Professional Experiences for Students in Plasma Science: Student Travel Support for 2021 and 2022 Gaseous Electronics Conferences

等离子体科学学生的专业经验：2021 年和 2022 年气体电子会议的学生旅行支持

• 批准号: 2139438
• 负责人: Kunning Xu
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2139438&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Professional; Experiences; Students; Plasma; Science

This award will support student participation in the 74th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC) to be held October 4 - 8, 2021 in Huntsville, Alabama and the 75th GEC to be held in late 2022 in Sendai, Japan. The GEC has a three quarter century history in pursuit of the foundational physical and chemical processes occurring in partially ionized, collisional plasmas, encompassing the interactions between atoms, molecules, charged particles, photons, waves, and fields. The GEC has a strong tradition of encouraging and promoting student participation. The attendance at research conferences is an important educational experience for students that cannot be replicated at their home institutions. The GEC provides opportunities for students to expand their networks both domestically and internationally, to learn about the most cutting edge research and discoveries, and to develop their professional communication skills.The GEC is a conference that welcomes student participation and introduces them to the global professional community where they can envision themselves developing their careers. The GEC program is organized with breaks mid-morning and mid-afternoon, as a way of facilitating conversation among participants. At the 2021 and 2022 GEC, intentional steps are being taken to create a more inclusive conference atmosphere for those from groups not well represented at the conference. These steps include a reconsideration of the GEC experience to add a commitment to diversity and inclusivity to its reputation as a premier venue for gaseous electronics and plasma research. Although demographic changes in research communities have slower time constants than might be desirable, the student participation enabled by this award has the potential for long term impact on the diversity of the future GEC community. This approach includes introduction of several tested professional development and social events intended to appeal to early career attendees such as student research competition, including students from underrepresented groups. Questions added to the post-conference survey will help to assess need for, interest in and effectiveness of the added events, and responses will be used to guide planning for subsequent future conferences.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.

该奖项将支持学生参加将于10月4日至8日在阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔举行的第74届年度气态电子会议（GEC），并于2022年末在日本仙台举行的第75 GEC。 GEC具有四分之一世纪的历史，以追求在部分离子化的，碰撞的等离子体中发生的基础物理和化学过程，其中包括原子，分子，带电颗粒，光子，波子，波和领域之间的相互作用。 GEC具有鼓励和促进学生参与的牢固传统。对于无法在其家庭机构中无法复制的学生来说，参加研究会议的出席是一个重要的教育经验。 GEC为学生提供了在国内和国际上扩展网络的机会，以了解最前沿的研究和发现，并发展他们的专业沟通技巧。该GEC是一个欢迎学生参与并向全球专业社区介绍他们可以在其中设想自己发展职业的会议。 GEC计划是在上午和下午中旬组织的，作为促进参与者对话的一种方式。在2021年和2022年的GEC上，正在采取故意步骤，为会议上没有很好的团体的人创造更具包容性的会议氛围。这些步骤包括重新考虑GEC的经验，以增加对多样性和包容性的承诺，以表彰其作为气态电子和等离子体研究的主要场所的声誉。尽管研究社区的人口变化的时间常数较慢，但该奖项启用的学生参与可能会对未来GEC社区的多样性产生长期影响。这种方法包括引入几项经过测试的专业发展和社交活动，旨在吸引早期职业与会者，例如学生研究竞赛，包括来自代表性不足的团体的学生。会议后调查中添加的问题将有助于评估附加事件的需求，对和有效性的需求，并将使用回答来指导计划以后的未来会议。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准来通过评估来获得支持的。