Support for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Paper Competition During 47th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Science; Ames, Iowa; October 4-6, 2010

这项资助将为本科生和研究生参加第47届工程科学学会年度技术会议并展示他们的研究提供旅费支持。技术会议将于2010年10月4日至6日在爱荷华州艾姆斯的爱荷华州立大学举行。大约20名学生将在技术会议期间展示他们的研究成果，作为本科生和研究生论文竞赛的一部分。获奖者将根据扩展摘要中概述的贡献和与技术会议总体主题的相关性来选择。工程科学学会培养和促进在力学领域工作的研究人员之间的思想和信息交流，这是工程科学和数学之间的接口。旅费支持为本科生和研究生参加技术会议、参加学生论文竞赛、与领先的研究人员交流，并在国家重要领域推进他们的专业和智力发展提供了经济手段。通过鼓励本科生和研究生的参与，他们通常没有足够的资金用于会议旅行，国家科学基金会在扩大参与和培养积极参与的劳动力方面的长远利益得到了满足。这种支持对本科生研究人员尤其重要，因为这将激励他们继续研究生教育，并使他们接触到最先进的研究发展。

This grant will provide travel support for undergraduate and graduate students to attend and present their research at the 47th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Science. The technical meeting will be held October 4-6, 2010 at Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Approximately 20 students will present their research as part of the undergraduate and graduate paper competition during the technical meeting. Recipients will be selected based on contributions outlined in extended abstracts and relevance to the overall theme of the technical meeting. The Society of Engineering Science fosters and promotes the exchange of ideas and information among the researchers working in the field of mechanics that lies at the interface between engineering sciences and mathematics. The travel support provides the financial means for undergraduate and graduate students to attend the technical meeting, participate in the student paper competitions, intermingle with leading researchers, and advance their professional and intellectual development in areas of national importance. By encouraging participation of undergraduate and graduate students, who typically have limited financial resources for conference travel, the long range interests of NSF in broadening participation and preparation of an engaged workforce are served. This support will be especially important for the undergraduate researchers, as it will motivate them to pursue graduate education and expose them to the state-of-art research developments.