Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Globally Oriented Workforce

Donald M. Burland, Michael P. Doyle, Michael E. Rogers, and Tina M. Masciangioli, Editors, Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction and Summary; 3 Context and Overview1 How Do National Labor Forces Become Global, and Who Should Care?; 4 The Industrial Perspective2 Major Trends Shaping the Future Workplace; 5 3 Boundary-Crossing Technology Networks at Degussa; 6 4 Evolving Opportunities- Building a Global, Technical Workforce; 7 The Academic Perspective5 Does the U.S. Style of Chemical Engineering Education Serve the Nation Well?; 8 6 The Itinerant Chemist-Where Will the Jobs Be in 2020?; 9 7 Attracting and Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Global Workforce; 10 The International Perspective8 Seeing the World Through a Different Window; 11 9 Expanding Boundaries to Advance Medical Research- Lessons Learned at the National Institutes of Health and Ways Forward; 12 Appendix A: Workshop Participants; 13 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers; 14 Appendix C: Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable