Tenth International Conference on Luminescence and Electron-Spin-Resonance Dating; Reno, Nevada; June 24-28, 2002

该奖项将支持一个名为“第十届国际发光和电子自旋共振测年大会”的国际研讨会。“是次会议将探讨电子捕获测年法（TED）在确定地质及考古材料年代方面的效用，目的是让国际专家、从业员及学生聚首一堂，分享这项测年技术的最新发展。” NSF对本次会议的支持将使内华达州大学沙漠研究所成为本次会议在西半球的第一个东道主。 这一点很重要，因为TED作为一种约会技巧在美国科学家中越来越受欢迎。 让欧洲的专家聚集在美国是美国研究人员获得该技术第一手知识的一种成本效益高的方式。

This award will support an international workshop entitled "10th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron-Spin-Resonance Dating." The conference will examine the utility of trapped-electron dating (TED) for establishing the age of geologic and archaeological materials.The purpose of the conference is to bring together international experts, practitioners, and students to share the latest developments in this dating technique. NSF support for this conference will enable the University of Nevada Desert Research Institute to serve as the first host of this conference in the Western Hemisphere. This is important because TED is gaining use among American scientists as a dating technique. Having experts from Europe gather in the United States is a cost-effective way for American researchers to gain first-hand knowledge of the technique.