Support for Student Programs at the 2008 Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting; held in October 2008, Urbana, IL

在2008年工程科学学会年度技术会议上支持学生项目该项目将在2008年10月12日至15日在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校举行的第45届工程科学学会年度技术会议上支持学生演讲比赛。工程科学学会（SES）年度技术会议是美国工程科学和力学领域研究思想交流的主要年度场所之一。本次演讲比赛将汇集数十名来自固体力学、流体力学、生物工程、应用数学和其他与工程科学相关领域的顶尖研究生。学生们将在定期的研讨会上就他们的研究项目进行口头报告，并将在会议宴会上相互竞争奖品。美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）将为减少的学生注册费提供补贴，以鼓励学生参加演讲比赛，并为在著名决赛小组中脱颖而出的学生支付旅费。这种支持将通过鼓励学生广泛参与工程科学学会的活动而产生重大影响。这将为学生个人提供一个机会，在一个重要的专业会议上展示他们的工作，这将有助于激发协会新成员的兴趣和参与，最终服务于工程科学和力学研究人员的更广泛的技术社区。

Support for Student Programs at the 2008 Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical MeetingThe program will support a student presentation competition at the 45th Annual Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting, to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on October 12th-15th, 2008. The Society of Engineering Science (SES) Annual Technical Meeting is one of the premier annual venues for exchange of research ideas in the field of engineering science and mechanics in the US. The presentation competition will bring together dozens of top graduate students in the areas of solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, bioengineering, applied mathematics, and other areas related to engineering science. Students will deliver oral presentations on their research projects in regular conference symposia, and will compete with each other for prizes to be awarded at the conference banquet. National Science Foundation support will subsidize reduced student registration fees for the conference in order to encourage participation in the presentation competition, and it will pay travel expenses for students selected among a prestigious group of finalists.The support will have significant impact by encouraging broad participation among students in the activities of the Society of Engineering Science. This will serve individual students by providing an opportunity to present their work at a major professional conference, and it will help to generate interest and participation among new members of the Society, which ultimately serves the broader technical community of researchers in engineering science and mechanics.