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Workshop on Improving the Diversity of Faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering (iREDEFINE ECE)

提高电气和计算机工程教师多样性研讨会（iREDEFINE ECE）

基本信息

批准号：
1663249
负责人：
Athina Petropulu
金额：
$ 9.99万
依托单位：
Rutgers University New Brunswick
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-02-01 至 2020-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1663249&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Workshop Improving Diversity Faculty Electrical

项目摘要

As a field, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) suffers from a lack of diversity in the participation of women and underrepresented minorities (URM) at the undergraduate, graduate, and professorial levels. This project aims to capitalize on a unique opportunity to bring ECE department heads together with women and underrepresented minority (W-URM) graduate students to help diversify the ECE faculty. The project team, including ECE department heads and the ECE Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) leaders, proposes iREDEFINE, an Annual Workshop focused on increasing the numbers of W-URM holding tenure track faculty or postdoc positions in ECE in the US. iREDEFINE capitalizes on the unique environment provided by the ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo to create a mechanism to motivate and prepare graduate W-URM students for pursuing faculty positions in US universities. The unique opportunity arises due to the high concentration of ECE department chairs attending the event, most of whom are invested in increasing the diversity of their faculty. The two day Workshop will overlap with the ECEDHA Conference. The first day will be devoted to providing a glimpse of the life and career of an ECE faculty, information on different types of schools, tips on how to prepare for a successful academic position interview, information on effective instructional techniques, information on seeking research funding, how to build connections with industry, and how to build confidence and negotiating skills. The second day will coincide with the first day of the ECEDHA conference and all iREDEFINE attendees will have access to all conference sessions. This day will provide an immersive experience on the issues that are on the minds of ECE faculty, such as the latest technology and research trends, the latest teaching innovations, and efforts to find solutions to key problems, such as lack of diversity and shifting enrollment trends. The iREDEFINE attendees will present posters on their work to the ECE department chairs, which will give them the opportunity to closely interact with the very people they will be contacting during their job search and also practice some of the skills that they learned the day before. The poster session will feed into a reception for Workshop attendees, ECE chairs and industry affiliates, which will offer further networking opportunities. In addition to the Workshop, a mentoring program will be established to extend beyond the workshop. The project will be evaluated and fine-tuned after the first offering to maximize its impact.This effort will have a significant impact on the field of ECE and as a result the future of technology. Diversifying the faculty will help enhance the diversity of the student population in ECE by providing role models, and thus diversify the ECE workforce. As ECE is a major enabler in technological discovery, a more diverse practitioner/educator pool will lead to new perspectives on technological innovation and how that serves society. The proposed project will serve as a potential model for improving diversity in STEM disciplines in general.

作为一个领域，电气和计算机工程（ECE）在妇女和代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的参与方面缺乏多样性，在本科，研究生和教授水平。该项目旨在利用一个独特的机会，将欧洲经委会部门负责人与女性和少数民族（W-URM）研究生聚集在一起，帮助欧洲经委会教员多样化。项目团队，包括欧洲经委会系主任和欧洲经委会系主任协会（ECEDHA）领导人，提议iREDEFINE，这是一个年度研讨会，重点是增加W-URM在美国欧洲经委会拥有终身教职或博士后职位的人数。iREDEFINE利用ECEDHA年会和ECExpo提供的独特环境，创建了一种机制，以激励和准备W-URM毕业生在美国大学寻求教师职位。由于欧洲经委会系主任高度集中参加此次活动，因此出现了独特的机会，他们中的大多数人都致力于增加其教员的多样性。为期两天的讲习班将与ECEDHA会议重叠。第一天将介绍欧洲经委会教师的生活和职业，不同类型学校的信息，如何为成功的学术职位面试做准备的技巧，有效的教学技巧，寻求研究资金的信息，如何与行业建立联系，以及如何建立信心和谈判技巧。第二天将与ECEDHA会议的第一天一致，所有idefine与会者都可以参加所有会议。这一天将提供一个沉浸式的体验，让人们了解欧洲经济委员会教师们所关心的问题，比如最新的技术和研究趋势，最新的教学创新，以及为解决关键问题（如缺乏多样性和不断变化的入学趋势）所做的努力。idefine的与会者将向欧洲经委会系主任展示他们的工作海报，这将使他们有机会与他们在求职过程中将要接触的人密切互动，并练习他们前一天学到的一些技能。海报会议将为讲习班与会者、欧洲经委会主席和行业附属机构提供招待会，这将提供进一步的交流机会。除了研讨会之外，还将建立一个指导计划，将其扩展到研讨会之外。该项目将在首次提供后进行评估和微调，以最大限度地发挥其影响。这项努力将对欧洲经委会领域产生重大影响，从而对技术的未来产生重大影响。教员的多样化将有助于提高欧洲经委会学生群体的多样性，因为它提供了榜样，从而使欧洲经委会的工作人员多样化。由于欧洲经委会是技术发现的主要推动者，一个更多样化的从业者/教育者群体将为技术创新及其如何服务社会带来新的视角。拟议的项目将成为改善STEM学科多样性的潜在模式。