Student/Young Faculty Travel Support for Americas Workshop on Solid-State Sensors & Actuators 2008. To be held on June 1-5 at Hilton Head.

这项建议的目的是为参加2008年6月1日至5日在希尔顿Head举行的2008年固态传感器和执行器研讨会的研究生和未终身教职的初级教师申请资金支持。研讨会的目的是在一群主要来自美洲的与会者中传播MEMS技术领域的研究成果。研讨会的议程包括来自学术界和工业界的全体演讲者，讨论微/纳米系统边缘研究领域的最新进展。届时将有27篇投稿和大约60张投稿海报。整个研讨会采用单一会议形式。希尔顿Head研讨会是非常有选择性的，有了旅行学生主持人，学生的导师更有可能派他们的学生去。对于参加这次会议的年轻教员来说，获得财政支持尤其有用。广泛的影响：计划以电子方式获取从研讨会中获得的知识和分享的经验，并通过网站广泛传播。这将有利于学生和年轻的教职员工进行演示和/或赠送海报。他们将从与会者那里获得反馈，这将为他们的继续研究带来非常丰硕的成果。

AbstractThe objective of this proposal is to request funds for the support of travel awards for graduate students and untenured junior faculty participation in the 2008 Solid Sate Sensors and Actuators Workshop to be held at Hilton Head from June 1-5, 2008Intellectual Merits: The purpose of the workshop is to disseminate research results in the area of MEMS technology amongst a group of attendees which are primarily from the Americas. The agenda of the workshop includes plenary speakers from academia and industry to discuss stat-of-the-art in research areas on the fringe of micro/nanosystems. There will be 27 contributed papers and approximately 60 contributed posters. The whole workshop is in a single session format. The Hilton Head workshop is very selective, and with travel student presenters, advisors of the students are much more likely to send their students. It is especially useful for the young faculty to get financial support for travel to this conference.Broader Impact: The knowledge gained and experiences shared from the workshop are planned to be captured electronically and broadly disseminated via website. It will benefit the students and the young faculty to make the presentation and /or present posters. They will get feedback from the attendees which will be very fruitful for their continuing research.