Minority Research Opportunities in Science and Engineering at the Naval Research Laboratory

摘要-9900902 M。Spector/NRL由于文化和历史的障碍，少数民族在科学，数学和工程领域的代表性仍然不足。 尽管获得理工科本科学位的少数民族人数有所增加，但获得博士学位的少数民族人数几乎没有增加。 科学界必须为有前途的青年学生提供培训机会和榜样，以鼓励他们攻读科学、数学和工程学的高级学位，并从事研究工作。 与美国国家科学基金会合作，生物/分子科学与工程中心（CBMSE）在海军研究实验室（NRL）已经开发了一个暑期实习计划，为少数民族学生，让实习生有机会体验专业的实验室研究第一手专注于培养未来的科学家和工程师。 在该计划的前七年中，58名优秀学生在CBMSE工作了十周，从事科学和技术前沿的激动人心的项目。 在完成本科学位的学生中，大多数人继续获得硕士学位，许多人目前正在攻读博士学位。 在成功的基础上，建议更新和扩大该计划，特别关注化学工程师和材料科学家。 NRL的其他部门将被包括在内，并将增加招聘工作，以追求更多HBCU/MI/TCU的学生（历史上的黑人学院和大学，少数民族机构，还提议在北卡罗来纳大学科学家和密歇根州高等商学院/密歇根大学教员之间建立联合研究方案。TCU的，学生将执行工作，导致硕士学位或本科论文在两个机构联合。

ABSTRACTCTS-9900902M. Spector/NRLDue to cultural and historic barriers, minorities continue to be underrepresented in science, mathematics, and engineering. Despite some growth in the number of minorities receiving undergraduate degrees in science and engineering, there has been little increase in the number of minorities at the doctoral level. It is essential for the scientific community to provide training opportunities and role models for promising young students in order to encourage them to pursue advanced degrees in science, mathematics, and engineering and careers in research. Cooperatively with the National Science Foundation, the Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering (CBMSE) at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a summer internship program for minority students which gives the interns the opportunity to experience professional laboratory research first hand focussing uniquely on training future scientist and engineers. During the first seven years of the program, fifty-eight outstanding students have spent ten weeks working in the CBMSE on exciting projects at the leading edge of science and technology. Of the students who have completed their undergraduate degrees, most have gone on to receive master's degrees and many are currently in doctoral programs. Based upon the success, it is proposed to renew and expand the program with special attention paid to chemical engineers and materials scientists. Other divisions at NRL will be included and recruiting efforts will be increased to pursue students at additional HBCU/MI/TCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions, and Tribal College and Universities).It is also proposed to establish joint research programs between NRL scientist and faculty members at HCBU/MI/TCU's in which students would perform work leading to a master's degree or undergraduate thesis jointly at the two institutions.