Student Participant Support for the 5th International Conference MetFoam 2007, Montreal, Canada, September, 2007

技术：MetFoam 2007是第五届多孔金属和金属泡沫国际会议，将于2007年9月在蒙特利尔（加拿大）举行。会议的重点是讨论金属泡沫的最新发展。主题包括泡沫金属的生产，制造，以及对结构-性质关系的基本理解，并着眼于应用。本课程将讨论细胞金属的合成、表征、构效关系等主题。申请的预算将全部用于为参加Metfoam 2007会议或展示其研究的大学生提供部分经济支持。最高约500美元的旅行补助金将用于部分支付参加费用。非技术：组织者在提供支持时将特别考虑到妇女和少数民族，目标是让一半的接受者是女性或少数民族。组织者希望通过这些资助，大大提高学生对本次会议的参与度。会议预计将收到约150份会议意见书，与会者共计200-300人。一个工业展览会将突出它们的应用。除了NSF要求的支持外，会议的赞助商还包括十家公司、魁北克铝业研究与发展中心、加拿大冶金学会、弗劳恩霍夫研究所、魁北克政府和蒙特利尔市。NSF基金的可用性将通过电子邮件通知学生。

TECHNICAL: MetFoam 2007 is the 5th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams and will take place on September 2007 in Montreal (Canada). The focus of the meeting is to discuss latest developments in metallic foams. Topics include metfoam production, manufacturing, and fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships, with an eye towards applications. Topics such as synthesis of cellular metals, characterization, structure-property relationships, etc. will be discussed. The requested budget will be used entirely to provide partial financial support for university students attending or presenting their research at Metfoam 2007. Travel grants, up to about US $500, will be used to partially defray participation costs. NON-TECHNICAL: Organizers will give special considerations to women and minorities in giving support, with the goal of having half the recipient female or minority. Organizers expect to significantly boost, through these grants, student participation to this conference. Approximately 150 conference submissions are expected at the conference, with a total of 200-300 participants. An industrial exhibition will highlight their applications. In addition to the requested NSF support, conference sponsors include ten companies, Aluminum Research & Development Centre of Quebec, The Canadian Metallurgical Society, Fraunhofer Institute, The Government of Quebec, and the City of Montreal. NSF fund availability will be announced to students by email.