Shortage: Time for a New Model

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry E. Trapnell ◽  
Neal Mero ◽  
Jan R. Williams ◽  
George W. Krull
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
National Science ◽  
Faculty Time ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACT: The crisis in supply versus demand for doctorally qualified faculty members in accounting is well documented (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business [AACSB] 2003a, 2003b; Plumlee et al. 2005; Leslie 2008). Little progress has been made in addressing this serious challenge facing the accounting academic community and the accounting profession. Faculty time, institutional incentives, the doctoral model itself, and research diversity are noted as major challenges to making progress on this issue. The authors propose six recommendations, including a new, extramurally funded research program aimed at supporting doctoral students that functions similar to research programs supported by such organizations as the National Science Foundation and other science-based funding sources. The goal is to create capacity, improve structures for doctoral programs, and provide incentives to enhance doctoral enrollments. This should lead to an increased supply of graduates while also enhancing and supporting broad-based research outcomes across the accounting landscape, including auditing and tax.

Up Close: Northwestern University Materials Research Center

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 36-36
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Carr
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Advanced Materials ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
National Science ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering

The Materials Research Center at Northwestern University is an interdisciplinary center that supports theoretical and applied research on experimental advanced materials. Conceived during the post-Sputnik era, it is now in its 26th year.The Center, housed in the university's Technological Institute, was one of the first three centers funded at selected universities by the federal government in 1960. The federal government, through the National Science Foundation, now supplies $2.4 million annually toward the Center's budget, and Northwestern University supplements this amount. Approximately one third of the money is used for a central pool of essential equipment, and the other two thirds is granted to professors for direct support of their research. Large amounts of time on supercomputers are also awarded to the Materials Research Center from the National Science Foundation and other sources.The Center's role enables it to provide partial support for Northwestern University faculty working at the frontiers of materials research and to purchase expensive, sophisticated equipment. All members of the Center are Northwestern University investigators in the departments of materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, or physics. The Materials Research Center is a major agent in fostering cross-departmental research efforts, thereby assuring that materials research at Northwestern University includes carefully chosen groups of faculty in physics, chemistry, and various engineering departments.

scholarly journals The emergence of university rankings: a historical‑sociological account

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Wilbers ◽  
Jelena Brankovic
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
American Council On Education ◽  
National Science ◽  
The Status

AbstractNowadays, university rankings are a familiar phenomenon in higher education all over the world. But how did rankings achieve this status? To address this question, we bring in a historical-sociological perspective and conceptualize rankings as a phenomenon in history. We focus on the United States and identify the emergence of a specific understanding of organizational performance in the postwar decades. We argue that the advent of this understanding constituted a discursive shift, which was made possible—most notably but not solely—by the rise of functionalism to the status of a dominant intellectual paradigm. The shift crystallized in the rankings of graduate departments, which were commissioned by the National Science Foundation and produced by the American Council on Education (ACE) in 1966 and 1970. Throughout the 1970s, social scientists became increasingly more interested in the methods and merits of ranking higher education institutions, in which they would explicitly refer to the ACE rankings. This was accompanied by a growing recognition, already in the 1970s, that rankings had a place and purpose in the higher education system—a trend that has continued into the present day.

Up Close: Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers—U.S. National Network for Materials Research

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 637-645
Author(s):  
Clyde L. Briant
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
National Network ◽  
National Science ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Limited Period

In 1994, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) established Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs). The goal was to provide support for interdisciplinary materials research and education of the highest quality while addressing fundamental problems in science and engineering that are important to society. The centers are expected to undertake materials research of a scope and complexity that would not be feasible under traditional funding for individual research projects or small groups. Centers are funded for a limited period of time—currently five years—after which they can re-compete against new proposals. In 1994, MRSECs were established at 11 universities throughout the country. Two years later, 13 new centers were established in a second round of funding. Additional competitions were completed in 1998, 2000, and 2002. As of April 2002, there were 29 MRSECs.

Benchmarking for Hospital Evacuation: A Critical Data Collection Tool

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 331-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl H. Schultz ◽  
Kristi L. Koenig ◽  
Erik Auf der Heide ◽  
Robert Olson
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Northridge Earthquake ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
Hospital Operations ◽  
National Science ◽  
The Status

AbstractIn events such as earthquakes or terrorist attacks, hospitals may be victims of disasters. They may need to transfer patients to outside facilities rather than continue to provide on-site care. Following the Northridge earthquake, eight hospitals in the damaged area were the foci of a United States National Science Foundation study that examined the status of the hospitals' pre-event planning, post-event evacuationdecision-making, and internal and external evacuation processes. Building on this experience, this paper offers a standardized data collection tool, which will enable researchers to record hospital evacuation information in a systematic manner so that comparable data can be accumulated, evacuation research methods can be improved, and consensus on methods can be reached. The study's principal subjects include: (1) hospital demographics; (2) description of existing disaster response plans; (3) an event's impacts on hospital operations; (4) decision-making and incident command; (5) movement of patients within the facility; (6) movement of patients to off-site institutions; and (7) hospital recovery.

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