Impact: Redefining Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty (iREDEFINE ECE)

尽管为增加电气和计算机工程教授的多样性做出了许多努力，但工程学院的女性人数仍然低得惊人。为了保持和加强美国在STEM领域的领导地位，必须消除障碍，扩大美国各方面人口对STEM劳动力的参与。本次研讨会的目标是激励电气和计算机工程专业的女性博士生考虑在美国大学担任教职。20多名女博士生将被邀请参加电气和计算机工程系主任年度会议的研讨会。课程内容包括谈判策略、有效的教学方法、撰写成功的提案，以及如何在学术领域找到工作。参与者将有机会向部门主管展示他们的研究成果。通过专门的会议，参与者将与部门主管互动，了解他们的项目，潜在的教师职位，并了解对新教师的期望。美国国家科学基金会的支持将使来自可能没有财政资源支持其博士生旅行的机构的参与者能够参加研讨会。通过直接影响20多名女学生，讲习班将增加申请电气和计算机工程学术职位的妇女人数。参与重点规划将为参与者在学术生涯中取得成功做好准备。与会者将通过与参加部门主管会议的来自学术界和工业界的各种专业人士的互动，扩大他们的专业网络。此外，通过将参与者与成功的女性学术领袖联系起来，研讨会将激发她们的兴趣，成为下一代电子和计算机工程专业女性学生的榜样。这次讲习班将促进关于扩大妇女参与工程教授的成功战略的知识。有充分的证据表明，提供接触榜样和导师的机会是一种有效的策略，可以从工程领域代表性不足的群体中留住学生。本次研讨会将提供一种机制，为电气和计算机工程专业的女博士生提供更多接触这些榜样和导师的机会。研讨会旨在增加参与者与部门主管和行业领袖互动和建立融洽关系的机会。该研讨会将通过更好地为女博士生进入由导师和同行组成的多元化专业网络支持的学术生涯做好准备，扩大电子和计算机工程领域的参与。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。

Despite many efforts to increase diversity in the electrical and computer engineering professoriate, the number of women on engineering faculty remains alarmingly low. To maintain and strengthen the US as a leader in STEM, it is essential to alleviate barriers and broaden participation of all facets of the US population into the STEM workforce. The goal of this workshop is to motivate women who are doctoral students in electrical and computer engineering to consider faculty positions at US universities. Over 20 women doctoral students will be invited to attend a workshop offered at an annual conference of electrical and computer engineering department heads. The workshop sessions include negotiation strategies, effective teaching methods, writing successful proposals, and navigating the academic job search. Participants will have the opportunity to present their research to department heads. Through specialized sessions, participants will interact with department heads to learn about their programs, potential faculty positions, and learn about the expectations for new faculty. NSF support will make the workshop accessible to participants from institutions that may not have the financial resources to support the travel of their doctoral students. By directly impacting over 20 women students, the workshop will increase the number of women applying for academic positions in electrical and computer engineering. Participation in the focused programming will prepare the participants to be successful in their academic careers. Participants will extend their professional networks through interactions with the diverse range of professionals, from both academia and industry, who attend the department heads conference. Furthermore, by connecting participants with successful women academic leaders, the workshop will catalyze their interest to become the role models for the next generation of women electrical and computer engineering students. This workshop will advance knowledge on successful strategies to broaden the participation of women in the engineering professoriate. It is well documented that providing access to role models and mentors is an effective strategy to retain students from underrepresented groups in engineering. This workshop will provide a mechanism to increase access to such role models and mentors for women doctoral students in electrical and computer engineering programs. The workshop is designed to increase the range of opportunities for participants to interact with and build a rapport with department heads and industry leaders. This workshop will broaden participation in electrical and computer engineering by better preparing women doctoral students to enter academic careers supported by a diverse professional network of mentors and peers.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.