Materials Research at SACNAS: A proposal for 2007-2008 sessions sponsored by NSHP, October 11-14, 2007, Kansas City, MO

奇卡诺人与美国原住民科学促进协会（SACNAS，见：http://www.sacnas.org）每年召开一次全国会议，聚集了大量奇卡诺人/拉丁裔和美国原住民学生、科学家和工程师。美国国家拉美裔物理学家协会（NSHP）计划在2007年和2008年分别在密苏里州堪萨斯城和犹他州盐湖城举行的SACNAS会议上组织材料研究相关的专题讨论会。这些研讨会的目的是向参加SACNAS会议的本科生和研究生介绍该领域重要的技术研究课题和专业机会。这些研讨会鼓励未被充分代表的少数族裔学生攻读工程和物理科学方面的高级学位和职业，从而为我们国家的科学和工程劳动力的多样性做出贡献。该奖项由材料研究部颁发，将资助10名研究生和本科生、4名特邀演讲者和1名会议主席，并为一名学生海报获奖者提供旅费，用于在2007年和2008年期间在专业会议上展示他/她的研究。

The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS, see: http://www.sacnas.org) holds annual national conference, which brings together a large number of Chicano/Latino and Native American students, scientists and engineers. The National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP) plans to organize Materials Research related symposia at the 2007 and 2008 SACNAS meetings to be held at Kansas City, MO and Salt Lake City, UT, respectively. The aim of these symposia is to introduce undergraduate and graduate students attending the SACNAS conference to technologically important research topics and professional opportunities in the field. These symposia encourage underrepresented minority students to pursue advanced degrees and careers in engineering and the physical sciences, thereby contributing to the diversity our nation's science and engineering workforce. This award from the Division of Materials Research would support the attendance of 10 graduate and undergraduate students, 4 invited speakers and one session chair and a travel grant for one student poster winner to present his/her research at a professional meeting during 2007 and 2008.