Travel Funds for the 12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering; Seattle, Washington; June 16-20, 2013

这是为学生和初级研究人员参加美国风力工程会议提供的旅行补助金。美国风能工程协会每四年召开一次会议。下一届会议将于2013年6月在华盛顿州西雅图举行。美国研究界的代表出席这次在北美和南美举行的著名的风力工程会议不仅很重要，而且鼓励学生进入风力工程领域也很重要。与地震工程的研究人员相比，国内从事风害及其影响研究的人员相对较少。飓风和龙卷风等风暴每年都会造成越来越多的破坏。培养精通风工程和风害缓解研究的人才是非常重要的。在会议上，经验丰富的研究人员将与他们的国际同事会面，介绍最近的发现并讨论极端风事件的缓解战略。参加本次会议的学生和初级教师将拓宽和扩展他们在风力工程方面的视野。关于如何在极端风事件期间和之后预防、应对和恢复的经验教训对于开展生命安全和减轻民用基础设施和财产损失的研究至关重要。此外，气候变化、城市人口向沿海地区转移以及联邦政府对未来增加可再生能源发电的授权，都是科学和工程审查和考虑的重要问题，需要熟悉风力工程原理的劳动力。在风力工程领域吸引和支持学生和年轻研究人员是很重要的。计划作出协调一致的努力，吸引代表性不足群体的妇女和学生参加会议。

This is a travel grant for students and junior researchers to participate in America's Conference on Wind Engineering. American Association for Wind Engineering holds this conference every four years. The next conference will be held in Seattle, Washington in June 2013. Not only is it important that the United States research community be represented at this prestigious conference for wind engineering in North and South America, it is critical that the students are encouraged to enter the field of wind engineering. The number of investigators pursuing research in wind hazards and their impact are relatively few in the country as compared to investigators in earthquake engineering. Windstorms such as hurricanes and tornadoes continue to cause an increasing amount of damage each year. It is important to deveoop individuals who are well versed in wind engineering and wind hazard mitigation research.In meeting with their international colleagues, the experienced researchers will present recent findings and discuss mitigation strategies for extreme wind events at the conference. Participation of students and junior faculty in this conference will broaden and expand their vision in wind engineering. Lessons learned about how to prevent, respond and recover during and after an extreme wind event are essential to pursue research in life safety and mitigation of damages to civil infrastructure and to property. In addition, climate change, urban population shifts to coastal regions, and the federal mandate for increased renewable energy generation in the future, are important matters for scientific and engineering scrutiny and consideration that require a workforce familiar with wind engineering principles. It is important to engage and sustain students and young researchers in the wind engineering field. A concerted effort is planned to attract women and students from underrepresented groups to participate in the conference.