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ISBN 978-0-87168-772-2 Conference Program Book Editors: Bey Calinger, AAAS, EHR Iris Wagstaff, AAAS, EHR Conference Program Book Cover Design: AAAS Programs/ Membership Department Conference Program Book Design: Donna Behar, AAAS, EHR Overview of the Conference ..................................................................................................... 6 About ..................................................................................................................................... 7-9 Naonal Science Foundaon (NSF) ................................................................................ 7 Emerging Froners in Research and Innovaon (EFRI-REM) .......................................... 8 Naonal Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) ................................................................... 8 American Associaon for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ..................................... 9 Welcome ........................................................................................................................... 10-11 Shirley M. 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Wagstaff, and Quincy Brown, AAAS Conference Staff ...................................................................................................................... 12 Conference Agenda ........................................................................................................... 13-19 Hotel Floor Plans ................................................................................................................ 20-21 Washington, DC Metro System Map ....................................................................................... 22 Biographies (Plenary Session Speakers).............................................................................. 23-31 Judges ...................................................................................................................................... 32 Exhibitor Lisng ....................................................................................................................... 33 Exhibitor Descripons ........................................................................................................ 34-45 1 Naonal Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) Scholars ; Research in Disabilies Educaon (RDE); and Tribal Colleges and Universies Program (TCUP). The 2019 Emerging Researchers Naonal (ERN) Conference in The objecves of the conference are to help undergraduate and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathemacs (STEM) is graduate students to enhance their science communicaon hosted by the American Associaon for the Advancement of skills and to beer understand how to prepare for science Science (AAAS), Educaon and Human Resources Programs careers in a global workforce. Towards this end, the general (EHR) and the Naonal Science Foundaon (NSF) Division of format for the 2-1/2 day conference includes: Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Educaon and Human Resources (EHR). The conference is aimed Student poster and oral presentaons. at college and university undergraduate and graduate students who parcipate in programs funded by the NSF HRD Unit, Other conference acvies include workshops focused on: including underrepresented minories and persons with Strategies for applying for and succeeding in graduate disabilies. programs and finding funding for graduate school; Career preparaon for the STEM workforce, including In parcular, the conference seeks to highlight the research of employment searches and retenon; and undergraduate and graduate students who parcipate in the Understanding STEM careers in a global context and NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) Program idenfying internaonal research and educaon and the following NSF HRD-funded programs: opportunies for undergraduate and graduate students and Alliance for Graduate Educaon and the Professoriate faculty. (AGEP); Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Exhibitors include representaves from academic, government, (CREST); business, and the non-profit sector with informaon about Emerging Froners in Research and Innovaon (EFRI-REM) graduate school admissions, fellowships, summer research Scholars; opportunies, professional development acvies, and EntryPoint; employment opportunies. Historically Black Colleges and Universies Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP); For more informaon, visit the Web site at hp:// www.emerging-researchers.org/. Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Parcipaon (LSAMP) and LSAMP Bridges to the Doctorate; 1The Naonal Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) is working with AAAS to increase the number of African American and other underrepresented minority physics students who parcipate in the ERN conference. 6 Conference Program Book 2019 EMERGING RESEARCHERS NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN STEM prosperity by supporng the broader parcipaon and success of individuals currently underrepresented in STEM and the instuons that serve them. The Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) serves as a focal point for NSF's agency-wide commitment to enhancing the quality and excellence of STEM educaon and research through broadening parcipaon by historically under- represented groups – minories, women, and persons with disabilies. Priority is placed on investments that promise innovaon and transformave strategies and that focus on creang and tesng models that ensure the full parcipaon of and provide opportunies for the educators, researchers, and instuons dedicated to serving these populaons. Programs within HRD have a strong focus on partnerships and collaboraons in order to maximize the preparaon of a well- trained scienfic and instruconal workforce for the new millennium. HRD V: HRD envisions a well-prepared and compeve U.S. workforce of sciensts, technologists, engineers, mathemacians, and educators that reflects the diversity of the U.S. populaon. HRD M: HRD's mission is to grow the innovave and compeve U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathemacs (STEM) workforce that is vital for sustaining and advancing the Naon's 2019 EMERGING RESEARCHERS NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN STEM Conference Program Book 7 The EFRI process of selecng, announcing, and funding new froner areas will funcon throughout the year, ensuring connual input and feedback from the engineering community on promising future research opportunies. This input comes from such diverse sources as workshops, advisory commiees, technical meengs, professional sociees, proposals and awards, and NSF commiees of visitors. The Office of Emerging Froners in Research and Innovaon (EFRI) has been established as a result of strategic planning and From this comprehensive input, ENG idenfies, evaluates, and reorganizaon of NSF Engineering Directorate (ENG). Movated priorizes those froner topics that best match the EFRI criteria by the vision of ENG to be the global leader in advancing the (transformave, addressing a naonal need or grand challenge, froners of fundamental engineering research, EFRI serves a mul- or inter-disciplinary, an area where the community is crical role in helping ENG focus on important emerging areas in poised to respond, and clearly demonstrang ENG's leadership a mely manner. Each year, EFRI will recommend, priorize, and role). fund interdisciplinary iniaves at the emerging froner of engineering research and educaon. These investments represent transformave opportunies, potenally leading to: new research areas for NSF, ENG, and other agencies; new industries or capabilies that result in a leadership posion for the country; and/or significant progress on a recognized naonal need or grand challenge. Founded in 1977 at Morgan State University, the mission of the Naonal Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) is to promote the professional well-being of African American physicists and physics students within the internaonal scienfic community and within society at large. The organizaon seeks to develop and support efforts to increase opportunies for African Americans in physics and to increase their numbers and visibility of their scienfic work. It also seeks to develop acvies and programs that highlight and enhance the benefits of the scienfic contribuons that African American physicists provide for the internaonal community. The society seeks to raise the general knowledge and appreciaon of physics in the African American community. More informaon about NSBP is located online at hp:// nsbp.org/. 8 Conference Program Book 2019 EMERGING RESEARCHERS NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN STEM Open to all, AAAS membership includes a subscripon to Science. The American Associaon for the Advancement of Science is an Four primary program areas fulfill the AAAS mission: internaonal non-profit organizaon dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, Science and Policy spokesperson and professional associaon. In addion to Internaonal Acvies organizing membership acvies, AAAS publishes the journal Educaon and Human Resources Science, hp://www.sciencemag.org/, as well as many scienfic Project 2061 newsleers, books and