Microgravity Transport Processes in Fluid, Thermal, Materials, and Biological Sciences Conference

该提案旨在支持年轻教师、博士后研究人员和研究生参加2003年9月14日至19日在瑞士达沃斯举行的流体、热、材料和生物科学的微重力传输过程会议。本次会议的目的是汇集热流体，材料和生物科学领域的科学家，为技术思想交流提供论坛，并探索跨学科研究领域。这些微重力科学不同领域的共同点是输运现象这一重要领域。我们的期望是，将会有跨学科领域的鉴定，在那里可以分享专业知识，并可能开发出健康的新研究项目。会议的组织方式是没有平行会议，所有与会者都将参加不同的会议。每次会议将以一个受邀的主题演讲开始，然后是其他论文。此外，将分配时间对会议上出现的选定议题进行非正式讨论。本次会议已获得国际关注，并成立了一个由来自美国、欧洲、俄罗斯、意大利、日本和加拿大的科学家组成的组委会。旅行基金将专门用于支持未获得终身教职的教师、研究生、博士后研究员以及包括女性在内的少数族裔。

The proposal is to support the attendance and participation of young faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students at the Microgravity Transport Processes in Fluid, Thermal, Materials, and Biological Sciences Conference in Davos, Switzerland, September 14-19, 2003. The purpose of this conference is to bring together scientists in the thermal-fluid, materials and biological sciences and provide a forum for the exchange of technical ideas, and explore arenas of interdisciplinary research. The common thread in these different areas of microgravity science is the important area of Transport Phenomena. The expectation is that there will be identification of cross-disciplinary areas where expertise can be shared and healthy new research programs may be developed. The conference is organized so that there are no parallel sessions and all attendees are expected to participate in the different sessions. Each session will open with one invited keynote lecture followed by other papers. In addition, time will be allocated for informal discussions on selected topics that emerge at the conference. This conference has gained international exposure and this aspect is being cultivated by setting up an organizing committee that is made of scientists from United States, Europe, Russia, Italy, Japan and Canada. The travel funds will be used exclusively to support untenured faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and under-represented minorities, including women.