Conference: 2010 Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Kenan Research Seminar on Plasma Processing Science: July 11-16, 2010 in New London, NH

该奖项支持参加2010年戈登等离子体处理科学研究会议（GRC-PPS）的学生，该会议将于2010年7月11日至16日在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的Colby Sawyer学院举行。与GRC-PPS相关的是一个为期周末的戈登·凯南研究研讨会，其特点是仅限研究生和博士后助理出席，允许在无威胁的环境中进行科学互动。2010年戈登等离子体处理科学研究会议将以一个全面的项目为特色，突出低温等离子体科学中最尖端的科学进展，并将探索低温等离子体技术与许多重大社会挑战相关的应用。基础科学课程将集中于等离子体动力学，等离子体表面相互作用，以及等离子体产生和多相等离子体的最新趋势。应用环节将探讨等离子体技术在可再生能源和可再生原料燃料生产、等离子体医学和灭菌、环境修复和废物处理方面的影响。会议将在非正式的气氛中汇集该领域的领导人与初级研究人员和研究生。戈登会议的特殊形式，安排了讨论环节，并在下午和晚上为非正式聚会提供了充足的时间，将为与会者提供一个头脑风暴和创造性思维的肥沃氛围。等离子体技术是GRC-PPS的一个重点，最近在国家研究委员会赞助的报告“2010等离子体”中被确定为国家重要领域。GRC-PPS秉承其作为交流等离子体处理科学领域前沿思想和知识的论坛的传统，将汇集来自不同领域的与会者，人数限制在140人左右，为与会者之间的人际交往提供了充足的机会。2010年GRC-PSS和副戈登·凯南研究研讨会将重点关注等离子体处理科学的一些最尖端的问题。讨论将集中在等离子体处理和许多由国家工程院定义的社会重大挑战的交集上。为了延续青年科学家积极参与GRC-PPS的传统，NSF要求提供更广泛的影响基金，为研究生和博士后研究人员提供部分旅费和参加GRC-PPS的注册费。戈登研究会议的独特形式——很少（22个）受邀演讲、有限的出席人数和充足的互动时间——将为年轻科学家提供充足的讨论和交流机会。特别强调的是鼓励来自广泛机构的学生和博士后的参与。GRC-PPS将在等离子体界广泛宣传，并大力鼓励青年科学家参加和申请旅费支持。鉴于申请人数足够，每个研究小组最多可获得两名差旅资助，每个研究机构最多可获得四名差旅资助。

1019137 Kortshagen This award supports participation of students in the 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Plasma Processing Science (GRC-PPS) that will be held July 11-16, 2010, at Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH. Associated with the GRC-PPS is a weekend-long Gordon Kenan Research Seminar, which features attendance limited to graduate students and post-doctoral associates, allowing for scientific interaction in a nonthreatening environment. The 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Plasma Processing Science will feature a comprehensive program that will highlight the most cutting edge scientific advances in low temperature plasma science and will explore the applications of low temperature plasma technology relative to many grand societal challenges. Fundamental science sessions will focus on plasma kinetics, plasma surface interactions, and recent trends in plasma generation and multi-phase plasmas. Application sessions will explore the impact of plasma technology in renewable energy and the production of fuels from renewable feedstocks, plasma-enabled medicine and sterilization, and environmental remediation and waste treatment. The conference will bring together in informal atmosphere leaders in the field with junior investigators and graduate students. The special format of the Gordon Conferences, with programmed discussion sessions and ample time for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, will provide for a fertile atmosphere of brainstorming and creative thinking among the attendees.Intellectual Merit Plasmas technology, a focus of the GRC-PPS has recently been identified as an area of national importance in the National Research Council-sponsored report "Plasma 2010." In its tradition of being a forum for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and knowledge in the area of plasma processing science, the GRC-PPS will bring together a diverse spectrum of attendees limited in number to around 140 to facilitate ample opportunities for interpersonal contacts among participants. The 2010 GRC-PSS and the associate Gordon Kenan Research Seminar will focus on some of the most cutting-edge issues of plasma processing science. Discussions will focus on the intersection of plasma processing and many of the societal grand challenges as defined by the National Academy of Engineering.Broader Impact Funding is requested from NSF to continue with the tradition of active participation of junior scientists by providing partial support for graduate student and postdoctoral researchers for travel expenses and registration fees to attend the GRC-PPS. The unique format of the Gordon Research Conferences with few (twenty-two) invited talks, limited attendance, and ample time for interactions will provide junior scientists with ample opportunities for discussions and networking. Particular emphasis will be placed on encouraging student and post-doc participation from a broad range of institutions. The GRC-PPS will be widely advertised in the plasma community and the participation and application for travel support by junior scientists will be strongly encouraged. Given a sufficient number of applicants, travel grants will be limited to a maximum of two per research group, and four per institution.