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

该补助金将为本科生和研究生提供旅行支持，以参加并在工程科学学会第47届年度技术会议上展示他们的研究。 技术会议将于2010年10月4日至6日在爱荷华州爱荷华州州立大学（位于爱荷华州艾姆斯）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。 将根据扩展摘要中概述的贡献以及与技术会议总主题的相关性来选择获奖者。工程科学学会促进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，该领域位于工程科学和数学之间的界面。 旅行支持为本科生和研究生提供财政手段，参加技术会议，参加学生论文比赛，与领先的研究人员交流，并促进他们在国家重要领域的专业和智力发展。 通过鼓励本科生和研究生的参与，他们通常有有限的财政资源用于会议旅行，NSF在扩大参与和准备一个从事劳动力的长期利益。 这种支持对本科研究人员尤其重要，因为它将激励他们追求研究生教育，并使他们接触最先进的研究发展。

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.