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

Mark S. Spector，海军研究实验室“海军研究实验室在科学和工程领域的少数族裔研究机会”由于文化和历史障碍，少数族裔在科学、数学和工程领域的代表性仍然不足。尽管获得科学和工程学士学位的少数族裔人数有所增加，但获得博士学位的少数族裔人数几乎没有增加。科学界必须为有前途的年轻学生提供培训机会和榜样，以鼓励他们追求科学、数学和工程方面的高级学位，并从事研究工作。美国海军研究实验室（NRL）的生物/分子科学与工程中心（CBMSE）为少数民族学生制定了一项暑期实习计划，让实习生有机会亲身体验专业的实验室研究。参与主要集中在全国历史上的黑人学院和大学，少数民族机构和部落学院和大学（HBCU/MI/TCU）的本科生。虽然有几个项目为追求医疗保健事业的学生提供支持，但这个项目的重点是培养未来的科学家和工程师。在以往成功的基础上，建议更新该计划。建议通过在NRL的生物/分子科学与工程中心、物理冶金部门和表面改性部门安排实习生，并加大招聘力度，在其他HBCU/MI/TCU招收学生，将暑期实习人数增加到每年约15人。作为NRL科学家和HCBU/MI/TCU的教师之间合作努力的一部分，每年最多支持五名学生在下一学年继续在他们的家乡研究所进行研究。已经取得的成就突出了这项活动的广泛影响。在该项目的前十年，93名优秀学生在海军研究实验室工作了10周，从事前沿科学技术的激动人心的项目。其中包括48名女性和45名男性，他们来自不同的科学学科：生物学、化学工程、机械工程、物理学、化学、数学、电子工程和计算机科学。在完成本科学位的学生中，许多人继续获得硕士学位，目前约有20人正在攻读博士学位。

Mark S. Spector, Naval Research Laboratory"Minority Research Opportunities in Science and Engineering at the Naval Research Laboratory"Due 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. The Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering (CBMSE) at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a summer internship program for minority students that give the interns the opportunity to experience professional laboratory research first hand. Participation is essentially focused on undergraduates at the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities (HBCU/MI/TCU's). While there are several programs that provide support for students pursuing careers in health care, this program focuses uniquely on training future scientists and engineers.Based upon previous success, it is proposed to renew the program. It is proposes to increase the number of summer internships to approximately fifteen per year by placing interns in the NRL's Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Physical Metallurgy Branch, and Surface Modification Branch and increasing our recruiting effort to pursue students at additional HBCU/MI/TCU's. It is also proposed to support up to five students per year to continue their research at their home institute during the following school year as part of a collaborative effort between NRL scientists and faculty members at HCBU/MI/TCU's.The broader impact of this activity is highlighted by the accomplishments already made. During the first ten years of the program, ninety-three outstanding students have spent ten weeks working at the Naval Research Laboratory on exciting projects at the leading edge of science and technology. This has included 48 women and 45 men from a variety of scientific disciplines: Biology, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Of the students who have completed their undergraduate degrees, many have gone on to receive master's degrees and approximately twenty are currently in doctoral programs.