U.S.-Australia Joint Workshop on Electron Density FunctionalTheory: Recent Progress and New Directions/Brisbane, Australia/July 1996

9515457 Vignale该奖项支持12名美国研究人员参加将于1996年7月15日至19日在澳大利亚布里斯班举行的题为“电子密度泛函理论：最新进展和新方向”的研讨会。这次研讨会的美国组织者是密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校物理系的乔瓦尼·维格纳莱博士。澳大利亚的组织者是昆士兰州内森格里菲斯大学科学与技术学院的约翰·多布森博士。电子密度泛函理论(DFT)是固体物理学家和工程师用来预测材料性质和模拟电子和光学器件的理论/计算工具。化学家和生物学家也使用密度泛函理论进行分子建模。研讨会的目的是让能量转移研究人员熟悉处理大分子和小分子体系的理论和实验知识的现状，确定可能对推进大分子振动能量转移知识产生最大影响的实验和理论发展，并促进美国和澳大利亚研究人员在这一研究领域的进一步合作和交流。一些选定的参与者将来自加拿大、法国和德国。澳大利亚通过美澳合作科学计划下的澳大利亚工业、科学和旅游部(DIST)为此次研讨会提供支持。

9515457 Vignale This award supports the participation of twelve American researchers at a workshop entitled "Electron Density Functional Theory: Recent Progress and New Directions" to be held in Brisbane, Australia between July 15 and 19, 1996. The American organizer for this workshop is Dr. Giovanni Vignale of the Department of Physics, University of Missouri - Columbia. The Australian organizer is Dr. John Dobson of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland. Electron Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a theoretical / computational tool used by solid state physicists and engineers to predict materials properties and to model electronic and optical devices. Chemists and biologists also use DFT for molecular modelling. The objectives of the workshop are to acquaint energy transfer researchers with the current state of theoretical and experimental knowledge in dealing with large and small molecular systems, to identify experiments and theoretical developments which may have the greatest impact on advancing knowledge about large molecular vibrational energy transfer, and to foster further collaboration and communication between American and Australian investigators in this research area. A few selected participants will come from Canada, France and Germany. Australian support for this workshop is provided through the Australian Department of Industry, Science and Tourism (DIST) under the U.S.-Australia Cooperative Science Program.