Conference: 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Granular and Granular-Fluid Flow

1032376Menon， NarayananIntellectual meriti本提案为2010年颗粒和颗粒流体流动戈登研究会议（6月20-25日，ME Colby College）的参与者征集资金。颗粒流在一系列自然和工业系统中普遍存在，但对许多现象缺乏基本的理解。戈登会议为交流新的科学思想提供了一个独特的论坛。会议的指导原则包括介绍新的、未发表的作品，然后是来自通常不相交的学科的参与者之间自由、不受阻碍的讨论。由于这个领域是许多学科的交叉点，这一期的戈登会议邀请了来自广泛学科的演讲者和讨论领袖，包括工程、物理、数学、统计、化学和地球科学。来自施乐（Xerox）、斯伦贝谢（Schlumberger）、埃克森美孚（ExxonMobil）和陶氏化学（Dow Chemical）等工业实验室的代表也将应邀出席。我们还将邀请联邦资助的研究机构如NETL和NASA参加。为了超越渐进式研究，需要参与者的交叉受精，这不仅包括将这些科学家聚集在一起，还包括提供一个促进他们相互作用的环境。戈登会议的结构通过在每次演讲后提供正式的讨论时间、下午的小组自由时间、后续讨论、海报会议、共享膳食和现场住宿来完成这项任务。戈登模式将提供一种环境，在这种环境中可以建立新的合作关系，以帮助解决长期存在的问题。更广泛的影响制定时间表是为了确保在以下几个方面具有很强的代表性平衡：-性别- 31位受邀演讲者和讨论领导者中有9位是女性-纪律-演讲者来自广泛的关联机构和机构类型。-资历-有几位发言人是年轻的科学家。来自NSF的资金支持将使我们能够资助新兴科学家（学生、博士后和初级教师）和代表性不足的群体，以确保不同的听众能够参加会议。学生和博士后将通过对海报环节的贡献融入会议。年轻的学者很少有机会与来自(1)不同学科的更成熟的研究人员交往，(2)在一个大部分时间用于非正式讨论的环境中。此外，编制该方案的目的是确保广泛的国际代表性。这种接触在帮助解决国家在粒子科学领域培训年轻美国研究人员的需要方面是无价的。

1032376Menon, NarayananIntellectual MeritThis proposal solicits funds in support of participants to the 2010 Granular and Granular Fluid Flow Gordon Research conference (June 20-25, Colby College, ME). Granular flows are prevalent in a range of natural and industrial systems, yet a basic understanding of many phenomena is lacking. The Gordon conferences provide a unique forum for the exchange of fresh scientific ideas. The guiding principles of the conference include the presentation of new, unpublished work followed by free, unhampered discussion among participants from disciplines that normally do not intersect. Since this field stands at the intersection of many disciplines, this installment of the Gordon conference includes invited speakers and discussion leaders from a wide range of disciplines, including Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. Representatives from industrial labs like Xerox, Schlumberger, ExxonMobil, and Dow Chemical will also be encouraged to attend. We will also solicit attendance from federally-funded research agencies such as NETL and NASA. In order to move beyond incremental research, cross-fertilization of participants is needed, which involves not only bringing these scientists together, but also providing an environment that promotes their interaction. The structure of the Gordon conference accomplishes this task by providing formal discussion periods after every talk, free time in the afternoons for small-group, follow-on discussions, poster sessions, and shared meals and on-site housing. The Gordon format will provide an environment in which new collaborations can be forged to help tackle longstanding problems.Broader ImpactThe schedule has been prepared to ensure strong representational balance on several aspects:- Gender- 9 out of 31 invited speakers and discussion leaders are women- Discipline - The speakers are drawn from a wide range of affiliations, and institutional types.- Seniority - Several of the speakers are younger scientists.- Geography - A truly international set of scientists and engineers have been identified as speakersThe financial support requested from NSF will allow us to fund emerging scientists (students, post-docs, and junior faculty) and under-represented groups to ensure a diverse audience is able to attend the meeting. Student and post-docs will be integrated into the meeting via contributions to the poster sessions. Younger scholars rarely have the opportunity to mingle with more established researchers from (i) a diversity of disciplines, (ii) in an environment where a large fraction of time is devoted to informal discussions. Furthermore, the programme has been prepared with a view to ensuring broad international representation. This exposure is invaluable in helping to address the national need for training of young U.S. researchers in the area of particle science.