California LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity

加州 LSAMP 博士桥梁 (BD) 活动

• 批准号: 1701365
• 负责人: Howard Gillman
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 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: 2017-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701365&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: California; LSAMP; Bridge; Doctorate; BD

NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:There remains a growing demand in the United States for a highly trained and diverse science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce to maintain US intellectual and economic competitiveness in the global market. However, while the US moves toward minority-majority status, that demographic change is not reflected in the number of graduate degrees being awarded to underrepresented minorities (URMs) in science and engineering. This underrepresentation of such a large portion of the US population in STEM graduate programs must be addressed, and supporting URM students in their pursuit of advanced degrees is a critical piece. Working in pursuit of this critical piece, the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), a part of the University of California Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program, will offer 12 incoming LSAMP PhD students substantial fellowships and degree completion support. LSAMP assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP BD Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities." For the U.S. to remain competitive globally, it must provide exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. UCSB is uniquely positioned in this alliance as it has also recently become a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), and as such is the first in the Association of American Universities (AAU) to reach HSI status, putting UCSB on a short list of prominent research-intensive institutions serving a large number of Hispanic students. The BD project at UCSB seeks to seed a shift in the institutional culture by introducing holistic selection criteria and faculty mentoring resources, and raising the visibility of motivated and talented URM STEM PhD trainees and alumni thereby encouraging future generations of underrepresented students. Similarly, the proposed UCSB-BD program intends to increase the number of URM students in STEM who successfully complete a doctoral program at UCSB and successfully transition into the STEM workforce with the highest level of academic achievement. TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:There remains a growing demand in the United States for a highly trained and diverse STEM workforce to maintain US intellectual and economic competitiveness in the global market. However, while the US moves toward minority-majority status, that demographic change is not reflected in the number of graduate degrees being awarded to underrepresented minorities in science and engineering. In fact, in 2014, URMs represented only 13% of the earned doctorates in science and engineering. Having a diverse set of problem-solvers becomes paramount to sustaining the nation's scientific excellence and solving important societal needs. The current underrepresentation of such a large portion of the US population in STEM graduate programs must be addressed. Supporting URM students in their pursuit of advanced degrees is crucial. UCSB will support 12 PhD students through the BD program within the University of California LSAMP. The UCSB-BD program seeks to increase the diversity and inclusion of our STEM workforce through a concerted campus-wide effort and an evidence-based program designed to identify and foster the development of a cohort of alumni as PhD-trained science and engineering leaders. The UCSB-BD program will build on existing infrastructure, develop new strategies and leverage networks, campus, state, and nation-wide, to expand the body of knowledge around recruiting, training and retaining a diverse population of PhD-trained scientists and engineers. The BD program at UCSB will do this by providing a strong community of mentors and an extensive academic and professional preparation program that offers BD Fellows access to the tools and community interaction that will foster success in their graduate programs and beyond. With a focus on affirming values, nurturing a sense of belonging, and mentoring through key transition points, the UCSB-BD program will ensure a timely completion of the PhD and a confident transition into STEM careers in academia, government and industry. As UCSB strives to promote a nurturing environment for our STEM PhD trainees, hosting a BD program is an important step toward building more robust and inclusive recruitment and retention strategies for broadening participation. Additionally, in order to better understand the important factors in the trajectory of success for those underrepresented in science and engineering seeking and progressing though advanced degrees, a rigorous evaluation plan and tracking strategy will be employed and results shared across the California LSAMP alliance and national networks.

非技术摘要：美国对训练有素和多样化的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力的需求仍在不断增长，以保持美国在全球市场上的智力和经济竞争力。然而，尽管美国正在走向少数族裔占多数的地位，但这种人口结构的变化并没有反映在授予科学和工程领域代表性不足的少数族裔(URM)的研究生学位数量上。必须解决STEM研究生课程中如此大一部分美国人口代表性不足的问题，支持URM学生追求高级学位是关键一环。加州大学圣巴巴拉分校(UCSB)是加州大学路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)博士学位(BD)项目的一部分，为了实现这一关键目标，加州大学圣巴巴拉分校(UCSB)将为12名即将入学的LSAMP博士生提供大量奖学金和学位完成支持。LSAMP通过培养在STEM学科中历来代表性较低的群体中具有高度竞争力的学生，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力的多样化：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美国印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。LSAMP BD活动的目标是提高STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士入学和完成学业。在全国高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现NSF 2014-2018年战略计划中的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，以支持具有尖端能力的多样化STEM劳动力的发展。”为了保持美国在全球的竞争力，它必须在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。UCSB在这一联盟中具有独特的地位，因为它最近也成为了一所为拉美裔学生服务的机构(HSI)，因此是美国大学协会(AAU)中第一家达到HSI地位的机构，使UCSB被列入服务于大量拉美裔学生的著名研究密集型机构的短名单上。UCSB的BD项目旨在通过引入全面的遴选标准和教师指导资源，以及提高有动力和有才华的URM STEM博士生和校友的知名度，从而鼓励未来一代代表性不足的学生，从而推动机构文化的转变。同样，拟议的UCSB-BD计划旨在增加在UCSB成功完成博士课程并成功过渡到STEM劳动力并取得最高学术成就的STEM URM学生的数量。技术摘要：美国对训练有素和多样化的STEM劳动力的需求仍在不断增长，以保持美国在全球市场上的智力和经济竞争力。然而，尽管美国正在走向少数族裔占多数的地位，但这种人口结构的变化并没有反映在授予科学和工程领域中代表人数较少的少数族裔的研究生学位数量上。事实上，2014年，城市管理硕士只占理工科博士学位的13%。拥有一组不同的问题解决者对于保持国家的科学卓越和解决重要的社会需求至关重要。必须解决目前STEM研究生课程中美国人口比例偏低的问题。支持URM学生追求更高的学位是至关重要的。UCSB将通过加州大学LSAMP内的BD项目支持12名博士生。UCSB-BD项目旨在通过校园范围内的协调努力和旨在识别和促进一批受过博士培训的科学和工程领导者的校友发展的循证计划，增加我们STEM员工的多样性和包容性。UCSB-BD计划将在现有基础设施的基础上，开发新的战略，并利用校园、州和全国范围的网络，围绕招聘、培训和留住受过博士培训的不同群体的科学家和工程师来扩大知识体系。UCSB的BD项目将通过提供强大的导师社区和广泛的学术和专业准备项目来实现这一点，该项目为BD研究员提供访问工具和社区互动的机会，这些工具和社区互动将促进他们的研究生项目和其他项目的成功。UCSB-BD项目的重点是肯定价值观，培养归属感，并通过关键的过渡点进行指导，将确保及时完成博士学位，并自信地过渡到学术界、政府和行业的STEM职业生涯。随着UCSB努力促进我们STEM博士生的培养环境，主办BD项目是朝着建立更强大、更具包容性的招聘和留住战略的重要一步，以扩大参与。此外，为了更好地了解那些在科学和工程领域缺乏代表性的人寻求并取得高级学位的成功轨迹中的重要因素，将采用严格的评估计划和跟踪战略，并在加州LSAMP联盟和全国网络中共享结果。

项目成果

Suction-Controlled Detachment of Mushroom-Shaped Adhesive Structures

蘑菇状粘合结构的吸力控制分离

• DOI: 10.1115/1.4049392
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of Applied Mechanics
• 作者: Areyano, Marcela;Booth, Jamie A.;Brouwer, Dane;Gockowski, Luke F.;Valentine, Megan T.;McMeeking, Robert M.
• 通讯作者: McMeeking, Robert M.