US-Korea Workshop on Multi-scale Mechanics and Multi-functional Materials for Smart Sensing and Actuation; Jeju, South Korea; May 31 to June 3, 2010

该奖项为将于2010年5月31日至6月3日在韩国济州举办的研讨会提供资金，研讨会将面向美国和亚太地区的顶尖科学和工程研究人员，以评估智能传感和执行领域的研究现状，确定未来的研究主题和合作机会，并就未来的研究方向和有效的资助机制向美国和韩国的资助机构提供意见。近年来，智能传感与驱动这一新兴的研究领域引起了人们的广泛关注。来自美国的一个由12名研究人员组成的代表团将参加这个重要的研讨会，他们代表了从工程到生物学的广泛专业知识。这次研讨会的成果有可能产生未来的结构，能够进行自我感知和监测，具有智能的自我诊断和预测，自我修复和修复，以及自适应响应，以防止灾难，最大限度地减少维护，并延长使用寿命。将编写一份报告，确定在这一领域推进的最有希望的行动计划。该讲习班的圆满完成将促进更广泛的国际合作，促进智能传感和驱动方面的研究数据的技术转让，特别是在多尺度力学和多功能材料方面的研究数据。

This award provides funding for a workshop to be held May 31 thru June 3, 2010 in Jeju, Korea for leading US and Asian-Pacific science and engineering researchers to assess the current research status in the area of smart sensing and actuatiion, to identify future research topics and collaboration opportunities, and to provide input to US and Korean funding agencies on future research directions and effective funding mechanisms. The emergent research field of smart sensing and actuation has attracted significant attention in recent years. A delegation of 12 researchers from the US, representing a wide range of expertise from engineering to biology will participate in this important workshop.The outcome of this workshop has the potential to produce future structures that are capable of self-sensing and monitoring, self-diagnosis and prognosis with intelligence, self-healing and repair, and adaptive response to prevent catastrophe, minimize maintenance, and prolong service life. A report that identifies the most promising plans of actions to advance in this area will be produced. Successful completion of this workshop will facilitate broader international collaboration, technology transfer of research data in smart sensing and actuation, especially in topics of multi-scale mechanics and multi-functional materials.