Student Poster Competition & Networking Breakfast at ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE); New Orleans, Louisiana; 29 October to 2 Novemb

这笔资金将用于资助40名学生的旅行，这些学生目前正在与主要研究人员一起工作，他们将通过美国国家科学基金会工程理事会（ENG）或本科生研究经验（REU）项目的资助，参加2023年美国机械工程师协会国际机械工程大会和博览会（ASME- imece）的特别海报会议，该会议将于2023年10月29日至11月2日在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举行。这些资金还将用于为崭露头角的研究人员和初级教员举办早餐联谊活动，预计将有400人参加。网络活动将向所有符合条件的与会者开放。在海报旅行奖的评选过程中，将考虑到代表性不足的群体的成员，学生所代表的机构的多样性，以及工程领域项目的多样性。该奖项将通过培养熟练和多样化的工程劳动力，为他们选择的领域的挑战提供变革性的解决方案，从而使国家受益。这种参与支持将有利于学生的专业、科学和技术发展，因为他们将在全国最大的机械工程会议上展示他们的NSF资助的研究项目。参加会议将为学生提供一个绝佳的机会，通过访问国内外演讲者的技术和专业发展讲座，了解工程专业和各自领域的最新研究成果。学生将通过与各自领域的顶尖研究人员热烈讨论他们的工作，提高他们的沟通技巧。与会者还将有机会参加许多技术演讲，参加主题演讲和全体会议，并与潜在的导师、同事和雇主建立联系。早餐社交活动将为学生和教师提供一个机会，与资深教师和行业代表就职业机会和发展轨迹进行更深入的讨论，他们将作为促进者和导师。该项目由工程理事会的土木、机械和制造创新司（CMMI）和化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统司（CBET）共同资助。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 grant provides funds to support travel for 40 students who are currently working with Principal Investigators through NSF funding from the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) or Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs to present at a special poster session at the 2023 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (ASME-IMECE), to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 29 October to 2 November 2023. These funds will also facilitate a breakfast networking event for rising researchers and junior faculty that is expected to be attended by 400 participants. The networking event will be open to all eligible conference attendees. Consideration in the poster travel award selection process will be given to the inclusion of members of underrepresented groups, diversity of institutions that the students represent, and diversity of programs within engineering. The award will benefit the nation through the education of a skilled and diverse engineering workforce better prepared to provide transformative solutions to the challenges of their chosen fields. This participation support is expected to benefit students' professional, scientific, and technical development as they present their NSF funded research projects at the largest mechanical engineering conference in the nation. Attendance at the conference will provide the students a wonderful opportunity to learn about the engineering profession and state-of-the-art research in their fields via access to technical and professional development talks by domestic and international speakers. Students will enhance their communication skills through lively discussions of their work with the top researchers in their fields. The participants will also have an opportunity to attend many technical presentations, join the keynote and plenary sessions featuring technological pioneers, and network with potential mentors, colleagues, and employers. The breakfast networking event will provide an opportunity to students and faculty alike to delve into longer discussions about career opportunities and trajectories with senior faculty and industrial representatives, who will serve as facilitators and mentors.This project is jointly funded by the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) and the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) in the Directorate for Engineering.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.