Conference: 26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2007), Orlando, Florida, October 29 to November 1, 2007

该资助用于支持学生出席第26届国际激光与光电应用大会（ICALEO 2007）（36名学生）。参加这次会议的36名研究生来自代表性不足的群体和机构，这些群体和机构传统上缺乏此类支持的资金。会议将于2007年10月29日至11月1日在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行，ICALEO 2007涵盖的技术主题和研究领域与民用、机械和制造创新（CMMI）和电气、通信和网络系统（ECCS）部门支持的领域一致。智力价值包括为学生提供更广泛和更好的研究领域信息，以及为他们的职业追求提供动力和清晰度。会议策划者正在组织一个特别会议，为研究生提供与学术界和工业界领导人的演讲和讨论。本课程的目的是让学生更好地了解在学术界或私营企业从事职业的挑战和机遇。这项资助的广泛影响包括让学生与会者接触到最先进的研究课题，并为他们提供与学术和行业领袖互动的机会。将优先考虑来自代表性不足群体的研究生，如女性、非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生，以及来自缺乏财政资源的大学的研究生。目前正在对这项工作进行评价。

This grant is supporting student attendance (36 students) at the 26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2007). The 36 graduate students are from underrepresented groups and institutions that traditionally lack funding for such support, to attend this conference. The conference will be held Oct 29-Nov 1, 2007 in Orlando, FL. The technical topics and research areas to be covered by ICALEO 2007 are in line with the areas supported by the Divisions of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) and Electrical, Communications and CyberSystems (ECCS). The intellectual merit includes providing the students with broader and better information on research areas, as well as momentum and clarity in their career pursuits. Conference planners are organizing a special session to provide graduate students with presentations and discussions with leaders in academia and industry. The purpose of this session will be to give the students a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities to pursuing a career in either academia or private industry. The broder impacts of this grant include exposing the student attendees to state-of-the-art research topics and giving them an opportunity to interact with academic and industrial leaders. Priority will be given to the graduate students from underrepresented groups, such as women, African American and Hispanic students, and from universities that lack financial resources. Evaluation of the effort is being conducted.