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

这笔资助将为本科生和研究生出席第47届工程科学学会年度技术会议并在会上展示他们的研究成果提供旅费支持。技术会议将于2010年10月4日至6日在爱荷华州立大学艾姆斯举行。在技术会议期间，大约20名学生将在本科生和研究生论文竞赛中展示他们的研究成果。将根据扩展摘要中概述的贡献和与技术会议总主题的相关性来选择接受者。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，力学领域是工程科学和数学之间的交汇点。旅行支持为本科生和研究生提供经济手段，让他们参加技术会议，参加学生论文比赛，与顶尖研究人员打成一片，并在国家重要领域推动他们的专业和智力发展。通过鼓励本科生和研究生参加会议，他们通常在会议旅行方面的财政资源有限，这符合NSF在扩大参与和为参与的劳动力做准备方面的长期利益。这种支持对本科生研究人员尤其重要，因为它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.