Professional Experiences for Students in Plasma Science: Student Travel Support to Attend the 2018 Gaseous Electronics Conference

该奖项将支持学生参加将于2018年11月5日至8日在俄勒冈州波特兰举行的第71届年度气体电子会议（GEC）。GEC在追求发生在部分电离、碰撞等离子体中的基本物理和化学过程方面有着悠久而令人尊敬的历史，包括原子、分子、带电粒子、光子、波和场之间的相互作用。GEC有鼓励和促进学生参与的优良传统。参加研究会议对学生来说是一种重要的教育经历，在他们自己的学校是无法复制的。GEC为学生提供了扩展网络、学习前沿研究、发展和磨练专业沟通技巧的机会。GEC是一个欢迎学生进入全球专业社区的地方，在这里他们可以设想自己的职业生涯。GEC项目在上午和下午安排了咖啡休息时间，以促进参与者之间的对话。在2018年全球环境大会上，我们有意采取措施，为那些在会议上没有得到充分代表的群体创造一个更具包容性的会议氛围。这些步骤包括重新考虑GEC的经验，以增加其作为气体电子研究首选场所的声誉的多样性和包容性。虽然研究界的人口结构变化的时间常数比期望的要慢，但该奖项所支持的活动通过将新的传统引入GEC的机构记忆，有可能产生长期影响。这种方法包括引入几个经过测试的专业发展和社交活动，旨在吸引早期职业参与者，包括学生和那些来自代表性不足群体的人。在会议后调查中增加的问题将有助于评估对增加的活动的需要、兴趣和有效性，答复将用于指导今后几年的规划。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support student participation at the 71st Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC) is to be held November 5-8, 2018, in Portland, OR. The GEC has a long and venerable history in pursuit of the foundational physical and chemical processes occurring in partially ionized, collisional plasmas, encompassing the interactions between atoms, molecules, charged particles, photons, waves, and fields. The GEC has a strong tradition of encouraging and promoting student participation. Attending research conferences is an important educational experience for students that cannot be replicated at their home institutions. The GEC provides opportunities for students to expand their networks, to learn about cutting edge research, and to develop and hone their professional communication skills.The GEC is a place to welcome students into a global professional community where they can envision themselves spending their careers. The GEC program is organized with coffee breaks mid-morning and mid-afternoon, as a way of facilitating conversation among participants. At the 2018 GEC, intentional steps are being taken to create a more inclusive conference atmosphere for those from groups not well represented at the conference. These steps include a reconsideration of the GEC experience to add a commitment to diversity and inclusivity to its reputation as a premier venue for gaseous electronics research. Although demographic changes in research communities have slower time constants than might be desirable, the activities enabled by this award have the potential for long term impact by introducing new traditions into the GEC institutional memory. This approach includes introduction of several tested professional development and social events intended to appeal to early career attendees, including students and those from underrepresented groups. Questions added to the post-conference survey will help to assess need for, interest in and effectiveness of the added events, and responses will be used to guide planning for subsequent years.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.