Student Support for GEC 2011 Conference to be held at GEC on November 14-18, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

GEC(气体电子学会议)是LTP(低温等离子体)与碰撞物理(CP)科学技术相结合的领先国际会议。该会议首次展示了LTP和CP研究的世界领先发展，从照明和激光，到等离子体材料处理和等离子体医学。被邀请的演讲者代表了LTP和CP领域的世界领先科学家。任何领域的未来都有赖于吸引聪明的年轻人。GEC有着鼓励和促进学生参与的深厚传统。GEC有着令人羡慕的声誉，因为它是社区许多主要成员作为研究生展示他们的第一个研究成果的第一个会议。这一奖项为在美国的博士生提供了部分旅费，让他们参加会议并在会议上展示他们的工作成果。这项提议的更广泛影响包括让年轻的美国科学家有机会参加他们所在领域最重要的会议之一。他们将有机会第一手观察该领域的科学和文化多样性，并与他们的国际同行建立有望成为职业生涯的合作伙伴关系。GEC特别努力支持女性和少数族裔代表不足的研究生。

The GEC (Gaseous Electronics Conference) is the leading international conference in the science and technology of LTP (Low Temperature Plasmas) combined with collision physics (CP). The conference has been the venue of the first presentations on world leading developments in investigations of LTP and CP, from lighting and lasers, to plasma materials processing and plasma-medicine. The invited speakers represent the world's leading scientists in LTP and CP. The future of any field depends upon attracting bright young people. The GEC has a strong tradition of encouraging and promoting student participation. The GEC has an enviable reputation of being the first conference that many of the leading members of the community presented their first research results as graduate students. This award pays partial travel support for PhD students in the US to attend and present the results of their work at the meeting.The broader impacts of this proposal include the opportunity for young US scientists to attend one of the most important conferences in their field. They will have the opportunity to observe firsthand the scientific and cultural diversity of the field, and establish what will hopefully be career long collaborations with their international counterparts. The GEC makes a special effort to support graduate students who are women and underrepresented minorities.