U.S.-Mexico Workshop: Bridging Nanoscale Forces and Interfacial Phenomena to the Macroscopic World; Mexico; Cancun, Mexico, January 2006

该奖项将有助于支持将于2006年1月左右在墨西哥坎昆举行的纳米级力和界面现象研讨会。 由美国的诺玛·阿尔坎塔博士组织。南佛罗里达和美国的菲利普A平卡斯博士。该讲习班由加利福尼亚-圣巴巴拉大学的研究生院与国际合作伙伴墨西哥伊斯塔帕拉帕自治都市大学的Tomas Viveros博士、蒙特利尔大学的Suzanne Giasson博士和南澳大学的Roger Horn博士共同举办，将有来自世界各地约42所大学的代表和国际学生参加。会议将汇集在测量和分析表面力和界面现象的国际领导者的科学家，为处于职业生涯早期阶段的学生，博士后研究人员和调查人员提供实质性的培训经验。它将讨论胶体和界面科学面临的关键问题。学生和博士后研究人员将在海报会议上展示他们的工作。最终，该研讨会旨在促进多层次（跨学科和国际）的合作，以解决将纳米级世界与宏观世界联系起来的复杂问题。国际科学和工程办公室以及工程和数学及物理科学局共同为这项活动提供资金。

This award will help to support a workshop on nanoscale forces and interfacial phenomena to be held in Cancun, Mexico around January 2006. Organized by Dr. Norma Alcantar of the U. of South Florida and Dr. Phillip A Pincus of the U. of California-Santa Barbara, together with international partners Dr. Tomas Viveros of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana in Iztapalapa, Mexico, Dr. Suzanne Giasson, of the University of Montreal, and Dr. Roger Horn of the University of South Australia, the workshop will involve representatives from approximately 42 universities worldwide and international student participation. The meeting will bring together scientists that are international leaders in measuring and analyzing surface forces and interfacial phenomena to provide a substantive training experience for students, postdoctoral researchers and investigators who are at early stages in their career. It will feature a discussion of critical issues facing colloid and interface science. Students and postdoctoral researchers will present their work in poster sessions. Ultimately, the workshop aims to foster collaborations at multiple levels (interdisciplinary and internationally) to attack complex problems that connect the nanoscale world to the macroscopic world. The Office of International Science and Engineering and the Directorates of Engineering and Mathematical and Physical Sciences are sharing in the funding of this activity.