Partial Student Travel Support for US Students to Attend 2005 IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference (AIM'05); Monterey, CA; July 24-28, 2005

00520155PI：姚斌普渡大学新一届国际先进智能机电一体化会议（AIM）于1997年由美国电气电子工程师学会（IEEE）和美国机械工程师学会（ASME）联合批准召开。自成立以来，IEEE/ASME AIM会议每两年举行一次，在日本（AIM'97， AIM'03），美国（AIM'99），欧洲（AIM'01）之间轮流举办，并在未来，其他亚太地区国家也是如此。本次会议由IEEE工业电子学会（IES）、IEEE机器人与自动化学会（RAS）和ASME动态系统与控制分部（DSCD）共同主办。会议主题的重大现实意义使过去四届AIM会议取得了成功，会议规模也大大扩大——从1997年东京AIM的主要亚洲参与者到1999年亚特兰大AIM的美国科学家和工程师的良好代表，2001年意大利科莫AIM的欧洲参与者，以及03年日本港岛AIM的全球26个国家的研究人员的参与。今年，会议将于2005年7月24日至28日在美国加利福尼亚州蒙特雷举行。继前四届成功举办的会议之后，本次会议旨在通过提供一个交流思想、展示技术成果和讨论未来方向的论坛，促进机电一体化各个领域的活动。会议的主题是“微/纳米技术中的智能机电一体化”。AIM汇集了国际专家社区，讨论与机电一体化、机器人、控制、自动化和相关领域相关的最新研究成果、未来发展前景和创新应用。因此，美国院校学生积极参与会议无疑将为这些学生提供一个很好的学习经验，大大拓宽他们的视野，并为他们未来的研究提供有见地的指导。

00520155PI: Bin YaoPurdue UniversityA new International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) was jointly approved by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 1997. Since its inception, the IEEE/ASME AIM Conference has been held biennially, rotating the host country among Japan (AIM'97, AIM'03), the United States (AIM'99), Europe (AIM'01), and, in the future, other Asian Pacific-Rim nations as well. The conference has been co-sponsored by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), and the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD). The great prac-tical significance of the conference theme has made past four AIM conferences a success and the conference has been expanded significantly - from predominantly Asians partici-pants in AIM'97 in Tokyo to a good representation of US scientists and engineers in AIM'99 in Atlanta, the European participants in AIM'01 in Como, Italy, and a global participation of researchers from 26 countries in AIM'03 in Port Island, Japan. This year, the conference is returning to the USA in Monterey, California from July 24-28, 2005. Following the footsteps of the previous four successful editions, the conference is to promote activities in various areas of mechatronics by providing a forum for exchange of ideas, presentation of technical achievements, and discussion of future directions. The theme of the conference is "Intelligent Mechatronics in Micro/Nano Technologies". The AIM brings together an international community of experts to discuss the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications relevant to mechatronics, robotics, control, automation, and related areas. Active partici-pation of the conference by students in US institutions will thus no doubt provide a great learning experience for these students to significantly expand their horizons and to gain insightful guidance to their future research.