Session on Fostering Engineering Mechanics Research Community Diversity and Inclusion; 2018 ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference; Cambridge, Massachusetts; May 31, 2018

该研讨会奖项将支持2018年美国土木工程师学会工程力学学会(EMI)会议上的社区小组和参与者网络会议，重点是如何通过建立指导早期职业研究人员的文化来促进工程力学研究社区的多样性和包容性。本次会议将于2018年5月31日上午在马萨诸塞州剑桥市麻省理工学院举行的ASCE EMI会议期间举行，时间为2018年5月29日至6月1日。该奖项将为来自代表性不足群体的最多4名受邀小组成员和最多13名早期职业工程力学研究人员提供差旅支持，以参加小组讨论和网络会议以及EMI会议。受邀的小组成员将分享他们在研究生涯中的研究经验和挑战，并为早期职业研究人员提出职业生涯建设研究战略和指导机会。本次会议将支持工程力学研究界制定一项指导早期职业工程力学研究人员的计划，以增强研究界的多样性和包容性，从而拓宽视角和专业知识，以推动工程力学领域的科学和工程研究和知识的进步。本次会议的目的是：(1)讨论榜样在培养下一代工程力学研究人员多样性和包容性方面的影响，(2)确定工程力学社区中代表性不足群体的早期职业研究人员面临的挑战，(3)通过小组成员提供的明智建议，学习和借鉴其他研究社区和学术机构的成功研究指导活动，(4)通过先前国家科学基金会支持的教师指导计划的受训者的经验，突出指导和网络对早期职业研究发展的重要性和影响，以及(5)建议可以将指导活动制度化的步骤，使教师过渡到工程力学研究社区的领导角色。这次研讨会的成果将为不同的工程力学研究界之间的联网和指导创造一种积极和积极的文化。该奖项将为指导活动制定一项计划，以建立一个多样化和包容性的工程力学研究社区，并将通过研讨会报告传播该计划。

This workshop award will support a combined community panel and participant networking conference session, focused on ways to foster diversity and inclusion within the engineering mechanics research community by building a culture of mentoring early career researchers, at the 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference. This session will be held on the morning of May 31, 2018, during the ASCE EMI conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 29-June 1, 2018. This award will provide travel support for up to four invited panelists and up to 13 early career engineering mechanics researchers from underrepresented groups to attend the panel and networking session and EMI conference. The invited panelists will share their research experiences and challenges during their research career, and suggest career-building research strategies and mentoring opportunities for early career researchers. This conference session will support the engineering mechanics research community to develop a plan for mentoring early career engineering mechanics researchers to enhance the diversity and inclusion of the research community, and thus broaden the perspectives and expertise to advance the progress of scientific and engineering research and knowledge in the engineering mechanics field. The objectives of this conference session are to: (1) discuss the impact of role models in cultivating diversity and inclusion in the next generation of engineering mechanics researchers, (2) identify the challenges facing early career researchers from underrepresented groups in the engineering mechanics community, (3) learn from and build upon successful research mentoring activities from other research communities and academic institutions, through the sage advice offered by the panelists, (4) highlight the importance and impact of mentoring and networking on early career research development, through the experience of mentees from prior National Science Foundation-supported faculty mentoring programs, and (5) recommend steps that can institutionalize mentorship activities for faculty to transition into leadership roles within the engineering mechanics research community. The outcomes of this workshop will create a positive and proactive culture for networking and mentoring among the diverse engineering mechanics research community. This award will produce a plan for mentoring activities to build a diverse and inclusive engineering mechanics research community and will disseminate the plan through a workshop report.