Travel support for conference on Meso-Scale Sculpting and Fabrication in Soft Materials: Self-organization, Self-assembly and Novel Functionalities, IIT Kanpur, India.

CBET-0964873 Bose，Arijit University of Rhode Island为印度坎普尔软材料中尺度雕刻和制造：自组织、自组装和新功能会议提供差旅支持。该项目为7名美国与会者提供资金，以参加2009年12月9-12日在印度坎普尔印度理工学院举行的软材料中尺度雕刻和制造：自组织、自组装和新功能会议。这次会议是IIT坎普尔为期一年的金禧纪念庆祝活动的一部分，因为该研究所即将进入第50个年头。它也是由新德里印美科技论坛支持的印美法布里电子研究中心成员的聚集地，参加会议的有伊利诺伊大学香槟分校、西北大学、加州大学欧文分校、IIT Kharagpur、IIT Kanpur和其他几所大学和研究所。将有大约20名来自美国的演讲者，来自印度的演讲者人数大致相同。智力优势印度正在大力投资科学和技术。这次会议是美国大学和印度大学之间互动的重要途径。会议将集中讨论微、纳米和介观制造及其与结构、性能和功能的关系，重点是软材料、自组装、自组织以及在能源和环境中的新功能和应用。它将有助于探索微/纳米制造的前沿，这是一个高度跨学科的领域，在许多部门都有同样的兴趣，包括化学、机械、电气和材料工程、材料科学、生物科学、化学和物理。更广泛的影响这次会议将让美国与会者了解印度领先机构的先进研究。这将直接增加国际合作的可能性。它将让参与者接触到印度最好的学院之一的学生，并帮助将其中一些人吸引到美国的研究实验室。通过这两个途径，人们预计这种互动将直接影响美国研究成果的质量和数量。

CBET - 0964873 Bose, Arijit University of Rhode IslandTravel support is provided for conference on Meso-Scale Sculpting and Fabrication in Soft Materials: Self-organization, Self-assembly and Novel Functionalities, IIT Kanpur, India.This project provides funding for seven US based participants to attend the conference on Meso-Scale Sculpting and Fabrication in Soft Materials: Self-organization, Self-assembly and Novel Functionalities, December 9-12, 2009 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India. This conference is a part of the year long Golden Jubilee celebrations at IIT Kanpur, as the Institute steps into its 50th year. It is also a meeting ground for the members of the Indo-US Center for Research on Fabrionics supported by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, New Delhi, with participation from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, UC Irvine, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur and a few other universities and institutes. There will be approximately 20 speakers from the US, and about the same number from India. Intellectual merit India is making a strong investment in science and technology. This meeting represents an important avenue for interactions between US universities and Indian counterparts. The conference will focus on micro, nano and meso-scale fabrication and its relation to structure and properties and functionalities with emphasis on soft materials, self-assembly, self-organization and novel functionalities and applications in energy and environment. It will help explore cutting-edge of micro/nano fabrication, which is a highly interdisciplinary area with equal interest across many departments including chemical, mechanical, electrical and materials engineering, materials science, biosciences, chemistry and physics. Broader impact This conference will allow US participants to learn about advanced research in leading institutions in India. This will directly enhance possibilities of international collaborations. It will provide exposure of participants to students at one of the best institutes in India, and help attract some of those to research laboratories in the US. Through both these avenues, one expects this interaction to directly impact the quality and quantity of research output in the US.