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 在研究部分电离、碰撞等离子体中发生的基础物理和化学过程方面有着悠久而悠久的历史，包括原子、分子、带电粒子、光子、波和场之间的相互作用。 GEC 有着鼓励和促进学生参与的悠久传统。对于学生来说，参加研究会议是一种重要的教育经历，这是在其所在机构无法复制的。 GEC 为学生提供了扩大人际网络、了解前沿研究、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 计划在上午和下午安排茶歇时间，以促进参与者之间的对话。在 2018 年 GEC 上，我们正在采取有意识的措施，为会议中没有得到充分代表的团体营造更具包容性的会议氛围。 这些步骤包括重新考虑 GEC 的经验，以增加对多样性和包容性的承诺，以增强其作为气体电子研究首要场所的声誉。尽管研究界的人口变化的时间常数比预期的要慢，但该奖项促成的活动有可能通过将新传统引入 GEC 机构记忆而产生长期影响。这种方法包括引入一些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，包括学生和来自代表性不足群体的群体。会后调查中添加的问题将有助于评估新增活动的需求、兴趣和有效性，而答复将用于指导后续几年的规划。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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.