NSF INCLUDES Network Connector: Expanded Network for Broader Participation in Aerospace Engineering through Education, Mentoring, and Workforce Development

通过教育、指导和劳动力发展更广泛地参与航空航天工程的扩大网络(ENBP-AE)项目旨在为全国航空航天工程和与航空航天相关学科的URM学生提供研究和劳动力发展机会。该项目的目标是公平地扩大下一代航空航天工程师(BP-AE)计划的参与范围，这是美国宇航局MUREP-包括佛罗里达农工大学的一项赠款，该项目通过确定共同的目标、措施和相辅相成的活动，成功地为佛罗里达三所大学的学生提供了航空航天实习和教育机会。扩建项目将分三条战线实施。首先，将广泛利益攸关方的专业知识和资源联合在一起的多部门BP-AE伙伴关系将扩大到包括另外五个HBCU、FAMU正在进行的NSF项目以及NSF Eddie Berice Johnson包括国家网络。第二，将为所有参与网络的学生实施可持续的、以证据为基础的指导结构。第三，将通过研究和基于项目的学习活动培养联网的MSI在加强和扩大工程劳动力方面的领导作用。通过创新地整合行业支持的研究、航空航天实习、劳动力发展以及本科生和研究生的指导活动，ENBP-AE项目解决了对URM学生、MSI和航空航天行业共同目标的可持续解决方案的需求。该项目将为MSI项目带来关于STEM指导、研究和教育途径有效发展的新知识。这项工作的一个方面是多层次的招生战略，其中包括基于大学间项目的学习，以增加URM学生的STEM认同感，并推动他们对STEM研究生课程的兴趣。这项工作的另一个方面是一个基于证据和可持续的指导结构，为网络合作伙伴轻松过渡到有效的STEM指导。最后，这项工作旨在通过彼此、研究中心和行业的合作，促进MSI教职员工在扩大参与方面的领导作用。该项目由NSF的Eddie Berice Johnson Including(包括)倡议资助，该倡议旨在激励和加速协作性基础设施建设，以推进和维持系统性变革，以扩大对STEM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优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Expanded Network for Broader Participation in Aerospace Engineering through Education, Mentoring, and Workforce Development (ENBP-AE) project seeks to provide research and workforce development opportunities for the nation’s URM students in aerospace engineering and aerospace-related disciplines. The project goal is to equitably scale up the Broadening Participation of Next Generation Aerospace Engineers (BP-AE) program, a NASA MUREP-INCLUDES grant at Florida A&M University, which has successfully provided aerospace internships and educational opportunities to students at three Florida universities through the identification of shared goals, measures, and mutually reinforcing activities. The expansion project will be executed across three fronts. First, the multi-sector BP-AE partnerships that unite the expertise and resources of a broad range of stakeholders will be expanded to include five additional HBCUs, ongoing NSF projects at FAMU, and the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES National Network. Second, a sustainable and evidenced-based mentoring structure will be implemented for all network participating students. Third, the leadership role of the networked MSIs to strengthen and expand the engineering workforce will be fostered through research and project-based learning activities.Through an innovative integration of industry-supported research, aerospace internships, workforce development, and mentoring activities for undergraduate and graduate students, the ENBP-AE project addresses the need for sustainable solutions to the shared goals of URM students, MSIs, and the aerospace industry. The project will lead to new knowledge about the efficient development of STEM mentoring, research, and educational paths for MSI programs. One aspect of the work is a multi-layered recruitment strategy that includes inter-university project-based learning to increase the STEM identity of URM students and propel their interest in STEM graduate programs. Another aspect of the work is an evidenced-based and sustainable mentoring structure that eases the transition to effective STEM mentoring for network partners. Finally, the work aims to advance the MSI faculty leadership role in broadening participation through collaboration with each other, research centers, and industry.This project is funded by NSF’s Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative, which seeks to motivate and accelerate collaborative infrastructure building to advance and sustain systemic change to broaden participation in STEM at scale.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.