Advanced Manufacturing Workshop: Preparing the Next Generation of Women of Color Engineering Researchers

有色人种女性在整个工程学专业中的比例都很低。该项目正在为女性色彩学院开发一个专门的专业发展研讨会，以扩大她们在先进制造领域的参与。研讨会的主要目标是：1)提高对创新需求和先进制造业与美国相关性的认识，2)促进一个网络平台，将颜色工程系的女性聚集在一起，以促进在先进制造领域的潜在合作，以及3)分享克服障碍的战略，这些障碍经常阻碍颜色工程系女性的职业发展。以研究为导向的研讨会将专注于新兴的先进制造领域，重点是材料设计、添加剂制造和混合制造。研讨会参与者将有机会接触到爱荷华州立大学工业和制造系统工程系提供的最先进的设备，培训将通过模块实践活动提供，并辅之以理论指导。研讨会将接待来自全国不同大学的多达25名色彩工程系女教师，以及来自爱荷华州立大学的10至15名本科生。参与者将参与一项“快速辅导”活动，在那里他们将有独特的机会在一对一的会议中制定和讨论他们的具体职业计划。

Women of color are underrepresented throughout the engineering professoriate. This project is developing a special professional development workshop for women faculty of color to broaden their participation in advanced manufacturing areas. The main objectives of the workshop are to: 1) increase awareness of innovation needs and relevance of advanced manufacturing to the U.S., 2) promote a networking platform that brings women of color engineering faculty together to stimulate potential collaborations on advanced manufacturing, and 3) share strategies for overcoming obstacles that often hinder the career advancement of women of color faculty in engineering.The research-driven workshop will focus on emerging advanced manufacturing areas, with an emphasis on the design of materials, additive manufacturing, and hybrid manufacturing. Workshop participants will have access to state of the art equipment available in the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department at Iowa State University, and training will be offered through modular hands-on activities that are supplemented with theoretical instruction. The workshop will host up to twenty-five women of color engineering faculty from various universities around the country, along with ten to fifteen undergraduate students from Iowa State University. The participants will engage in a "speed mentoring" activity, where they will have the unique opportunity to develop and discuss their specific career plans in one-on-one sessions.