RCMS: RESEARCH FOR MINORITY SCHOLARS IN THE CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES

9450254 Prairie View a&m University （PVAMU）的工程与建筑学院（CEA）提出了一项为期五年的少数族裔学者研究职业（RCMS）计划，该计划的重点是增加非洲裔美国人在制造业相关的SEM学科中的参与。该项目将与PVAMU -制造技术中心（CMT）的一个主要资助项目一起运作。RCMS项目每年将选择25名非裔美国人的SEM学生与CMT的教职员工一起工作。RCMS项目的目标是为高质量、有研究经验的非裔美国人提供21世纪关键技术制造学科的博士学位。基于cmt的RCMS项目的基本使命是确保非裔美国人充分参与与美国制造业相关的关键和新兴技术。该项目将对PVAMU工程、计算机科学、化学和物理学科领域的学生产生直接影响。RCMS的学生在完成本科学位后，将被鼓励参加PVAMU和德克萨斯农工大学正在进行的硕士到博士项目。RCMS学生将参与以下活动：i)学年项目，ii)暑期研究实习，iii)年度制造业会议，iv)硕士和博士学位管道论坛，v)制造业课程开发，vi)制造业技术转让，vii)制造业学生推广，viii)制造业学生招募。制造技术中心由Prairie View a&m大学与Texas a&m大学系统合作领导。制造技术中心于1993年5月被德州农工大学系统董事会正式认定为研究开发、技术转移和产业扩展中心。1993年7月，美国陆军物资司令部向CMT作出了一项为期5年，耗资1060万美元的承诺，以开展电子制造和军民两用技术的研究，为消费者和国防电子工业提供技术转让和工业扩展服务，并为非裔美国人在制造学科中启动硕士到博士学位的管道项目。该计划的五年绩效目标是每年培养五名非裔美国人，获得cmt赞助的制造学科之一的博士学位。预计在PVAMU或TAMU，任何时候都将有25名非裔美国人在攻读硕士和博士学位。机构对CMT RCMS项目的承诺是与所有学生奖学金和支持费用一美元一美元匹配。该计划将在内部和外部进行评估。内部评估将通过CMT咨询小组每半年进行一次。外部评估将通过国家科学基金会每年进行一次。评估方法将需要RCMS学生在其他机构攻读博士学位的成功记录。

9450254 Foster Research Careers for Minority Scholars Program at Prairie View A&M University The College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) proposes a five-year Research Careers for Minority Scholars (RCMS) program which is focused towards increased participation of African Americans in manufacturing related SEM disciplines. This project will be operating in conjunction with a major funded program at PVAMU - the Center for Manufacturing Technologies (CMT). The RCMS project will select twenty-five African American SEM students annually to work with CMT faculty and staff. The goal of the RCMS program will be to act as a feeder of high quality, research-experienced African Americans into Ph.D. programs in those manufacturing disciplines defined as critical technologies of the 21st century. The fundamental mission of the CMT-based RCMS program is to ensure that African Americans participate fully in those critical and emerging technologies related to the U.S. manufacturing effort. The program will have direct impact on students in the discipline areas of engineering computer science, chemistry and physics at PVAMU. RCMS students will be encouraged upon completing their undergraduate degree to take part in the ongoing M.S. to Ph.D program between PVAMU and Texas A&M University. RCMS students will be involved with the following activities: i) academic year projects, ii) summer research internships, iii) annual manufacturing conference, iv) M.S. and Ph.D. pipeline forum, v) manufacturing curriculum development, vi) manufacturing technology transfer, vii) manufacturing student outreach, and viii) manufacturing student recruitment. The Center for Manufacturing Technologieq is led by Prairie View A&M University in partnership with Texas A&M University System. The Center for Manufacturing Technologies was officially recognized as a center for research development, technology transfer and industrial extension by the Texas A &M University System Board of Regents in May of 1993. In July of 1993 the U.S. Army Material Command made a five year, $10.6 million commitment to CMT to conduct research on electronics manufacturing and dual-use technologies, provide technology transfer ad industrial extension services to the consumer and defense electronics industry, and to initiate an M.S. to Ph.D. Pipeline program for African Americans in the manufacturing disciplines. The five-year performance goal of the pipeline program is to graduate five African Americans each year with a Ph.D. in one of the CMT-sponsored manufacturing disciplines. It is expected that 25 African Americans will be in the M.S. to Ph.D. Pipeline at any one time, either at PVAMU or TAMU. Institutional commitment to the CMT RCMS program is a dollar for dollar match for all student scholarships and support costs. The program will be evaluated both internally and externally. Internal evaluation will take place on a semiannual basis through a CMT advisory panel. External evaluation will occur on an annual basis through the National Science Foundation. The methods of evaluation would entail the success record of RCMS students moving into Ph.D. tracks at other institutions.