Student Support for First International Congress on Ceramics; Toronto, Canada; June 25-29, 2006

非技术性研讨会美国陶瓷协会与日本陶瓷协会和欧洲陶瓷协会合作，将于2006年6月25日至29日在加拿大多伦多举办第一届国际陶瓷大会。大会旨在促进对陶瓷和玻璃行业面临的重大问题的讨论和规划，最终制定出具有历史意义的陶瓷技术路线图。NSF资金支持最多二十名本科生和研究生参加第一届国际大会的差旅费和注册费。参加这次大会的学生将有一个非凡的机会向国际观众展示他们的想法，并与来自世界各地的工业，国家实验室和大学参与者建立联系。 在这一国际论坛的经验，预计将影响学生，展示了科学交流和研究与发展的全球网络的重要性。由此产生的“全球陶瓷路线图”也可能激发新的职业方向和机会。技术支持每位参与的学生将撰写一篇题为“陶瓷的未来”的论文，并在大会的海报会议上展示这一作品。大会将为学生提供学习陶瓷和玻璃最新发展的前景。更重要的是，学生们将从工业和学术界的重要成员那里听到他们对未来陶瓷材料和应用的愿景。由于“陶瓷全球路线图”将是会议的具体成果之一，学生将在使用这一路线图，以加强他们的研究和启发研究方向的优势。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONThe American Ceramic Society, in collaboration with the Ceramic Society of Japan and the European Ceramic Society, will host the 1st International Congress on Ceramics, to be held in Toronto, Canada from June 25 through 29, 2006. The Congress is designed to facilitate discussion and planning concerning major issues that face the ceramic and glass industry, culminating in the development of a historic technological roadmap for ceramics. NSF funds support travel and registration fees for up to twenty undergraduate and graduate students to attend the 1st International Congress. Students attending this Congress will have an extraordinary opportunity to present their ideas to an international audience and network with industrial, national laboratory, and university participants from around the world. Experiences at this international forum are expected to influence students by demonstrating the importance of a global network for scientific interchange and research and development. The resulting "Global Roadmap for Ceramics" may also motivate new career directions and opportunities.TECHNICAL DETAILS Each participating student will write a paper entitled "The Future of Ceramics" and present this work at the Congress's poster session. The Congress will offer students the prospect of learning the state-of-the art developments in ceramics and glass. More importantly, students will hear from critical members of the industrial and academic sectors what their vision is for the ceramic materials and applications of the future. Since the "Global Roadmap for Ceramics" will be one of the tangible outcomes of the meeting, students will be at an advantage in using this roadmap both to enhance their research and to inspire research direction.