Electronic Materials Conference

电子材料会议（EMC）是展示和传播研究成果的主要年度论坛，重点是电子材料的制备，生长，表征和使用。EMC讲座，其中大部分是由学生给出，目前在广泛的领域，从太阳能材料，超材料和等离子体，量子结构，电气和光学表征技术，宽带隙和窄带隙材料，纳米复合材料，2D材料，和许多其他前沿研究。电子材料的设计，生长和合成，开发和表征是广泛的科学领域的核心，从量子传感，通信和计算到可再生能源，光通信和传感，数据存储，电力系统和纳米电子学。EMC为来自学术界、政府实验室和工业界的研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，让他们能够在这些广泛的领域中会面并分享最新的前沿成果。EMC目前吸引了广泛的学科和机构，同时也希望扩大来自少数民族服务机构（MSI）的科学家和工程师的参与，包括历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）。该提案旨在通过NSF材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系（PREM）计划，与MSI和HBCU建立密切的可持续联系，扩大电子材料会议的参与，为了建立一个更多样化的EMC。该项目旨在扩大参与电子材料会议（EMC）通过在EMC与NSF材料研究和教育合作伙伴计划以及少数民族服务机构（MSI）的电子材料研究小组之间建立可持续的关系，拟议的努力将：（i）增加在EMC上展示的研究的广度，为MSI和HBCU研究人员在电子材料研究的有影响力的论坛上传播研究成果提供机会，（ii）为MSI研究人员和EMC与会者之间建立网络和建立合作研究工作提供机会，促进新的研究工作和方向，及（iii）透过扩大参与选举产生的EMC组织委员会及邀请的组织者，加强EMC。拟议的努力将侧重于将来自MSI和HBCU的研究人员纳入EMC的行列，既作为与会者和演讲者，也作为受邀组织者和组委会成员。还将重点关注MSIs的本科研究人员，以使这些学生接触到广泛的尖端材料研究，激励这些学生继续在研究生阶段接受教育，从而加强STEM管道代表性不足的人群。该计划将通过跟踪MSI和PREM与会者的出席和参与情况，以及会后调查来衡量成功与否，以确定对EMC的调整，从而进一步帮助扩大参与范围。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) is the premier annual forum for the presentation and dissemination of research focused on the preparation, growth, characterization and use of electronic materials. EMC talks, a majority of which are given by students, present cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, from solar energy materials, metamaterials and plasmonics, quantum structures, electrical and optical characterization techniques, wide bandgap and narrow bandgap materials, nanocomposites, 2D materials, and many others. The design, growth and synthesis, development, and characterization of electronic materials are central to a wide range of scientific fields, from quantum sensing, communication and computation to renewable energy, optical communication and sensing, data storage, power systems, and nano-electronics. EMC provides a unique opportunity for researchers from academia, government labs, and industry to meet and share the latest cutting-edge results across these broad range of fields. While currently drawing from a broad range of disciplines and institutions, EMC is looking to broaden participation of scientists and engineers from minority serving institutions (MSIs), including historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This proposal aims to broaden participation in the Electronic Materials Conference by forging close, sustainable ties with MSIs and HBCUs, through the NSF Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program, in order to build a more diverse EMC.The project is designed to broaden participation in the Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) by building a sustainable relationship between EMC and the NSF Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials program, as well as electronic materials research groups at minority serving institutions (MSIs). The proposed effort will: (i) increase the breadth of research presented at EMC, providing opportunities for dissemination of research results from MSI and HBCU researchers at an impactful forum for electronic materials research, (ii) offer opportunities for networking and the building of collaborative research efforts between MSI researchers and EMC attendees, fostering new research efforts and directions, and (iii) strengthen the EMC by broadening participation in the elected EMC organizing committee and pool of invited organizers. The proposed effort will focus on bringing researchers from MSIs and HBCUs into the EMC fold, both as attendees and presenters, but also as invited organizers and members of the organizing committee. There will also be a focus on reaching out to undergraduate researchers at MSIs, in order to expose these students to a broad range of cutting-edge materials research, inspire these students to continue their education at the graduate level, and thus strengthen the STEM pipeline for under-represented populations. The program will measure success by tracking attendance and participation by MSI and PREM attendees, as well as with a post-conference survey to determine adjustments to EMC that will further help to broaden participation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.