Minority Research Opportunities in Science and Engineering at the Naval Research Laboratory

海军研究实验室科学与工程领域的少数族裔研究机会

• 批准号: 0223772
• 负责人: Mark Spector
• 金额: $ 24万
• 依托单位: Department of Navy Naval Research Laboratory
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Interagency Agreement
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-11-01 至 2005-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0223772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Minority; Research; Opportunities; Science; Engineering

Mark S. Spector, Naval Research Laboratory"Minority Research Opportunities in Science and Engineering at the Naval Research Laboratory"Due to cultural and historic barriers, minorities continue to be underrepresented in science, mathematics, and engineering. Despite some growth in the number of minorities receiving undergraduate degrees in science and engineering, there has been little increase in the number of minorities at the doctoral level. It is essential for the scientific community to provide training opportunities and role models for promising young students in order to encourage them to pursue advanced degrees in science, mathematics, and engineering and careers in research. The Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering (CBMSE) at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a summer internship program for minority students that give the interns the opportunity to experience professional laboratory research first hand. Participation is essentially focused on undergraduates at the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities (HBCU/MI/TCU's). While there are several programs that provide support for students pursuing careers in health care, this program focuses uniquely on training future scientists and engineers.Based upon previous success, it is proposed to renew the program. It is proposes to increase the number of summer internships to approximately fifteen per year by placing interns in the NRL's Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Physical Metallurgy Branch, and Surface Modification Branch and increasing our recruiting effort to pursue students at additional HBCU/MI/TCU's. It is also proposed to support up to five students per year to continue their research at their home institute during the following school year as part of a collaborative effort between NRL scientists and faculty members at HCBU/MI/TCU's.The broader impact of this activity is highlighted by the accomplishments already made. During the first ten years of the program, ninety-three outstanding students have spent ten weeks working at the Naval Research Laboratory on exciting projects at the leading edge of science and technology. This has included 48 women and 45 men from a variety of scientific disciplines: Biology, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Of the students who have completed their undergraduate degrees, many have gone on to receive master's degrees and approximately twenty are currently in doctoral programs.

海军研究实验室“少数族裔在科学和工程领域的研究机会”由于文化和历史障碍，少数族裔在科学、数学和工程领域的代表性仍然不足。尽管获得科学和工程本科学位的少数民族人数有所增加，但博士学位的少数民族人数几乎没有增加。科学界必须为有前途的年轻学生提供培训机会和榜样，以鼓励他们攻读科学、数学和工程方面的高级学位，并从事研究工作。海军研究实验室(NRL)生物/分子科学与工程中心(CBMSE)为少数族裔学生开发了一个暑期实习计划，让实习生有机会亲身体验专业的实验室研究。参与活动主要集中在全国历史悠久的黑人学院和大学、少数民族机构和部落学院和大学(HBCU/MI/TCU‘s)的本科生。虽然有几个计划为学生在医疗保健领域的职业生涯提供支持，但该计划唯一的重点是培养未来的科学家和工程师。在以往成功的基础上，建议更新该计划。通过在NRL的生物/分子科学与工程中心、物理冶金分部和表面修饰分部安排实习生，并加大我们在其他HBCU/MI/TCU的招生力度，将暑期实习的数量增加到每年约15个。此外，作为NRL科学家和HCBU/MI/TCU的教职员工合作努力的一部分，还建议每年支持最多5名学生在他们的母校继续他们的研究。这项活动的广泛影响从已经取得的成就中突显出来。在该计划的头十年中，93名优秀学生在海军研究实验室工作了十周，从事令人兴奋的科学技术前沿项目。这其中包括48名女性和45名男性，他们来自不同的科学学科：生物、化学工程、机械工程、物理、化学、数学、电气工程和计算机科学。在完成本科学位的学生中，许多人后来获得了硕士学位，目前约有20人在攻读博士学位。