Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI): Interfacial Fluid Dynamics: From Mathematical Theory to Applications; Cordoba, Argentina; August 2007

泛美高级研究所(PASI)由美国国家科学基金会和能源部(DOE)联合支持，将于2007年8月在阿根廷科尔多瓦举行，主题是界面流体动力学，从数学理论到应用。该研究所由新泽西理工学院的Lou Kondic博士和加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的George M.Homsy组织，将有来自美国和拉丁美洲的大约35名参与者，包括研究生和初级和成熟的调查人员，以及大约12名教员(活跃在该领域的国际公认的科学家)。这些活动将包括辅导讲座、高级主题介绍、圆桌讨论和海报会议，目的是为与会者提供对这一研究领域的最新回顾。在过去的十年中，在微流体和纳米流体领域有了重大的发展，其中界面问题至关重要。此外，由于目前对化石燃料的担忧，更传统的领域，如石油生产和其他与能源相关的应用，已具有新的重要性。PASI将涵盖与现代界面流体动力学相关的各种主题，包括分析、计算和多尺度方法、物理模型和实验，以及从纳米和微流体、生物流动到各种涂层应用的面向工程的问题。广泛的申请和材料将赋予该研究所重大的跨学科性质，并应促进促进该领域发展的新思想的交流，并最终加强拉丁美洲初级和高级调查人员与美国同行之间的关系。提交给该研究所的材料将张贴在指定的网站上，以便进一步向科学界和广大公众传播。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI), jointly supported by the NSF and Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Cordoba, Argentina in August of 2007, on the topic of interfacial fluid dynamics, from mathematical theory to applications. Organized by Dr. Lou Kondic of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and George M. Homsy of the University of California-Santa Barbara, the institute will involve approximately 35 participants from the United States and Latin America including graduate students and junior and established investigators, and about 12 instructors (internationally recognized scientists, active in the field). The activities will consist of a combination of tutorial lectures, advanced-topic presentations, round table discussions, and poster sessions, with the goal of providing the participants with an up-to-date review of this field of research. In the last decade, there have been significant developments in the fields of micro and nanofluidics, where interfacial issues are crucial. In addition, the more traditional areas, such as oil production and other energy related applications have taken on new importance due to the current concern about fossil fuels. The PASI will cover a variety of topics relevant to modern interfacial fluid dynamics, including analytical, computational, and multiscale methods, physical models and experiments, and engineering-oriented issues in the range from nano- and microfluidics, and bioflows, to a variety of coating applications. The wide range of applications and materials will impart a significant interdisciplinary nature to the institute, and should foster the cross-fertilization of new ideas to advance the field and, ultimately, increase relations between Latin American junior and senior investigators and their counterparts in the U.S. Materials presented at the Institute will be posted in a designated web site for further dissemination to the scientific community and the public at large.