Conference Support to Send US Participants to the Twelfth Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XII); Port of Spain, Trinidad; January 2-6, 2012

这项提议的目标是在应用力学的下一代科学领袖中促进建立北美，中美洲和南美洲之间新的科学联系。这将通过向参加2012年1月3日至6日在特立尼达西班牙港举行的第十二届泛美应用力学大会的美国年轻科学家颁发旅行奖学金来实现。这组青年科学家将是研究生、博士后研究人员和早期职业教授，由会议组委会成员在对提交的摘要进行修改和排名后选出。一些南美国家的经济增长现在开始反映在它们的研究组合中。这次会议将加强美国与南美洲和中美洲之间的科学关系。此外，提交给会议的论文选集将收录在“2012年美洲应用力学”合集中，该合集将分发给与会者，并在档案网站上提供。最有价值的报告的作者也将被邀请在《应用力学杂志》的特刊上发表一篇论文。最后，随着会议的临近，将为会议建立一个全面的网站，该网站将在会议结束后至少保留两年，直到下一届亚太经社会。这个网站可以在http://www.pacamxii.org上找到，随着它的出现，它正在逐渐丰富信息。会议的整个程序将在那里展示，包括提交的摘要。

The goal of this proposal is to foster the establishment of new scientific links between North, Central and South America among the next generation of scientific leaders in Applied Mechanics. This will be accomplished by awarding travel fellowships to young scientists from the United States to the Twelfth Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, to take place in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on January 3-6, 2012. This group of young scientist will be graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career professors, selected by members of the organizing committee of the conference upon revision and ranking of the submitted abstract.The economic growth of some South American countries is now beginning to be reflected in their research portfolio. The conference will strengthen scientific relations between the United States and South and Central America. Additionally, a selection of papers submitted to the conference will be included in the collection "Applied Mechanics in the Americas 2012," which will be distributed to attendees and made available in an archival website. The authors of the most meritorious presentations will also be invited to contribute a paper to a special issue of the Journal of Applied Mechanics. Finally, a comprehensive website for the conference will be created as the conference approaches, and will remain there for at least two years after the conference, until the next PACAM. The website can be found at http://www.pacamxii.org, and it is being progressively enriched with information as it comes along. The entire program of the conference will be displayed there, including the submitted abstracts.