Travel: 2024 International Microwave Symposium Educational Initiatives for Project Connect

该项目将支持学生参加将于2024年6月16日至21日在华盛顿举行的2024年IEEE国际微波研讨会（IMS）。将为2014年启动的名为Project Connect的教育计划提供支持。该计划的目标是增加来自STEM中代表性不足的少数群体的学生的参与。该计划为学生提供了许多令人兴奋的机会，学习最先进的技术进步，并与微波和无线技术领域的潜在导师互动。该项目旨在培养学生参与者的技术兴趣，激励他们参与本科研究并对研究生课程的进一步研究感兴趣，这将有助于他们发展成功的长期职业生涯，并为美国STEM劳动力做出贡献。IEEE IMS致力于从MHz到THz的微波技术研究领域，是该领域世界上最大的会议。专题讨论会在确定研究和发展的新方向方面发挥了关键作用。项目连接计划将包括各种活动，以帮助参与者与技术社区的其他专业人士建立网络：与教师，研究生和行业成员的小组会议;与行业成员的行业混合器;通过行业展览建立网络;在学生设计竞赛中与研究生互动;介绍每个学生团队准备的“IMS体验”视频纪录片。在整个项目连接计划中，组委会成员和参加会议的研究生志愿者将指导活动并提供指导。该奖项反映了NSF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 project will support student participation in the 2024 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), which will be held in Washington, DC on June 16-21, 2024. Support will be provided for an educational program called Project Connect which was initiated in 2014. The objective of the program is to increase the participation of students from underrepresented minority groups in STEM. The program provides students many exciting opportunities to learn the state-of-the-art technology advancements and interact with potential mentors in the microwave and wireless technological areas. The project aims to develop the technical interests of the student participants, motivating them to be involved in undergraduate research and interested in further studies in graduate program, which will help them develop a successful long-term professional career and contribute to the U.S. STEM workforce. The IEEE IMS addresses research areas in microwave technologies from MHz to THz and is the largest conference in the world in this field. The symposium has played a key role in identifying new directions for research and development. The Project Connect program will include a variety of activities to help participants build their network with other professionals in the technical community: panel sessions with faculty, graduate students, and industry members; an industry mixer with industry members; networking through the industry exhibit; interaction with graduate students in the student design contests; presentation of "IMS Experience" video documentary that each student team prepares. Throughout the entire Project Connect Program, members of the organizing committee and graduate student volunteers at the conference will guide the activities and provide mentorship.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.