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Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

Committee on Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

National Academy of Engineering

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1995

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Engineering. 1995. Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4933.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418

NOTICE: The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Robert M. White is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

This publication has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a National Academy of Engineering report review process.

Partial funding for this effort was provided by the National Science Foundation.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 95-69121

International Standard Book Number 0-309-05284-X

Copyright 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Engineering. 1995. Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4933.
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Preface

On February 18, 19, and 20, 1994, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), convened a public symposium and workshop on the forces shaping academic engineering research in the early 1990s and beyond. The report that follows has been prepared by an NAE committee charged with organizing the symposium and workshop and reporting back to the NSF. The membership of the Committee on Forces Shaping the Academic Engineering Research Enterprise is listed on page v of this volume.

In preparing this report, the committee drew heavily on the symposium presentations and workshop discussions. Nonetheless, the committee is the author of this report and is responsible for its arguments and findings. The papers presented at the public symposium as well as a background paper prepared for workshop participants follow the committee's report.

It is important to note that this document makes no claim to be an exhaustive examination of the issues facing academic engineering research. For example, there is no focus in this report on the impact of changing demographics on engineering students or faculty, or on the effect of the military build down on the character of the national portfolio of engineering research. The intent was not to be comprehensive, and the committee was not asked or constituted to write the last word on the status and future of academic engineering research.

On behalf of the National Academy of Engineering, I would like to thank the authors of the papers and the chairman and the members of the

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Engineering. 1995. Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4933.
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committee for their insights and efforts on this project. In addition, I would like to thank Bruce Guile, Debbie Stine, and Jessica Blake for their excellent staff work on this project.

Robert M. White

President

National Academy of Engineering

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Engineering. 1995. Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4933.
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COMMITTEE ON FORCES SHAPING THE U.S. ACADEMIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH ENTERPRISE

WILLIAM R. SCHOWALTER, Chairman, Dean,

College of Engineering, University of Illinois

DANIEL C. DRUCKER, Graduate Research Professor of Engineering Sciences,

University of Florida

ALEXANDER H. FLAX, Senior Fellow,

National Academy of Engineering

C. WILLIAM GEAR, President,

NEC Research Institute, Inc.

PAUL C. JENNINGS, Vice President and Provost,

California Institute of Technology

SIMON OSTRACH, NAE Home Secretary, Wilbert J. Austin Distinguished Professor of Engineering,

Case Western Reserve University

A. RICHARD SEEBASS, Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences,

University of Colorado

JOHN A. WHITE, JR., Dean, College of Engineering,

Georgia Institute of Technology

NAE Staff

BRUCE GUILE, Director, Program Office

DEBORAH STINE, Project Director

JESSICA BLAKE, Project Assistant

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The way in which academic engineering research is financed and public expectations for the outcomes from such research are changing at an unprecedented rate. The decrease in support of defense-related research, coupled with the realization that many U.S. technological products are no longer competitive in the global market, has sent a shock wave through research universities that train engineers. This book argues for several concrete actions on the part of universities, government, and industry to ensure the flow and relevance of technical talent to meet national social and economic goals, to maintain a position of leadership in the global economy, and to preserve and enhance the nation's engineering knowledge base.

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