A Proposal to Conduct a Workshop on Professional Development of Underrepresented Minority Master?s and Doctoral Engineering Students

关于举办少数族裔硕士和博士工程生专业发展研讨会的建议

• 批准号: 1143753
• 负责人: Shirley McBay
• 金额: $ 30.84万
• 依托单位: QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1143753&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Proposal; Conduct; Workshop; Professional; Development

Proposal # 1143753Title: A Proposal to Conduct a Workshop on Professional Development of Underrepresented Minority Master?s and Doctoral Engineering Students.P.I. Shirley McBay, President of Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) NetworkProject Summary: The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, to conduct the third in a series of workshops focused on the professional development of underrepresented minority students in engineering and materials science. The goals of the two-day November 2011 workshop are to: 1) provide masters and doctoral engineering students from underrepresented minority groups with information, resources, and skills development opportunities to increase their success in graduate school and in transitioning to engineering careers in academe, government, or industry; and (2) provide networking opportunities for student participants with each other as well as with engineering faculty/other professionals attending the workshop. The first workshop in the series, conducted in November 2009 with ENG Directorate support, was on Mentoring of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduate Students in Engineering. The workshop brought together 142 students and their faculty advisors from 15 institutions. The second workshop, conducted in May 2011 convened three-member engineering faculty/staff teams from the 14 institutions to be invited to the proposed third workshop in November 2011. Faculty/staff advisors from ten of the institutions participating in the first workshop, who met in July 2010 to discuss next steps, strongly recommended the second and third workshops. Institutional teams in the proposed third workshop will consist of seven masters and doctoral underrepresented materials science and engineering students and the three-person faculty/advisor teams that participated in the May 2011 workshop, for a total of 14 ten-member institutional teams. Students on each team will include three masters and four doctoral students, including, where possible, at least three female students. Each racial/ethnic underrepresented group in a participating institutions graduate materials science or engineering program will be represented. The November 2011 workshop plenary sessions and breakout groups will focus on the requirements for completing a masters and/or doctoral degree in engineering or materials research; how to succeed in graduate school and secure support for graduate study; and the role and importance of research, publishing, conference attendance, mentoring, and networking. The workshop will examine requirements for success in academe, industry, and government and the critical transition from masters to doctoral degree programs in the fields represented.

提案# 1143753标题：建议举办一个关于未被充分代表的少数民族大师专业发展的工作坊？工程博士研究生。少数民族素质教育（QEM）网络项目概述：少数民族素质教育（QEM）网络由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）、工程理事会（ENG）和数学与物理科学理事会资助，旨在开展一系列研讨会中的第三次，重点关注工程和材料科学领域未被充分代表的少数民族学生的专业发展。2011年11月为期两天的研讨会的目标是：1)为来自未被充分代表的少数群体的工程硕士和博士学生提供信息、资源和技能发展机会，以增加他们在研究生院的成功，以及向学术界、政府或行业的工程职业过渡；(2)为学生参与者以及参加研讨会的工程学院/其他专业人员提供交流机会。该系列的第一个研讨会于2009年11月在工程学部的支持下举办，主题是“未被充分代表的少数族裔本科生的指导”。研讨会汇集了来自15所院校的142名学生和他们的指导老师。第二次工作坊于2011年5月举行，邀请来自14所院校的3人工程教职员小组参加拟于2011年11月举行的第三次工作坊。参加第一次研讨会的十个机构的教职员工顾问于2010年7月开会讨论了下一步工作，他们强烈建议举办第二和第三次研讨会。提议的第三次研讨会的机构团队将由7名未被充分代表的材料科学和工程硕士和博士学生以及参加2011年5月研讨会的三人教师/顾问团队组成，总共14个10人的机构团队。每个团队的学生将包括三名硕士和四名博士生，其中至少包括三名女学生。在参与机构的研究生材料科学或工程项目中，每个种族/民族代表性不足的群体都将被代表。2011年11月的研讨会全体会议和分组会议将重点讨论完成工程或材料研究硕士和/或博士学位的要求；如何在研究生院取得成功并获得研究生学习的支持以及研究、出版、出席会议、指导和网络的作用和重要性。研讨会将探讨在学术界、工业界和政府取得成功的要求，以及所代表领域从硕士到博士学位课程的关键转变。