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

这项资助为学生和年轻研究人员提供旅行支持，让他们参加第16届美国理论和应用力学全国大会(USNCTAM)并在会上展示他们的研究成果。大会将于2010年6月27日至7月2日在宾夕法尼亚州大学园区的宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行。这笔资金将用于支付约20名学生和年轻研究人员在大会上展示他们的研究的注册费、住宿费、伙食费和交通费。组织者将根据考虑需求和贡献的申请和审查过程来选择接受者。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，这符合NSF在保持一支积极参与的研究队伍方面的长期利益。力学是一个动态和不断发展的研究领域，对先进运输材料、能源储存和发电以及人类健康保健等广泛领域产生影响。15个专业学会属于美国全国理论和应用力学委员会(USNC/)--国会的非金融担保机构。代表美国在与力学领域，特别是与国际理论和应用力学联合会有关的国际科学活动中的利益。该委员会是美国工程界、科学界和数学界在力学领域工作的焦点，也是定义力学研究、技术和教育中的重大问题的全国性论坛。拟议的旅行支持为年轻研究人员提供了参加大会、与顶尖研究人员交流并促进他们在国家重要领域的专业和智力发展的经济手段。

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.