NSF Travel Support for Students and Young Investigators - 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

该补助金为学生和年轻的研究人员提供旅行支持，参加并在第16届美国理论与应用力学全国大会（USNCTAM）上展示他们的研究。大会将于2010年6月27日至7月2日在宾夕法尼亚州大学公园的宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行。这笔资金将用于支付大约20名学生和年轻研究人员在大会上介绍他们的研究的注册，酒店，食品和交通费用。 获奖者将由组织者根据考虑需求和贡献的申请和审查过程进行选择。 通过鼓励下一代研究人员的参与，他们通常只有有限的财务资源用于会议旅行，NSF在维持一支敬业的研究队伍方面的长期利益得到了服务。 力学是一个充满活力和不断发展的研究领域，在广泛的领域，如先进的运输材料，能源储存和发电，以及人类健康保健的影响。 美国国家理论与应用力学委员会（USNC/TAM）有15个专业学会。国会的非金融承销机构。 USNC/TAM代表美国在与力学领域有关的国际科学活动中的利益，特别是国际理论与应用力学联合会（IUTAM）。该委员会是美国工程、科学和数学界在力学领域的联络点，也是定义力学研究、技术和教育中重大问题的国家论坛。 拟议的旅费支助为青年研究人员提供了财政手段，使他们能够参加大会，与主要研究人员交流，并在国家重要领域促进他们的专业和智力发展。

This grant provides travel support for students and young investigators to attend and present their research at the 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNCTAM). The congress will be held June 27 - July 2, 2010 at The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA. The funding will be used to help defray registration, hotel, food, and transportation costs of roughly 20 students and young investigators presenting their research at the Congress. Recipients will be selected by the organizers based on an application and review process that considers need and contribution. By encouraging the participation of the next generation of researchers, who typically have limited financial resources for conference travel, the long range interests of NSF in maintaining an engaged research workforce are served. Mechanics is a dynamic and evolving area of research with impacts in broad areas such as advanced transportation materials, energy storage and generation, and human health care. Fifteen professional societies belong to the US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM)?the nonfinancial underwriting agency of the Congress. USNC/TAM represents the interests of the United States in international scientific activities relating to the field of mechanics, specifically to the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM). The committee is the focal point for the U.S. engineering, scientific, and mathematical communities working in mechanics and serves as the national forum for defining major issues in mechanics research, technology, and education. The proposed travel support provides the financial means for young researchers to attend the Congress, intermingle with leading researchers, and advance their professional and intellectual development in areas of national importance.