Excerpt

A workshop was organized by the CSR (Chemical Sciences Roundtable) on the topic of “Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for the Global Workforce.” The workshop was held to provide a forum for discussing the implications of an increasingly global research environment for a chemistry and chemical engineering workforce. Discussions explored how the chemical enterprise—academic, industrial, and government—is influenced by international activities and how it might respond to prepare chemists and chemical engineers for the changing environment. The workshop presentations described deficiencies in the current system and identified successful approaches that could be adapted to create and sustain a globally aware workforce.

Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• CHEMICAL SCIENCES ROUNDTABLE
• BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
• Preface
• Acknowledgment of Reviewers
• Introduction and Summary
  Donald M. Burland, Michael P. Doyle, and Michael E. Rogers.
  • CONTEXT
  • OVERVIEW
  • THE INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE
  • THE ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE
  • THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
• Context and Overview
  • 1. How Do National Labor Forces Become Global, and Who Should Care?
    Matthew J. Slaughter.
    • INTRODUCTION
    • HOW LABOR FORCES BECOME MORE GLOBAL
    • WHO SHOULD CARE ABOUT GLOBALIZATION OF LABOR FORCES?
    • WHO WILL BENEFIT IN THE FUTURE FROM GLOBAL INTEGRATION?
    • THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GLOBALIZATION
    • DISCUSSION
• The Industrial Perspective
  • 2. Major Trends Shaping the Future Workplace
    Miles Drake.
    • INTRODUCTION
    • AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC., COMPANY STRATEGY
    • GLOBAL CHANGES
    • AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC., TECHNOLOGY DIMENSIONS
    • MAJOR GLOBAL TRENDS
    • IMPACTS ON CHEMISTS AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
    • CHALLENGES FOR NEW GRADUATES
    • DISCUSSION
  • 3. Boundary-Crossing Technology Networks at Degussa
    Karin Bartels.
    • OVERVIEW OF DEGUSSA
    • SALES
    • DISTRIBUTION OF STAFF
    • LINKING KNOWLEDGE
    • DISCUSSION
  • 4. Evolving Opportunities—Building a Global, Technical Workforce
    Thomas M. Connelly Jr.
    • DUPONT'S GROWTH PLATFORM
    • DUPONT'S WORKFORCE
    • GLOBAL ECONOMIES
    • DUPONT'S GLOBAL EFFORTS
    • RESEARCH AT DUPONT
    • EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN RESEARCH AND BUSINESS
    • CONCLUSION
    • DISCUSSION
• The Academic Perspective
  • 5. Does the U.S. Style of Chemical Engineering Education Serve the Nation Well?
    Matthew V. Tirrell.
    • U.S. COMPETITIVE STATUS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    • HEALTH OF U.S. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS
    • CONSTRAINTS
    • LOW RETENTION RATES
    • ADDITIONS TO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
    • ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES
    • THE FOUR-YEAR ENGINEERING DEGREE
    • DISCUSSION
  • 6. The Itinerant Chemist—Where Will the Jobs Be in 2020?
    Alvin L. Kwiram.
    • WORKFORCE
    • OBSERVABLE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
    • EDUCATION REFORM
    • INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
    • COLLABORATION
    • CONCLUSION
    • DISCUSSION
  • 7. Attracting and Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Global Workforce
    Mostafa A. El-Sayed.
    • INTRODUCTION
    • SOME THOUGHTS FROM CHEMRAWN X
    • PROPOSED CHANGES IN EDUCATION
    • DISCUSSION
• The International Perspective
  • 8. Seeing the World Through a Different Window
    Robert P. Grathwol.
    • WHAT ARE OTHERS DOING?
    • HOW DO AMERICANS COMPARE?
    • CHANGING THE TREND, OR WHAT CAN YOU DO?
    • DISCUSSION
  • 9. Expanding Boundaries to Advance Medical Research—Lessons Learned at the National Institutes of Health and Ways Forward
    Sharon Hrynkow.
    • INTRODUCTION
    • A LOOK AT NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: THE GEOGRAPHIC LENS
    • NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND
    • WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL?
    • MODELS AND CHALLENGES FOR SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
    • CHALLENGES AND REALITIES IN WORKING INTERNATIONALLY
    • EXPANDING BOUNDARIES: THE DISCIPLINARY LENS
    • FILLING THE GAPS: CHALLENGES AND REALITIES
    • BRINGING THE TWO LENSES TOGETHER: BIFOCALS FOR HEALTH
    • DISCUSSION
• APPENDICES
  • Appendix A Workshop Participants
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
  • Appendix C Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

This study was supported by Research Corporation under Grant GG0066, the U.S. Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG-02-95ER14556, the National Institutes of Health under Grant N01-OD-4-2139, Task Order 25, and the National Science Foundation under Grant CHE-0328197.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.