CAREER: Interaction of Microscale Solidification Fronts with Embedded Particles

在一个具有巨大影响潜力的重要领域，这是一项非常有力的建议。提出了两种应用，一种是复合材料加工，另一种是低温保存。低温保存的应用较少，但更具探索性；然而，注意到在后一领域与其他研究人员的密切合作。可能要考虑如何获得界面性质（从微观模型如分子动力学方法测量或预测）。如何解释树突的不对称性？为了更准确地捕捉各种现象，二维模型可能最终必须进化到三维模型。

This is a very strong proposal in an important field with great potential for impact. Two applications proposed, one to composite materials processing and the other to cryopreservation. The application to cryopreservation is less focused but more exploratory; however, strong collaboration with other investigators in the latter area is noted. May want to consider how to obtain interfacial properties (measured or predicted from microscopic models such as the molecular dynamics method). How to account for asymmetry of dendrites? Two-dimensional modeling may have to evolve to three-D eventually in order to more accurately capture various phenomena.