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

本次研讨会由三个专业支持：凝聚态物理（CMP），金属和金属纳米结构（MMN）和陶瓷（CER）。非技术描述：这个为期多日的研讨会将于2022年5月举行，旨在鼓励与本科生一起工作的教师进行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，资助机会和写作提案，与R-1机构合作，以及如何在夏季和学年与本科生进行最好的研究。在该领域建立一支多样化的劳动力队伍具有很高的价值。因此，本文讨论了多样性和本科生研究的各个方面，包括多样性的内在重要性、多样性学者的招募以及鼓励和指导。正在与参加讲习班的教员进行后续工作，以确保本科生研究的目标得到加强。一个重要的更广泛的影响是，许多具有研究经验的科学院本科生，随着时间的推移，以接近75%的比例进入研究生院和行业。技术细节：有文件证明需要更多的玻璃科学家和工程师。一般来说，鼓励本科生从事高水平研究的一个关键因素是参与可发表的研究。这个研讨会在科学院（Coe College）举行，有20名教师参与，他们与玻璃科学与工程专业的本科生一起工作。该研讨会由Feller和Affatigato教授以及几位国内知名的本科生和多样性研究专家领导。在科学院，近400名从事可发表研究的学生进入工业界和研究生院的比例约为75%。这种影响在增加多样性的同时发生。研讨会参与者受益于演讲者100多年的实践经验。该活动的一个转变方面是拥有大量教师骨干以几何级数增加学生在本科阶段对该领域的参与所产生的倍增效应。在美国陶瓷协会会议、爱荷华玻璃会议和国际玻璃大会上，这些努力的文件都得到了展示。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 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.