Gender Equity in Materials Science and Engineering at Universities and National Laboratories; College Park, MD; May 18-20, 2008

该奖项为题为“大学和国家实验室材料科学和工程中的性别平等”的研讨会提供支持。将于2008年5月18日至20日在马里兰大学会议中心举行。研讨会将讨论性别平等问题，并找出使科学和工程职业对女性缺乏吸引力的主要障碍。将讨论的议题包括：大学，特别是MSE中性别平等的现状，改善工作环境，平衡工作和家庭生活，增加MSE中女性的渠道，以及目前实现性别平等的方法。研讨会将包括主题演讲、专题演讲、小组讨论和分组会议，与会者将包括来自大学、国家实验室、专业协会和资助机构的人员。预期的结果是制定一系列建议和政策变化计划，以解决性别平等、性别偏见问题，并对MSE社区的性别平等产生变革性影响。研讨会的最终报告将发表，它将包含研讨会讨论的结果和建议，这些讨论涉及招募、雇用和留住各级MSE劳动力中的女性。讲习班的预期成果是在未来几年作出具体努力，以增加选择在学术界和国家实验室从事与MSE有关的职业的妇女人数。该奖项由能源部基础能源科学办公室、国家科学基金会材料研究部和工程局共同资助。研讨会由美国能源部、美国国家科学基金会和大学材料理事会共同主办。

This award provides support for a workshop entitled ?Gender Equity in Materials Science and Engineering at Universities and National Laboratories? to be held at the University of Maryland Conference Center from May 18-20, 2008. The workshop will address gender equity issues and identify major barriers that make science and engineering careers unattractive to women. Included among the topics to be discussed are: current status of gender equity in universities, MSE in particular, improving Workplace environment, balancing work and family life, increasing the pipeline of women in MSE, and current approaches to gender equity. The workshop will consist of keynote speeches, topical talks, panel discussions, and break-out sessions, which will include participants from universities, national laboratories, professional societies and funding agencies. The anticipated outcome is the development of a series of recommendations and plans for policy changes to address the problem of gender equity, biases and have transformational impact on gender equity in the MSE community. A final report of the workshop will be published and it will contain the findings and recommendations from the workshop discussions for recruiting, hiring, and retaining women in MSE workforce at all levels. The expected outcome of the workshop is specific efforts in the coming years to increase the number of women opting for MSE-related careers in academe and national laboratories. This award is jointly funded by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences in the Department of Energy and by the Division of Materials Research and the Engineering Directorate in National Science Foundation. The workshop is co-sponsored by DoE , NSF and the University Materials Council.