Symposium FF: Mechanical Nanofabrication, Nanopatterning, and Nanoassembly; Boston, Massachusetts; November 28 to December 3, 2011

机械纳米制造，纳米图案和纳米组装nsf提案CMMI-1156126寻求研究生，博士后，以及代表性不足和初级教师参加并出席为期四天的机械纳米制造，纳米图案和纳米组装研讨会，该研讨会将在2011年材料研究学会秋季会议期间举行。本次研讨会将汇集基础力学、纳米力学和材料力学领域的研究人员，以及开发和使用纳米尺度可扩展制造的机械手段的工程师和实业家。它将提供一个论坛，通过扩展对潜在过程和多尺度界面现象的科学理解来定义和呈现问题和解决途径，这些现象支配着机械制造，从纳米尺度到宏观尺度。纳米制造的力学领域正在迅速发展，有可能极大地影响未来的可扩展制造策略。组建一个多样化的社区，在界面上接受这项工作是至关重要的。这个团体将促进持续的科学进步，并鼓励新的跨学科研究人员的发展。本次活动将：？鼓励具有跨学科观点的研究人员在纳米尺度制造机制方面的包容性社区？宣传应用于工业问题的纳米制造力学的最新进展，以及新的基本理论见解？在机械工程师、材料科学家、化学家和工业家之间发起思想交流和促进新的多学科合作？使初级科学家（包括研究生、博士后学者和初级教师）能够展示他们的研究成果，并与该领域的知名研究人员进行互动。美国国家科学基金会提供的资金将用于奖励20名研讨会参与者，每人500美元的旅费支持。这种支持的目标是扩大不同群体的初级研究人员的参与，包括妇女和代表性不足的少数民族，否则他们可能在经济上受到限制，无法参加研讨会来展示他们的研究。

Mechanical Nanofabrication, Nanopatterning, and NanoassemblyNSF Proposal CMMI-1156126 seeks travel awards for graduate students, post-docs, as well as under-represented and junior faculty to attend and present at the four-day symposium on Mechanical Nanofabrication, Nanopatterning and Nanoassembly, to be held during the 2011 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting. This symposium will bring together researchers in the area of basic mechanics, nanomechanics, and mechanics of materials with the engineers and industrialists developing and using mechanical means of nanoscale scalable manufacturing. It will provide a forum to define and present problems and solution pathways through expanded scientific understanding of the underlying processes and multi-scale interfacial phenomena that govern mechanically based fabrication spanning nanoscopic to macroscopic dimensions.The field of mechanics of nanofabrication is making rapid advances with the potential to greatly impact future scalable manufacturing strategies. It is critical to assemble a diverse community that embraces this work at the interface. This community will promote continued scientific advancement and to encourage the development of new inter-disciplinary researchers.This activity will:?Encourage an inclusive community of researchers with interdisciplinary perspectives working on the mechanics of nanoscale manufacturing?Publicize recent advances in the mechanics of nanomanufacturing applied to industrial problems as well as novel fundamental theoretical insights?Initiate exchange of ideas and promote new multi-disciplinary collaborations among mechanical engineers, material scientists, chemists and industrialists?Enable junior scientists (including graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior faculty) to present their research findings and to interact with the community of established and prominent researchers in this field.The funds provided by NSF will be used to award 20 symposium participants with travel support of $500 each. The goal of this support is to broaden the participation of a diverse group of junior researchers including women and underrepresented minorities who otherwise may be financially restricted from attending the symposium to present their research.