Broadening Participation in Engineering Opportunity: HBCU Summer Engineering Faculty and Student Seminar

调查人员为HBCU工程系(即终身副教授)和本科生(即大三新生)专门举办了一次暑期研讨会(研讨会)。研讨会的总体目的是增加工程学专业代表性不足的教师数量；扩大河北哥伦比亚大学工程学教师与国家科学基金会(NSF)资助的工程研究中心(ERCs)教师之间的合作机会；并让HBCU的学生了解准备和申请工程学研究生课程的技巧和策略，特别是在ERC资助的院校。总的来说，研讨会项目提供了大量的机会，HBCU的工程学教职员工和学生能够相互以及他们的ERC同行建立网络。此外，该项目为HBCU工程学院和NSF资助的ERCs的工程学院之间建立强大的合作提供了巨大的潜力。它还为HBCU的学生提供了更广泛的参与机会，让他们接触到ERC工程学教师和ERC机构提供的不同机会。这次研讨会是及时的，因为它有潜力扩大工程学的参与，特别是在NSF资助的ERC机构。关于HBCU工程学教师，研讨会将提供关键信息，帮助副教授继续取得成功的进展，晋升为教授级别。此外，教员学员将接受投资组合开发方面的指导和帮助，并将接触到NSF的各种研究和资助机会，以及NSF资助的ERC的其他潜在资助和研究合作机会，特别是针对HBCU本科生，研讨会将提供申请工程学研究生项目的具体策略和技巧，特别是在NSF资助的ERC机构。它还将为这些学生提供准备GRE的信息，申请经济资助，以及完成竞争性的研究生申请。

The investigators outline a summer seminar (workshop), specifically for HBCU engineering faculty (i.e., tenured associate professors) and undergraduate students (i.e., rising juniors). The overall intent of the seminar is to increase the number of underrepresented faculty in engineering; amplify collaborative opportunities between HBCU engineering faculty and National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) faculty; and expose HBCU students to tips and strategies for preparing and applying to engineering graduate programs, particularly at ERC-funded institutions. Generally speaking, the seminar project offers an abundance of opportunities, where HBCU engineering faculty and students are able to network with each other as well as their ERC peers. Further, the project presents immense potential to establish strong collaborations between HBCU engineering faculty and engineering faculty at NSF-funded ERCs. It also offers great broadening participation opportunities for HBCU students to be exposed to ERC engineering faculty and the different opportunities available at the ERC institutions. This workshop is timely because of its potential to broadening participation in engineering, particularly at NSF-funded ERC institutions.In regard to HBCU engineering faculty, the seminar will provide critical information that will help associate professors to continue to make successful progress towards promotion to the rank of professor. Further, faculty participants will be provided coaching and assistance with portfolio development and will be exposed to various research and grant opportunities at the NSF and other potential grant and research collaborative opportunities at NSF-funded ERCs, and, specifically to HBCU undergraduate students, the seminar will offer specific strategies and tips for applying for engineering graduate programs, particularly at NSF-funded ERC institutions. It will also provide these students with information on preparing for the GRE, applying for financial support, and completing a competitive graduate application.