Travel Funding Request for Targetted Attendees at ARO-WES Centrifuge Workshop

美国陆军研究办公室已同意于2001年1月资助“先进概念研讨会--民用和国防应用的计算机模拟研究：对未来研究的评估和建议”。 研讨会将在位于密西西比州维克斯堡的水道实验站的ERDC美国陆军工程兵岩土工程实验室举行。 马里兰州大学的黛博拉·古丁斯和ERDC岩土实验室的理查德·莱德贝特是两个主要组织者。 研讨会的目的是评估迄今为止使用离心模型所取得的成就，然后评估新的研究方向，同时考虑到国防部和非国防部研究用户的需求。 将邀请现有和潜在的研究人员以及研究赞助者和用户参加。向NSF提出的这一建议是要求15，000美元的补充资金，以补贴一批不太可能参加研讨会的学者的差旅费。 目标群体有两个组成部分：第一，在相关领域工作的初级教师，他们可能会在研究计划中接受离心机建模结果的教育;第二，目前从事离心机模型研究的博士生，他们将受益于接触陆军设施，离心机建模社区和潜在的研究赞助商。将特别注意将代表性不足的少数民族和妇女纳入这两个群体。

The US Army Research Office has agreed to fund "Advanced Concepts Workshop - Centrifuge Modelling Research for Civilian and Defense Applications: Taking Stock and Recommendations for Future Research" in January 2001. The workshop will be held at the US Army Corps of Engineers Geotechnical Laboratory of ERDC in the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, MS. Deborah Goodings at the University of Maryland, and Richard Ledbetter of the Geotechnical Laboratory of ERDC are the two primary organizers. The purpose of the workshop is to take stock of what has been accomplished to date using centrifuge modelling, and then to assess new directions for research considering the needs of both DoD and non-DoD research users. Centrifuge researchers as well as research sponsors and users, both present and potential, will be invited to attend. This proposal to NSF is to request $15,000 in supplemental funding to subsidize travel for a group of academics who would not otherwise be likely to attend the workshop. There are two components to the target group: first, junior faculty who work in related areas and who may be educated to the benefits of centrifuge modelling results in their research programs; and second, PhD students who presently are engaged in centrifuge model research, who will benefit from exposure to the Army facility, to the centrifuge modelling community, and to potential research sponsors. Special attention will be given to including underrepresented minorities and females in both groups.