2011 Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms Gordon Research Conference & Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

由固态和材料化学计划支持的该奖项将为学生，博士后和年轻的教师提供资金，以参加将于2011年7月17日至22日在新英格兰，比德福德，ME大学举行的薄膜和晶体生长机制的戈登研究会议。 与会者寻求测量，理解和控制三个相互关联的领域（a）基本界面过程;（B）晶体结构;并通过前两个，（c）材料功能。该计划解决这些主题中的每一个大约在这个顺序。戈登会议的特别优势在于其对晶体生长机制的界面过程的强调。非排他性戈登研究会议提供了一个独特的论坛，将专家，年轻科学家和学生聚集在一起，围绕特定的主题，披露未发表的数据，挑战和讨论新的想法，并推动科学和创新的前沿。 可以形成新的合作，产生新的想法，如果没有这些重要的会议，这些想法是不会出现的。 在27名受邀发言人和会议主席中，组织者包括7名女性和1名西班牙裔。 此外，还讨论了扩大代表性不足群体参与的计划。 学生、博士后和青年科学家将通过学术交流和国际参与从这次会议中受益。

TECHNICALThis award supported by the Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program will provide funds for students, post docs and young faculty to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms to be held July 17-22, 2011 at University of New England, Biddeford, ME. This conference focuses on new developments that impact understanding of crystallization and ordering. Attendees seek to measure, understand, and control three interrelated arenas (a) fundamental interfacial processes; (b) crystalline architectures; and through the first two, (c) materials function. The program addresses each of these topics approximately in this order. The particular strength of this Gordon Conference is its emphasis on interfacial processes the mechanisms of crystal growth.NON TECHNICALThe Gordon Research Conferences provide a unique forum to bring together experts, young scientists, and students around a particular thematic topic to disclose unpublished data, to challenge and discuss novel ideas, and to push the frontiers of science and innovation forward. New collaborations can be formed and new ideas generated that would not otherwise occur if not for these important conferences. The organizers have included 7 female and 1 Hispanic out of the 27 invited speakers and conference chairs. Also, plans to broaden participation to underrepresented groups are discussed. Students, post docs and young scientists will benefit from this conference through intellectual exchange and international participation.