"The University has formal agreements with more than 200 universities and institutes around the world. While the primary focus of our exchange efforts is to provide UW students with international educational experiences, nearly all of these agreements have the capacity to involve greater numbers of faculty members as well. Faculty exchanges that include both teaching and research strengthen our international institutional relationships and open up greater learning opportunities for all involved.
I invite you to submit a proposal for your unit's faculty to participate in one of these international exchanges to take place during the 2006-07 academic year. These exchanges typically last for an academic term (though shorter exchanges are possible); during that period the exchanged faculty members stay on salary at their home institution, and the host institution provides housing support. Grants from the Provost's Office support airfare for the UW faculty going abroad and housing support for the visiting faculty when they are here.
The first step in this process is to review the list of exchange institutions on the Office of International Programs & Exchanges (IP&E) website:
http://ipe.washington.edu/affiliates/partners.html
The second step is to identify those institutions with which you may already have, or would like to have, some level of faculty collaboration. In addition, please take this opportunity to submit any new exchange information to the IP&E.
Your department, school, college or campus faculty exchange proposal should include information on the following:
- Why the affiliation with a particular institution furthers your academic program;
- How you plan to build a teaching component into the exchange;
- Which faculty members will be exchanged during the 2006-07 academic year (on both sides) and why;
- Your proposal should also contain a budget outlining your financial request and a timeline for the proposed
exchange, including its duration.
We are also able to consider awarding a limited number of travel grants to departments that wish to explore a new
international site for a departmental study program. For example, a faculty member planning to take a
group of UW students to another country in 2007 could travel to that country in 2006 to gauge the suitability of the
site and to identify local contacts, guest lecturers, housing options and to explore issues of safety and security.
International Faculty Exchange Proposals for 2006/07 should be sent to David Fenner at Box 355815 or electronically to dfenner@u.washington.edu by February 10, 2006. Please feel free to contact David or me if you have any questions.
Thank you for your interest in supporting and enhancing UW's exciting exchange programs."
U.S. Fulbright 2007-2008 Scholar Awards
The 2007-2008 application
cycle for U.S. Fulbright scholar awards is
open. Engineering faculty at the University of Washington
are encouraged to apply. Note the range of grant
options in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This year seven countries: Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Namibia, and Zambia have an award
specifically for teaching undergraduate
and graduate courses in engineering. Some of the sub-fields called for include:
electrical engineering with a focus on telecommunications and electric power
systems (Botswana); electrical engineering with a focus on electro-mechanics,
industrial drawing, material resistance, and electronics (Cote d’Ivoire);
civil engineering (Eritrea); civil
engineering, environmental engineering, highway engineering, hydrology, and
mechanical engineering (Ethiopia); and electrical engineering, mechanical
engineering, software engineering, and textile technology (Mauritius).
Most African countries also have an “All
Disciplines” award, for which applications are accepted in any area of study, including engineering, taught at a participating
host institution. Likewise, South Africa
and Rwanda
have “Science and Technology” awards for which applicants in engineering can also apply.
All of these awards mentioned above are available for a combination of
lecturing, faculty training, curriculum development, student thesis advising and scholarly
research. Research awards are also available for projects in all disciplines or for
HIV/AIDS-related projects. For specific award information and to apply please visit the
U.S. Fulbright web site http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/.
Complete application materials are due at the Council for International Exchange
of Scholars (CIES) by August 1, 2006. Please note that U.S.citizenship and a Ph.D. or
equivalent terminal degree are required.
If you or your colleagues would like further information on opportunities in
Sub-Saharan Africa, please feel free to contact:
Debra Egan, Assistant Director at CIES
(<mailto:degan@cies.iie.org>degan@cies.iie.org, 202-686-6230) or
Sean Brooks,
Program Associate at CIES
(<mailto:sbrooks@cies.iie.org>sbrooks@cies.iie.org, 202-686-4027).
Global Renowned Scholars Program (GRSP) 2007
University of Science and Technology Beijing
The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)was founded in 1952. It is among a limited number of universities in
China authorized to establish graduate schools. It has been supervised directly by the Ministry of Education since 1998,
and was one of the first groups of universities entering “Project 211”, a central government program designed to build 100
top-ranking universities in the 21st century. At December 30th, 2006, it had 12547 undergraduate students, 7216 graduate
students and 1412 teaching staff.
USTB has specific strength in solving technological problems in modern metallurgy and materials processing, as well as in
developing new industrial technologies. Over 1000 research projects have been awarded prizes at state, provincial or
ministry level since 1978, with more than 100 prizes being at state level.
Program Description
The University of Science and Technology Beijing is seeking to develop common interests with leading universities in the
United States and is looking forward to establishing student exchange programs and cooperation at research level.
It is therefore offering this GRSP to professors and department/university officials in your university who have a strong
interest in one or more of the fields listed below.
During their visit, visiting professors will have first-hand experience of living in Beijing. It is hoped that they will
develop common research interests with their counterparts at USTB, be involved in academic exchanges and introduce their
own faculty and university to USTB. They will also be invited to meet and communicate with Chinese students in USTB and
become acquainted with the campus life of the university.
Draft Schedule:
Time: late October to early November
Duration: 8 days
Cities: Beijing, Shanghai
Day 1 Arrival: check in at the Foreign Experts Suite on the campus of USTB
Day 2 Tour of the USTB campus; seminar with professors from USTB ; meeting with the Vice-Chancellor of USTB, discussion
of potential areas of cooperation with the International Office
Day 3 Culture tour: visit to the Summer Palace, Tian’an Men Square and the Forbidden City; Peking Opera (evening
performance)
Day 4 Culture tour: visit to the Great Wall and Ming Tombs; taste Peking Roast Duck
Day 5 Leave for Shanghai; check-in at the hotel in Shanghai; night tour by ship along Huangpu River
Day 6 Company visit to Bao Steel; acrobatics performance in the evening
Day 7 City tour: visit the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower (whose height ranks 1st in Asia and 3rd
worldwide); Nanjing Road tour
Day 8 Departure from Shanghai to the States (go to the airport by maglev train)
Global Renowned Scholars Program
USTB offers its Global Renowned Scholars Program in 6 faculties.
Faculty Department
Metallurgical and Ecological Ferrous Metallurgy
Engineering Non-ferrous Metallurgy
Physical Chemistry
Ecological Science and Engineering
Civil and Environmental Civil Engineering
Engineering Environmental Engineering
Equipment Engineering
Resources Engineering
Vehicle Engineering
________________________________________________________________________________________
Materials science
Materials Processing and control Engineering
Material Physics and Chemistry
Materials Science and Engineering Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials
Powder Metallurgy
Functional Materials
Corrosion and Protection
________________________________________________________________________________________
Mechanical Engineering and Automation
Mechatronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing and Automation
Mechanical Design
Industrial Design
Thermal Engineering
Logistics Engineering
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Automation
Computer Sciences
Information Engineering Electronic Information
Measure and Control Technologies and
Instruments
Communication Engineering
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Management Science and Engineering
Economics and Management Business Admission
Accounting Finance
International Business and Economics
Financial Engineering
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Invitation List
Asia
1. National University of Singapore
2. Burapha University
3. Chulalongkorn University
4. University of Malaya
5. Universiti Sains Malaysia
6. Tokyo University
America
7. Harvard University (MA)
8. Princeton University (NJ)
9. Yale University (CT)
10. University of Pennsylvania
11. Duke University (NC)
12. Stanford University (CA)
13. California Institute of Technology
14. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
15. Columbia University (NY)
16. Washington University in St. Louis
17. Northwestern University (IL)
18. Cornell University (NY)
19. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
20. Brown University (RI)
21. University of Chicago
22. Rice University (TX)
23. University of California – Berkeley
24. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
25. Georgetown University (DC)
26. University of Virginia
27. University of California – Los Angeles
28. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
29. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
30. University of California – San Diego
31. University of Wisconsin – Madison
32. University of Illinois – Urbana – Champaign
33. University of Washington
34. University of Florida
35. George Washington University (DC)
Europe
1. Uni Karlsruhe
2. Universitat des Saarlandes
3. Université Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg 1
4. Université Paris Dauphine-Paris 9
Please apply before May 15th, 2007 via email to xinxinli1979@yahoo.com.cn .
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Support from USTB
USTB will provide full support to all seminar participants. This will cover:
1. round economy class air tickets
2. accommodation in China
3. cultural tours in Beijing and Shanghai
4. local and intercity transportation
Information and documents required
1. a list of participants with name, gender, title/position, research areas
2. curriculum vitae
3. copy of passport
4. preferred time of visit
5. areas of research interest
Contact Us
Mrs. Xinxin LI
Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges
University of Science and Technology Beijing
Tel: +86-10-62332541
Fax:+86-10-62327878
Email: xinxinli1979@yahoo.com.cn, dfa@ustb.edu.cn
COE Home
University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)
- Information about USTB's "Global Renowned Scholars Program (GRSP) 2007" is available
HERE.
Deadline is May 15, 2007.