Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science: FEMMS Conference; Sonoma, CA; September 23-28, 2007

技术：该项目将支持未被充分代表的受邀演讲者和研究生参加2007年9月23日至28日在加利福尼亚州索诺玛举行的材料科学电子显微镜前沿（FEMMS） 2007会议。FEMMS是一个两年一次的会议，重点讨论电子显微镜（主要是TEM）在材料科学中的最新发展。鉴于最近单色仪和像差校正器的使用扩大以及对使用原位方法的兴趣日益增加，这次会议尤其及时。参加会议的一般有100人左右。今年的会议将有54位特邀演讲者讨论的主题包括高分辨率成像和光谱学，超快速和原位显微镜，3-D成像技术以及材料科学和生物学之间的界面显微镜。会议还邀请了一位杰出的讲师，L. M. Brown教授，他因长期以来对电子显微镜的杰出贡献而被选中。会议一直作为主要显微镜期刊之一（《超微显微镜》、《显微学报》、《显微与微分析》）的特刊出版论文集，并打算将今年的论文集发表在《超微显微镜》上。关于会议地点、组织和历史的更多细节可以在会议网站上找到：http://femms2007.llnl.gov/。非技术：虽然电子显微镜在美国材料科学部门无处不在，但过去2-5年仪器仪表的快速发展意味着并非所有研究人员都能获得最新的能力。该奖项的主要目的之一是为代表性不足的研究生（女性和少数民族）提供资金，让他们接受这些最新能力的教育，并与该领域的领导者建立合作关系。因此，我们的目的是让参加会议的研究生在回到他们的大学后担任电子显微镜大使，以确保会议产生最广泛的影响。该项目的这一方面将通过加州大学戴维斯分校的一个大型跨学科项目进行协调：环境、农业和技术中的纳米材料（NEAT），该项目为纳米科学各个方面的本科和研究生教育和推广项目提供重点。除了支持研究生，这笔资金还支持两名女教员的注册费。这些教师是该领域公认的领导者，并将为参加会议的研究生树立榜样。

TECHNICAL: This project will support underrepresented invited speakers and graduate students to attend the Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science (FEMMS) 2007 conference to be held in Sonoma, CA from September 23-28, 2007. FEMMS is a biennial meeting focused on the most recent developments in the use of electron microscopy (primarily TEM) for materials science. This meeting is particularly timely given the recent expansion in the use of monochromators and aberration correctors and the increasing interest in the use of in-situ methods. The conference is typically attended by ~100 participants. This year the conference will have 54 invited speakers discussing topics that include high resolution imaging and spectroscopy, ultra-fast and in-situ microscopy, 3-D imaging techniques and microscopy at the interface between material science and biology. The conference also features a distinguished lecturer, Professor L. M. Brown, who has been selected for his long standing and exceptional contributions to electron microscopy. The conference has always published a proceedings as a special issue of one of the major microscopy journals (Ultramicroscopy, Journal of Microscopy, Microscopy and Microanalysis) and the intention is to publish this year's proceedings in Ultramicroscopy. Further details about the location, organization and history of the FEMMS conference can be found at the conference website: http://femms2007.llnl.gov/. NON-TECHNICAL: Although electron microscopy is ubiquitous in materials science departments in the US, the rapid development in instrumentation that has occurred over the last 2-5 years means that not all researchers have access to the latest capabilities. One of the main aims of this award is to provide the funds for under represented graduate students (women and minorities) to become educated in these latest capabilities and establish collaborations with the leaders in the field. As such, the intention is for the graduate students who attend the meeting to act as ambassadors for electron microscopy when they return to their universities, ensuring the widest possible impact for the conference. This aspect of the program will be coordinated through a large interdisciplinary program at UC Davis: Nano-materials in the Environment, Agriculture, and Technology (NEAT), which provides a focus for undergraduate and graduate education and outreach programs in all aspects of the nano-sciences. In addition to supporting graduate students, this funding also supports the registration fees for two women faculty. These faculty members are recognized leaders in the field and will act as role models for the graduate students who attend the conference.