2012 Gordon Conference on Tribology - Paths of Dissipation; Colby College, Waterville, Maine; 8 - 13 July 2012

该基金为2012年7月8日至13日在美国缅因州沃特维尔的科尔比学院举行的2012年戈登摩擦学会议-耗散路径的与会者提供部分支持。 摩擦学是对摩擦、磨损和润滑的研究，是一个极其复杂的多学科领域，涉及从原子相互作用到整个机器的各种尺寸和时间尺度的过程。 两年一度的摩擦学戈登研究会议是一个独特的论坛，聚集了不同领域的专家，以促进我们对摩擦学提出的复杂问题的理解。 来自大学、国家实验室和工业界的顶尖科学家和工程师与年轻科学家和摩擦学新手会面，就最先进的问题进行为期一周的正式和非正式讨论。 这种活跃和开放的新思想交流的机会塑造了该领域的未来。 解决摩擦学中的许多重大挑战将需要更好地理解耗散机制。 在计算机模拟和实验所考虑的尺度与它们所揭示的耗散机制之间，以及原子论观点与应用摩擦学之间，仍然存在很大的差距。 2012年戈登研究会议将突出实验和模拟之间的一致性和差异，以及耗散机制在时间和长度尺度上的许多数量级的变化。摩擦学影响着我们日常生活和技术的几乎每一个方面。 对耗散路径的更好理解预计将对飞机和汽车发动机、生产技术、髋关节和膝关节的应用产生深远影响，将设备缩小到微米和纳米尺度，并扩大这些设备工作的温度、速度和化学环境的范围。 戈登会议是将基础科学与对美国和世界经济具有重要意义的工程学科联系起来的关键机制。 摩擦学的进步需要这些研究人员和学科之间不断输入新思想。 会议还为年轻的研究人员、学生和摩擦学新手提供了向那些对摩擦学问题和前沿方法有深刻理解的人学习的机会。 该NSF赠款提供会议费和/或差旅费的支持，使主要参与者能够参加戈登会议。 会议组织者将努力实现性别平衡，并支持代表性不足的少数民族或残疾人申请。 来自该补助金的支持将在允许学生，博士后研究员和初级教师出席方面发挥特别重要的作用，否则由于缺乏资金而无法参加。

This NSF grant provides partial support for attendees of the 2012 Gordon Conference on Tribology - Paths of Dissipation, to be held July 8 - 13, 2012 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, USA. Tribology, the study of friction, wear and lubrication, is an extremely complex and multi-disciplinary field that involves processes over a wide range of size and time scales from atomic interactions to entire machines. The biennial Gordon Research Conference on Tribology is a unique forum for gathering experts in disparate fields to advance our understanding of the complex problems tribology presents. Leading scientists and engineers from universities, national laboratories and industry meet with young scientists and newcomers to tribology for one week of formal and informal discussions on state-of-the art issues. This opportunity for a lively and open exchange of new ideas shapes the future of the field. Addressing many of the great challenges in tribology will require an improved understanding of dissipation mechanisms. There remains a large gap between the scales considered by computer simulations and experiments and the dissipation mechanisms they reveal, as well as between atomistic perspectives and applied tribology. The 2012 Gordon Research Conference will highlight the coincidences and discrepancies between experiments and simulations and changes in dissipation mechanisms across the many orders of magnitude in time and length scale.Tribology affects nearly every aspect of our daily lives and technology. Improved understanding of the paths of dissipation is expected to have a profound impact on applications in aircraft and car engines, production technology, hip and knee joints, shrinking devices to micro- and nanometer scales, and expanding the range of temperatures, speeds, and chemical environments where such devices operate. The Gordon Conference is a key mechanism for linking the basic sciences with an engineering discipline of significant importance to the US and world economies. Tribology advances require a constant input of new ideas between these researchers and disciplines. The conference also provides opportunities for young investigators, students, and those new to tribology to learn from those with a deep understanding of tribological problems and cutting edge approaches. This NSF grant provides support for conference fees and/or travel expenses that will enable key participants to attend the Gordon Conference. The conference organizers will strive for gender balance and also favor under-represented ethnic minority or disabled individuals that apply. Support from this grant will play a particularly important role in allowing attendance of students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty that otherwise be unable to participate due to lack of funds.