全球制造环境正在迅速变化。为了在下个世纪保持竞争力，该行业需要训练有素的设计和制造工程师。为了满足这一需求，目前的教育和培训制度可能需要重新评估和改进。本文回顾了NSF于1994年6月在德国和美国举办的设计和制造教育与研究研讨会的研究结果，该研讨会由来自德国亚琛、柏林和美国的一组选定的教育工作者和管理人员参加。

The global manufacturing environment is rapidly changing. To remain competitive in the next century, the industry needs well trained design and manufacturing engineers. To satisfy this need, the present systems for education and training may have to be reevaluated and improved. This paper reviews the findings of a NSF workshop on Design and Manufacturing Education and Research in Germany and U.S.A. held in June 1994 with the participation of a group of selected educators and administrators from Germany-Aachen and Berlin and the U.S.A.