THE GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON PLASMA PROCESSING SCIENCE (GRC-PPS-2004): SUPPORT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS.

两年一度的戈登等离子处理科学会议将于2004年8月15日至20日在新罕布夏州的普利茅斯举行。该奖项将支持研究生和博士后研究员参加会议。对这项建议的评估考虑到了国家科学基金会支持的两个主要标准，以及它对工程界和科学研究与教学界发展技术能力的潜在贡献，以处理一个重要的技术领域。低温等离子体在集成电路制造、材料合成、表面处理、薄膜沉积、环境修复等重要应用领域具有不可替代的工业应用价值。研讨会的目的是召集来自世界各地的专家，讨论该领域的挑战和机遇。该提案要求提供资金，以支持研究生和博士后研究人员参加会议。这次研讨会的时间对NSF和CTS来说特别有利，因为今年燃烧和等离子体系统计划将更换计划主任。会议的讨论和建议可作为该方案进入下一财政年度时确定优先事项的有用指南。这项活动的学术价值来自等离子体专家的参与，他们的论述，以及他们对未来研究方向的最终建议。更广泛的影响主要来自研究生参加会议，以鼓励他们参与这一领域。此外，会议还将促进国际合作和交流其他国家的研究进展。

A biennial Gordon Conference on Plasma-Processing Science will be held in Plymouth, New Hampshire, on August 15-20, 2004. This award will support the participation of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the conference. The evaluation of this proposal took into account the two primary NSF criteria for support as well its potential contribution to development of technical capabilities among the engineering and science research-and-teaching community to deal with an important field of technology. Low-temperature plasmas provide an industrially indispensable technology with applications in integrated-circuit manufacture, materials synthesis, surface treatment, film deposition, environmental remediation, and other important applications. The purpose of the symposium is to convene experts from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the field. The proposal requests funds to support participation of graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in the conference. The timing of this particular symposium is especially advantageous for NSF and CTS as there will be a change of Program Director in the Combustion and Plasma Systems Program this year. The discussions and recommendations of the meeting can serve as a useful guide for setting priorities of the program as it moves into the next fiscal year. The intellectual merit of the activity arises from the participation of plasma experts, their discourse, and their ultimate recommendations for future research directions. The broader impact arises primarily from the involvement of graduate students in the meeting to encourage their participation in this field. Also, the conference will promote international collaboration and communication of research progress in other countries.