Underrepresented Engineering Students: Travel/Training Grant to Attend the International Microwave Symposium

代表性不足的工程学生：参加国际微波研讨会的旅行/培训补助金

• 批准号: 1748398
• 负责人: Rhonda Franklin
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 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 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1748398&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Underrepresented; Engineering; Students; Travel; Training

U.S. continued competitiveness in the global economy of the 21st century relies on maintaining a well-trained science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. The last two decades have focused on the U.S. lag in terms of the per capita graduates in STEM-related disciplines compared to an increasing number of European and Asian countries. A more pressing need and new for the first time in U.S. history is that the emerging majority of K-12 U.S. students are first-generation and from minority groups, who are significantly under-represented in engineering and other STEM -elated fields. The participation of underrepresented groups of women and minorities in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is far below their percentage representation of the population as a whole. This reality points to both systemic problems within the discipline in terms of attracting students to the field and suffers from the on-going discussions about achievement gaps in the K-12 education. The identification of appropriate role models and mentors within ECE in particular is deemed necessary to increase the efficiency of participants staying with the profession. The objectives of Project Connect are to directly address the aforementioned problems by exposing underrepresented students to exciting opportunities and potential mentors within the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) community related to broad technology areas such as electronics and communications. These objectives will be met through the IMS 2018 and 2019 programming effort of Project Connect, which brings underrepresented university students to the symposium to engage with the university and industry professionals for exposure, guidance, and development in technical areas ranging from research and development, to applications and near-term industrial initiatives. The three primary objectives for the IMS Connect Program are to provide the following:(1)education about the rf/microwave industry,(2)awareness on career opportunities and expectations, and (3)access to and guidance from role models and potential mentors who are active in the field as educators, practitioners, researchers, and industry leaders. The support being requested from the National Science Foundation is for travel stipends for the student participants in IMS Connect for 2018 (Philadelphia, PA) and 2019 (Boston, MA). IMS is the largest conference in the world for RF/microwave engineers. Students who are selected to participate in IMS Connect will attend the conference for four days, in which they will participate in several professional development activities, learn about student activities for aspiring microwave engineers, and meet and network with other engineering students, professionals, and leaders in the field. Selected student participants will also learn about microwave industries and local cultures in the conference location region.

美国在21世纪全球经济中的持续竞争力依赖于维持训练有素的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）劳动力。与越来越多的欧洲和亚洲国家相比，过去二十年来，与STEM相关学科中的人均毕业生的滞后关注。在美国历史上，更加紧迫的需求和新的是新兴的K-12美国学生是第一代学生，并且来自少数群体，他们在工程和其他与STEM相关的领域中的代表性大大不足。代表性不足的妇女和少数民族在电气和计算机工程（ECE）中的参与远低于其整个人口的百分比代表。这个现实表明，学科中的两个系统问题都在吸引学生进入该领域的角度，并遭受了关于K-12教育成就差距的持续讨论。尤其认为，尤其是ECE中适当的榜样和指导者的识别是为了提高参与者在专业中的效率。项目Connect的目标是通过将代表性不足的学生暴露于IEEE国际微波研讨会（IMS）社区中与广泛技术领域（如电子技术和通信）中的激动人心的机会和潜在的导师，直接解决上述问题。 这些目标将通过项目Connect的IMS 2018和2019年编程工作实现，该计划将不足的大学生带到研讨会上，与大学和行业专业人员互动，以获取从研究和开发，应用程序和近期工业倡议的技术领域的敞口，指导和发展。 IMS Connect计划的三个主要目标是提供以下内容：（1）有关RF/微波行业的教育，（2）对职业机会和期望的认识，以及（3）从榜样和潜在的导师访问和指导，这些榜样和潜在的导师活跃于领域，作为教育者，从业者，从业者，研究人员，研究人员和行业领导者。国家科学基金会要求提供的支持是针对2018年IMS Connect的学生参与者（宾夕法尼亚州费城）和2019年（马萨诸塞州波士顿）的旅行津贴。 IMS是世界上最大的RF/微波工程师会议。被选中参加IMS Connect的学生将参加四天的会议，其中将参加几项专业发展活动，了解有抱负的微波工程师的学生活动，并与其他工程专业的学生，​​专业人士和领导者见面并与其他工程专业人士见面并建立联系。选定的学生参与者还将了解会议地点地区的微波工业和当地文化。

项目成果

IMS2018 Project Connect-Five Years and Counting

IMS2018项目连接-五年且还在继续

• DOI: 10.1109/mmm.2018.2801890
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: IEEE Microwave Magazine
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Harvey, Duane;Franklin, Rhonda;Henderson, Rashaunda;Weller, Tom
• 通讯作者: Weller, Tom

IMS2020 Project Connect: Connectivity That Works

IMS2020 项目连接：有效的连接

• DOI: 10.1109/mmm.2020.2971410
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: IEEE Microwave Magazine
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Franklin, Rhonda;Henderson, Rashaunda;Pillay, Netra;Rathore, Heena;Samant, Ahay;Weller, Tom
• 通讯作者: Weller, Tom

Project Connect – A Model for Immersive Professional Development of Future Engineers

Project Connect — 未来工程师沉浸式专业发展的模型

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: ASEE CoNECD Conference
• 作者: Franklin, Rhonda;Gorman, Kirsten;Henderson, Rashaunda;Pillay, Netra;Samant, Abhay;Weller, Thomas
• 通讯作者: Weller, Thomas

IMS2021 Project Connect: Connecting to Broaden Participation

IMS2021 项目连接：连接以扩大参与

• DOI: 10.1109/mmm.2021.3056987
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: IEEE Microwave Magazine
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Franklin, Rhonda;Henderson, Rashaunda;Pillay, Netra;Rathore, Heena;Samant, Abhay;Weller, Tom
• 通讯作者: Weller, Tom

IMS2019 Project Connect-It's Your Time to Connect

IMS2019项目连接——你的连接时刻到了

• DOI: 10.1109/mmm.2019.2891814
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: IEEE Microwave Magazine
• 影响因子: 3.6
• 作者: Franklin, Rhonda;Gordon, Christal;Grady, Michael;Harvey, Duane;Henderson, Rashaunda;Pillay, Netra;Weller, Tom
• 通讯作者: Weller, Tom