Travel Support: American Association of Engineering Society (AAES) Diversity Summit; April 2-3, 2003; Washington, DC

美国工程学会（AAES）提议于2003年4月2日至3日召开一次以行动为重点的工程多样性峰会。该活动将由位于华盛顿特区的NAE主办，由通用电气基金和英特尔公司提供主要资金支持。工程学会，无论他们是否是AAES的成员，都被邀请派遣适当的志愿者和领导该组织多样性项目的工作人员参加峰会。一些工程学会在努力增加女性和少数民族在工程领域的参与方面有着悠久的历史，而另一些则是最近才开始解决这些问题。4月份的会议旨在帮助工程学会增加现有项目的影响，并通过增加多样性来确定加强工程专业的新方法。参与者将被要求为他们的组织以及合作活动制定具体的行动计划。在4月的会议之前，AAES将从受邀组织收集有关其当前多元化政策、项目和活动的信息。2003年夏季举行的第二次会议将最后确定后续活动的计划。该奖项为美国工程学会提供15,000美元，用于支持19名工程学会志愿者领袖参加多样性峰会的旅行。

The American Association of Engineering Society (AAES) proposes to convene anaction-focused summit on diversity in engineering to be held on April 2-3, 2003. The event will be hosted be the NAE in Washington, DC, with lead financial support from the GE Fund and Intel Corporation. Engineering societies, whether or not they are members of AAES, are invited to send the appropriate volunteer and staff person who are leading the organization's diversity programs to participate in the summit.Some engineering societies have a long history of involvement in efforts to increase the participants of women and minorities in engineering, while others have begun to address these issues more recently. The April meeting is designed to help engineering societies increase the impact of existing programs and identify new ways to strengthen the engineering profession through increased diversity. Participants will be asked to develop specific action plan for their organizations as well as collaborative activities. Prior to the April meeting, AAES will collect information from the invited organizations on their current diversity policies, programs, and activities. A second meeting in the summer of 2003 will finalize plans for follow-up activities.This award provides $15,000 to AAES to support travel for 19 engineering society volunteer leaders to participate in the diversity summit.