Syntactic and Composite Foams Conference; Banff, Canada; August 1-5, 2004

材料研究部的这一奖项为国际工程会议(ECI)提供了部分支持，ECI正在赞助将于2004年8月1日至5日在加拿大班夫举行的“句法和复合泡沫”国际会议。本次会议的目的是为来自不同背景的科学家和工程师就日益增长的复合泡沫领域进行讨论提供一个独特的论坛。这些泡沫通常用于利用其非常高的特性、孔结构、能量吸收特性和阻燃特性的应用。会议分为五大类：增强材料表征、泡沫表征、制造、建模和未来方向。会议的范围包括专门用于这些泡沫的增强和功能材料的生产和表征(即空心球、微米/纳米颗粒、具有特定电、磁、介电性能的颗粒、生物等)。以及泡沫的制造、表征、建模和应用。会议的一个主要目标是了解目前外地工作的情况，并促进与会者之间的互动。与会者将努力就未来的发展方向达成共识，同时考虑到该领域的跨学科性质。复合泡沫塑料已经从传统的发泡聚合物泡沫塑料发展而来，现在包括添加颗粒、纤维和/或功能元素，从而产生复杂的微结构，可以根据具体应用进行工程设计。今天，通过在复合材料中加入中空和固体颗粒、纳米颗粒、纤维和专门的发泡剂，可以获得独特的和量身定制的泡沫性能。由于这些创新，复合泡沫和复合泡沫的作用已扩展到航空航天、汽车、通信、生物医学、电子、体育和运输行业。来自NSF的支持是为了让研究生和年轻科学家参加会议。

This award by the Division of Materials Research provides partial support to Engineering Conferences International (ECI), which is sponsoring an international conference on "Syntactic and Composite Foams" to be held August 1-5, 2004 in Banff, Canada. The objective of this conference is to provide a unique forum for discourse among scientists and engineers from varied backgrounds on the growing field of composite foams. These foams are typically used in applications that take advantage of their very high specific properties, pore structure, energy absorption characteristics, and flame retardant properties. The sessions are divided into five broad categories: reinforcement characterization, foam characterization, fabrication, modeling, and future directions. The scope of the conference includes the production and characterization of reinforcing and functional materials specifically used for these foams (i.e. hollow spheres, micro/nanoparticles, particles with specific electric, magnetic, dielectric properties, biological, etc.) as well as fabrication, characterization, modeling, and applications of the foams. A main goal of the conference is to obtain a survey of the current work in the field and to promote interaction among participants. Participants will try to reach a consensus with regard to future directions, taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of the field.Composite foams have grown out of conventional blown polymer foams to now include the addition of particles, fibers and/or functional elements, resulting in complex microstructures that can be engineered to meet specific applications. Today, by incorporating into composites hollow and solid particles, nanoparticles, fibers, and specialized foaming agents, unique and tailored foam properties can be attained. Because of these innovations, the role of syntactic and composite foams has expanded into the aerospace, automotive, communications, biomedical, electronics, sporting, and transportation industries. The support from the NSF is for graduate students and young scientists to attend the conference.