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

影响：重新定义电气与计算机工程学院 (iREDEFINE ECE)

• 批准号: 1916976
• 负责人: Agnieszka Miguel
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Seattle University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-15 至 2023-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1916976&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Impact; Redefining; Electrical; Computer; Engineering

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.

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少得惊人。为了保持和加强美国在STEM领域的领导地位，必须减少障碍，扩大美国人口各方面对STEM劳动力的参与。本次研讨会的目标是激励女性谁是电气和计算机工程博士生考虑在美国大学的教师职位。将邀请20多名女博士生参加在电气和计算机工程系主任年度会议上举办的讲习班。研讨会包括谈判策略，有效的教学方法，撰写成功的建议书，以及导航学术求职。参与者将有机会向部门负责人介绍他们的研究。通过专门的会议，参与者将与部门负责人互动，了解他们的计划，潜在的教师职位，并了解对新教师的期望。国家科学基金会的支持将使研讨会的参与者从机构可能没有财政资源，以支持他们的博士生的旅行。该讲习班直接影响到20多名女学生，将增加申请电气和计算机工程学术职位的妇女人数。参与重点课程将为参与者在学术生涯中取得成功做好准备。与会者将通过与来自学术界和工业界的各种专业人士的互动来扩展他们的专业网络，他们将参加部门负责人会议。此外，通过将参与者与成功的女性学术领袖联系起来，讲习班将激发他们的兴趣，成为下一代女性电气和计算机工程学生的榜样。该讲习班将增进关于扩大妇女参与工程专业的成功战略的知识。有充分的证据表明，提供榜样和导师的机会是留住来自工程学代表性不足群体的学生的有效策略。该讲习班将提供一种机制，使电气和计算机工程专业的女博士生有更多机会接触到这种榜样和导师。该研讨会旨在增加参与者与部门负责人和行业领导者互动并建立融洽关系的机会。该研讨会将通过更好地帮助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，扩大对电气和计算机工程的参与。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。