Conference: The Electronic Materials Conference

电子材料会议 (EMC) 是一个重要的年度论坛，旨在展示和传播专注于电子材料的制备、生长、表征和使用的研究成果。 EMC 讲座大部分由学生进行，展示了各个领域的前沿研究，包括太阳能材料、超材料和等离子体、量子结构、电学和光学表征技术、宽带隙和窄带隙材料、纳米复合材料、2D 材料等。电子材料的设计、生长和合成、开发和表征是众多科学领域的核心，从量子传感、通信和计算到可再生能源、光通信和传感、数据存储、电力系统和纳米电子学。 EMC 为来自学术界、政府实验室和工业界的研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，让他们能够在这些广泛的领域见面并分享最新的前沿成果。 虽然目前来自广泛的学科和机构，EMC 正在寻求扩大来自少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 的科学家和工程师的参与，其中包括历史悠久的黑人学院和大学 (HBCU)。 该提案旨在通过 NSF 材料研究和教育伙伴关系 (PREM) 计划与 MSI 建立密切、可持续的联系，从而扩大对电子材料会议的参与，以建立更加多样化的 EMC。该项目旨在通过在 EMC 和 PREM 以及 MSI 的电子材料研究小组之间建立可持续的关系来扩大对 EMC 的参与。拟议的工作将：（i）扩大 EMC 的研究广度，为在有影响力的电子材料研究论坛上传播 MSI 的研究成果提供机会，（ii）为 MSI 研究人员和 EMC 与会者之间建立联系和建立合作研究工作提供机会，促进新的研究工作和方向，以及（iii）通过扩大对当选的 EMC 组委会和受邀组织者的参与来加强 EMC。拟议的工作将侧重于将 MSI 的研究人员引入 EMC，既作为与会者和演示者，又作为受邀组织者和组委会成员。 我们还将重点关注 MSI 的本科生研究人员，以便让这些学生接触广泛的前沿材料研究，激励这些学生继续研究生阶段的教育，从而加强针对代表性不足人群的 STEM 渠道。 该计划将为与会者以及来自 MSI 和 PREM 机构的参与者报销 EMC 注册费，并将为来自这些机构的 EMC 与会者“团队”提供差旅和住宿费用。 成功与否将通过跟踪 MSI 和 PREM 与会者的出席率和参与情况以及会后调查来确定对 EMC 的调整来衡量，从而进一步帮助扩大参与范围。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 Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) is a premier annual forum for the presentation and dissemination of research focused on the preparation, growth, characterization, and use of electronic materials. EMC talks, a majority of which are given by students, present cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, including solar energy materials, metamaterials and plasmonics, quantum structures, electrical and optical characterization techniques, wide bandgap and narrow bandgap materials, nanocomposites, 2D materials, and many others. The design, growth and synthesis, development, and characterization of electronic materials are central to a wide range of scientific fields, from quantum sensing, communication, and computation to renewable energy, optical communication and sensing, data storage, power systems, and nano-electronics. EMC provides a unique opportunity for researchers from academia, government labs, and industry to meet and share the latest cutting-edge results across these broad range of fields. While currently drawing from a broad range of disciplines and institutions, EMC is looking to broaden participation of scientists and engineers from minority serving institutions (MSIs), including historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This proposal aims to broaden participation in the Electronic Materials Conference by forging close, sustainable ties with MSIs, through the NSF Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program, in order to build a more diverse EMC.The project is designed to broaden participation in EMC by building a sustainable relationship between EMC and PREM, as well as electronic materials research groups at MSIs. The proposed effort will: (i) increase the breadth of research presented at EMC, providing opportunities for dissemination of research results from MSIs at an impactful forum for electronic materials research, (ii) offer opportunities for networking and the building of collaborative research efforts between MSI researchers and EMC attendees, fostering new research efforts and directions, and (iii) strengthen the EMC by broadening participation in the elected EMC organizing committee and pool of invited organizers. The proposed effort will focus on bringing researchers from MSIs into the EMC fold, both as attendees and presenters, but also as invited organizers and members of the organizing committee. There will also be a focus on reaching out to undergraduate researchers at MSIs, in order to expose these students to a broad range of cutting-edge materials research, inspire these students to continue their education at the graduate level, and thus strengthen the STEM pipeline for under-represented populations. The program will reimburse EMC registration fees for attendees and participants from MSIs and PREM institutions and will look to support travel and lodging expenses for ‘teams’ of EMC attendees from these institutions. Success will be measured by tracking attendance and participation by MSI and PREM attendees, as well as with a post-conference survey to determine adjustments to EMC that will further help to broaden participation.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.