Conference: Reinforcing the future of BPE research through a poster session for BPE NSF Awardees

CoNECD(发音为“Connected”)会议的目的是提供一个论坛，探讨当前的研究和做法，以加强工程和计算机专业中所有代表性不足群体的多样性和包容性，包括性别认同和表达、种族和族裔、残疾、退伍军人、LGBTQIA+、第一代和社会经济地位。CoNECD大会致力于为组成我们的工程和计算员工队伍的所有不同群体而举办。这个项目的目的是为研究交流和合作提供一个论坛。美国国家科学基金会(EECD)工程教育和中心分部(EECD)扩大参与工程计划，支持了变革性研究、会议和计划，以解决工程学中边缘化群体代表性不足的问题。资金支持了美国所有地区，包括32个州。奖项支持公立和私立大学、组织和为少数族裔服务的机构。潜在的影响范围是显而易见的。这将通过海报会议实现，为其研究正在扩大参与的NSF PI奖获得者提供旅行津贴；并提供一个在海报会议上展示他们的研究的场所，包括接触研究生与会者，以帮助进一步发展具有可转移沟通技能的BPE研究人员社区，以接触该领域的从业者。这个会议项目将使教师能够交叉分享最近的BPE研究进展，研究生和该领域的实践者参与其中。这种参与对于继续促进BPE研究领域的社区和支持将是至关重要的。我们的目标是从与会者那里获得关于这类接触战略的反馈，以确定哪些方面可以继续沟通和合作，并进一步提供与CoNECD相关的未来场馆所需的任何战略支持。海报会议将在CoNECD会议的第一个全天举行。在此期间不会有其他并发会话。这提供了一个正式的时间来促进BPE获奖者与更广泛的社区之间的互动，包括研究生、从业者和其他研究人员。其目的是双重的：扩大参与创新研究的个人数量，并增加每个人的研究和专业网络，特别是研究生。这一领域的研究成果必须与从业者和其他研究人员广泛分享，以充分受益于通过BPE计划支持的研究成果。NSF PI奖获得者、BPE从业者和研究生项目中的初级专业人员代表着全面参与工程企业的目标的关键参与者。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 purpose of the CoNECD (pronounced, “connected”) Conference is to provide a forum for exploring current research and practices to enhance diversity and inclusion of all underrepresented populations in the engineering and computing professions including gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, disability, veteran, LGBTQIA+, 1st generation and socio-economic status. The CoNECD Conference is dedicated to all the diverse groups that comprise our engineering and computing workforce. The purpose of this project is to provide a forum for research exchange and collaboration. The Broadening Participation in Engineering program of the Engineering Education and Centers Division of the National Science Foundation (EECD) has supported transformative research, conferences, and planning to address the underrepresentation of marginalized groups in engineering. Funding has supported all regions of the United States, including thirty-two states. Awards have supported public and private universities, organizations, and Minority-Serving Institutions. The potential span of impact is apparent. This will be achieved through a poster session to provide travel allowance for NSF PI awardees whose research is in broadening participation; and to provide a venue for presenting their research in a poster session, including exposure to graduate student attendees, to help further develop a community of BPE researchers with a transferable communication skillset to reach practitioners in the space. This conference project will enable cross-sharing of recent BPE research developments by faculty, with engagement from graduate students and practitioners in the space. Engagement of this kind will be critical to continue to foster community and support in the BPE research space. We aim to gain feedback on this type of engagement strategy from participants to determine what continued communication and collaboration is possible, and further any strategic support that is necessary at future venues related to CoNECD. The Poster Session will take place on the first full day of the CoNECD conference. There will be no other concurrent sessions during this time. This provides a formal time to facilitate interactions between the BPE awardees and the broader community, including graduate students, practitioners, and other researchers. The intent is twofold: to broaden the numbers of individuals who learn about innovative research in broadening participation, and increase everyone’s research and professional network, particularly graduate students. Research results in this area must be broadly shared with practitioners and other researchers to reap the full benefits of the research outcomes that have been supported through the BPE Program. NSF PI awardees, BPE practitioners, and junior professionals in graduate programs represent key actors in the goal of full participation in the engineering enterprise.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.