A Proposal to Conduct a Workshop on Professional Development of Underrepresented Minority Master?s and Doctoral Engineering Students

提案#1143753标题：关于举办代表性不足的少数民族硕士专业发展研讨会的提案？理工科博士生Shirley McBay，少数民族优质教育（QEM）网络总裁项目摘要：少数民族优质教育（QEM）网络由美国国家科学基金会（NSF），工程局（ENG）和数学和物理科学局资助，进行一系列研讨会中的第三个，重点是工程和材料科学中代表性不足的少数民族学生的专业发展。2011年11月为期两天的研讨会的目标是：1）为来自代表性不足的少数群体的工程硕士和博士生提供信息，资源和技能发展机会，以提高他们在研究生院的成功率，并过渡到工程职业生涯中，政府或行业;以及（2）为学生参与者提供彼此之间以及与参加研讨会的工程学院/其他专业人员建立联系的机会。2009年11月，在ENG董事会的支持下，举办了该系列的第一个讲习班，主题是指导工程专业代表性不足的少数民族本科生。该研讨会汇集了来自15所机构的142名学生及其导师。第二次讲习班于2011年5月举行，来自14所院校的三名工程系教职员工应邀参加了拟议于2011年11月举行的第三次讲习班。参加第一次讲习班的10个机构的教职员工顾问于2010年7月开会讨论下一步行动，强烈建议举办第二次和第三次讲习班。拟议的第三次研讨会的机构团队将由七名硕士和博士生组成，代表性不足的材料科学与工程专业的学生和参加2011年5月研讨会的三人教师/顾问团队，共14个十人机构团队。每队学生将包括三名硕士生和四名博士生，在可能的情况下，包括至少三名女学生。每个种族/民族代表性不足的群体在参与机构研究生材料科学或工程计划将代表。2011年11月的研讨会全体会议和分组将集中在完成工程或材料研究硕士和/或博士学位的要求;如何在研究生院取得成功并确保研究生学习的支持;以及研究，出版，会议出席，指导和网络的作用和重要性。该研讨会将研究在工业，工业和政府的成功要求，以及从硕士到博士学位课程在所代表的领域的关键过渡。

Proposal # 1143753Title: A Proposal to Conduct a Workshop on Professional Development of Underrepresented Minority Master?s and Doctoral Engineering Students.P.I. Shirley McBay, President of Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) NetworkProject Summary: The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, to conduct the third in a series of workshops focused on the professional development of underrepresented minority students in engineering and materials science. The goals of the two-day November 2011 workshop are to: 1) provide masters and doctoral engineering students from underrepresented minority groups with information, resources, and skills development opportunities to increase their success in graduate school and in transitioning to engineering careers in academe, government, or industry; and (2) provide networking opportunities for student participants with each other as well as with engineering faculty/other professionals attending the workshop. The first workshop in the series, conducted in November 2009 with ENG Directorate support, was on Mentoring of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduate Students in Engineering. The workshop brought together 142 students and their faculty advisors from 15 institutions. The second workshop, conducted in May 2011 convened three-member engineering faculty/staff teams from the 14 institutions to be invited to the proposed third workshop in November 2011. Faculty/staff advisors from ten of the institutions participating in the first workshop, who met in July 2010 to discuss next steps, strongly recommended the second and third workshops. Institutional teams in the proposed third workshop will consist of seven masters and doctoral underrepresented materials science and engineering students and the three-person faculty/advisor teams that participated in the May 2011 workshop, for a total of 14 ten-member institutional teams. Students on each team will include three masters and four doctoral students, including, where possible, at least three female students. Each racial/ethnic underrepresented group in a participating institutions graduate materials science or engineering program will be represented. The November 2011 workshop plenary sessions and breakout groups will focus on the requirements for completing a masters and/or doctoral degree in engineering or materials research; how to succeed in graduate school and secure support for graduate study; and the role and importance of research, publishing, conference attendance, mentoring, and networking. The workshop will examine requirements for success in academe, industry, and government and the critical transition from masters to doctoral degree programs in the fields represented.