2022 CONFERENCE: A Workshop on Undergraduate Research for Faculty in Glass Science and Engineering (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

本次研讨会由三个项目支持：凝聚态物理(CMP)、金属与金属纳米结构(MMN)和陶瓷(CER)。非-技术描述：2022年5月的这个为期数天的研讨会旨在鼓励与本科生一起工作的教师开展玻璃科学和工程方面的研究。讨论了最佳实践，包括什么是合适的项目，资助机会和撰写建议，与R-1机构合作，以及如何最好地在夏季和学年与本科生一起进行研究。在该领域建立一支多元化的劳动力队伍具有很高的价值。因此，讨论了多样性和本科生研究的各个方面，包括它的内在重要性，招募不同的学者，以及鼓励和指导。正在与参加研讨会的教职员工进行后续行动，以确保加强本科生研究的目标。一个重要的更广泛的影响是，随着时间的推移，许多拥有研究经验的COE学院本科生以接近75%的比率进入该领域的研究生院和行业。技术细节：有文件证明需要更多的玻璃科学家和工程师。总的来说，鼓励本科生参与高水平研究的一个关键因素是参与可发表的研究。这个研讨会在Coe学院举行，有20名教职员工与玻璃科学和工程专业的本科生一起工作。研讨会由Feller教授和Affatigato教授以及几位全国知名的本科生和多样性研究专家领导。在Coe学院，近400名从事可发表研究的学生在工业界和研究生院进入该领域的比例约为75%。这种影响是在增加多样性的同时发生的。研讨会参与者受益于演讲者100多年的实践经验。这项活动的一个变革性方面是，让一大批教员以几何级数增加本科生在该领域的参与度，产生了乘数效应。通过在美国陶瓷学会、爱荷华州玻璃会议和国际玻璃大会的会议上发表演讲来记录这些努力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This workshop is supported by three programs: Condensed Matter Physics (CMP), Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN), and Ceramics (CER).NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: This multiday workshop in May 2022 serves to encourage faculty who work with undergraduates to conduct research in glass science and engineering. Best practices are discussed and include what are suitable projects, funding opportunities and writing proposals, collaborating with R-1 institutions, and how research is best carried out with undergraduate students in the summer and in the academic year. Building a diverse workforce in the field has high value. Thus, various aspects of diversity and undergraduate research are discussed including its inherent importance, recruitment of diverse scholars, and encouragement and mentoring. Follow-up with the faculty members participating in the workshop is taking place to ensure that the goals of undergraduate research are being reinforced. One important broader impact is that many Coe College undergraduate students, with research experience, consistently over time enter graduate school and industry in the field at rates approaching 75%.TECHNICAL DETAILS: There is a documented need for more glass scientists and engineers. A key element that encourages undergraduate students, in general, to engage at a high level is involvement in publishable research. This workshop, at Coe College, involves twenty faculty who are working with undergraduates in glass science and engineering. The workshop is led by Professors Feller and Affatigato and several nationally known experts in research with undergraduate students and diversity. At Coe College, nearly 400 students who perform publishable research enter the field in industry and graduate school at about the 75% level. This impact occurs while simultaneously increasing diversity. Workshop participants are benefitting from well over 100 years of hands-on experiences by the presenters. A transformational aspect of the activity is the multiplicative effect of having a large cadre of faculty geometrically increasing student involvement in the field at the undergraduate level. Documentation of these efforts take place by presentations at meetings of the American Ceramic Society, the Iowa Glass Conference, and the International Congress on Glass.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.