DCL INCLUDES: Bridging Engineering Science and Technology (BEST)

国家科学基金会(NSF)在全国范围内纳入工程和科学领域未被充分代表的发现者的学习社区(NSF INCLUDE)计划，支持模型、网络、伙伴关系和研究，以确保妇女、历史上未被充分代表的种族和民族成员、社会经济地位较低的人和残疾人更广泛地参与STEM。阿克伦大学将召开为期两天的会议，以发展一个骨干组织，通过生物科学这一工程学(生物力学、生物计量学和生物材料)高增长领域的职业生涯，支持未被充分代表的少数族裔的准备和进步。这次会议吸收了广泛的组织、专业协会、K-20+、社区组织、行业和博物馆的专业知识。目的是加强与会者之间的网络，并利用如何吸引年轻人参与生物科学的学习。第一次会议的结果将是一份白皮书，将分发给几个专业协会，其中概述了解决NSF短期和长期方面的骨干基础设施，包括以生物工程、生物力学、生物医学工程和生物材料为中心的联盟。

The National Science Foundation's (NSF)Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) program supports models, networks, partnerships and research to ensure the broadening participation in STEM of women, members of racial and ethnic groups that have been historically underrepresented, persons of low socio-economic status, and people with disabilities. The University of Akron will convene a two-day conference to develop a backbone organization to support the preparation and advancement of underrepresented minorities K-12 through careers in the biosciences, a high growth area for engineering (biomechanics, biometrics and biomaterials). This conference draws on the expertise of a wide range of organizations, professional associations, K-20+, community based organizations, industry and museums. The intent is to strengthen the network among participants and leverage learning on how to engage youth in the biosciences.The results of this first conference will be a white paper that will be disseminated to several professional societies that outlines a backbone infrastructure for addressing both short-term and longer-term aspects of an NSF INCLUDES alliance centered on bioengineering, biomechanics, biomedical engineering and biomaterials.