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

1032376 Menon，Narayan智力价值本提案征集资金，以支持2010年颗粒和颗粒流体流动戈登研究会议(6月20-25日，密歇根州科尔比学院)的与会者。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了解。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，然后在来自通常不相交的学科的与会者之间自由、不受阻碍地进行讨论。由于该领域涉及多个学科，本期戈登会议邀请了来自工程学、物理学、数学、统计学、化学和地球科学等多个学科的特邀演讲者和讨论领袖。来自施乐、斯伦贝谢、埃克森美孚和陶氏化学等工业实验室的代表也将被鼓励参加。我们还将邀请联邦资助的研究机构参加，如NETL和NASA。为了超越循序渐进的研究，需要参与者的相互促进，这不仅需要将这些科学家聚集在一起，而且还需要提供一个促进他们互动的环境。戈登会议的结构通过提供每次演讲后的正式讨论时段、下午小组讨论的空闲时间、后续讨论、海报会议以及共享餐饮和现场住房来完成这一任务。戈登模式将提供一个环境，在其中可以建立新的合作，以帮助解决长期存在的问题。广泛的影响已经准备好的时间表，以确保在几个方面的强烈代表性平衡：-性别-31名受邀演讲者和讨论负责人中有9名是女性-学科-演讲者来自广泛的从属关系和机构类型。-资历-几名演讲者是年轻科学家。-地理-一批真正国际化的科学家和工程师已被确定为演讲者NSF请求的财政支持将允许我们资助新兴科学家(学生、博士后、和初级教员)和代表不足的群体，以确保不同的受众能够参加会议。学生和博士后将通过对海报会议的贡献来融入会议。年轻的学者很少有机会与来自(I)不同学科的更成熟的研究人员打成一片，(Ii)在一个大部分时间都用于非正式讨论的环境中。此外，该方案是为了确保广泛的国际代表性而编制的。这种接触在帮助解决全国对粒子科学领域年轻美国研究人员培训的需求方面具有无可估量的价值。

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 The guiding principles of the conference include the presentation of new, unpublished work followed by free, unhampered discussion among participants from disciplines that normally do not intersect.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.