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

CoNECD会议的目的是为探索当前的研究和实践提供一个论坛，以加强工程和计算专业中所有未被充分代表的人群的多样性和包容性，包括性别认同和表达、种族和民族、残疾、退伍军人、LGBTQIA+、第一代和社会经济地位。CoNECD会议致力于组成我们的工程和计算工作人员的所有不同群体。该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）工程教育和中心部的“扩大参与工程”项目支持变革性的研究、会议和计划，以解决工程领域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。该奖项支持了公立和私立大学、组织和少数族裔服务机构。潜在的影响范围是显而易见的。这将通过海报会议来实现，为研究正在扩大参与的国家科学基金会PI获奖者提供旅行津贴；并提供一个场所，在海报会议上展示他们的研究成果，包括研究生与会者，以帮助进一步发展一个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。该会议项目将使教师能够交叉分享最近的BPE研究进展，研究生和实践者也将参与其中。这种参与对于继续促进BPE研究领域的社区和支持至关重要。我们的目标是从参与者那里获得关于这种参与策略的反馈，以确定可能的持续沟通和合作，并进一步提供与CoNECD相关的未来场地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。在此期间将没有其他并发会话。这为BPE获奖者与更广泛的社区（包括研究生、从业者和其他研究人员）之间的互动提供了一个正式的时间。其目的有两方面：一是扩大参与创新研究的人数，二是增加每个人的研究和专业网络，尤其是研究生。该领域的研究成果必须与从业者和其他研究人员广泛共享，以获得通过BPE计划支持的研究成果的全部收益。NSF PI获奖者、BPE从业者和研究生项目中的初级专业人员代表了全面参与工程企业目标的关键角色。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。

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.