International Conference on Partial Differential Equations Modeling Fluids and Complex Fluids - Xi'an, China, June 2011

该奖项为2011年6月13日至17日在西安西北大学非线性研究中心举行的为期五天的偏微分方程(PDE)流体和复杂流体建模国际会议提供支持。该奖项将为美国的参与者提供部分支持，特别强调研究生、博士后、初级教师和来自代表性不足群体的研究人员。最近，在偏微分方程的分析和理解方面取得了一些重要进展，这些方程描述了许多与海洋和大气动力学、液晶运动和其他应用有关的重要流体现象。此外，在非牛顿复杂流体和聚合物流动的分析和数值研究以及流体湍流中的输运和混合研究方面也取得了重大进展。这次国际会议旨在介绍和发展最近成功的方法，并促进来自不同学科的研究人员之间的合作，包括偏微分方程、调和分析和数值计算。预计这次会议将为解决许多遗留问题提出新的战略。该领域主要专家的全体演讲将与较短的演讲、讨论和海报演示相结合。所有初级参与者都将受到鼓励，并有机会展示他们的成果。中国国家自然科学基金和西北大学非线性研究中心将提供资金支付中国的当地费用。会议网址：http://www.math.okstate.edu/~jiahong/PDE_Conference/Xian_Conference

This award provides support for a five-day International Conference on Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) Modeling Fluids and Complex Fluids to be held at the Centre for Nonlinear Studies, Northwest University, Xi'an, P.R. China, June 13-17, 2011. The award will provide partial support for US participants, with a special emphasis on graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and researchers from under-represented groups.Some important progress has been recently made in analysis and understanding of Partial Differential Equation that describe many important fluid phenomena related to oceanic and atmospheric dynamics, motion of liquid crystals and other applications. In addition, significant progress has been made in the analytical and numerical study of non-Newtonian complex fluids and polymeric flows, and in the study of transport and mixing in fluid turbulence. This international conference is aimed at presenting and developing the recent successful approaches and at fostering collaborations between researchers from different disciplines including PDEs, harmonic analysis and numerical computations. It is expected that this conference will yield new strategies for the resolution of many remaining open problems. Plenary talks by leading experts in the field will be combined with shorter talks, discussions and poster presentations. All junior participants will be encouraged and given an opportunity to present their results. The National Natural Science Foundation (NNSF) of the P.R. China and the Centre for Nonlinear Studies at Northwest University will provide funds to cover the local expenses in China. Conference web site: http://www.math.okstate.edu/~jiahong/PDE_Conference/Xian_Conference