XIIIth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (Houston, May 22-24, 2013): Support for Young Researchers

这笔赠款提供资金，以帮助组织将于2013年5月22日至24日在德克萨斯州休斯顿举行的第13届泛美应用力学大会（PACAM）。PACAM将促进在一个独特的环境中交流有关应用力学及其技术应用的当代方面的信息，这也许是世界上唯一一个明确汇集来自南美洲，中美洲和北美洲的研究人员的环境。第13届PACAM首次在美国举行。 PACAM将在应用力学的当代主题中举办辅导课程，这对早期职业研究人员特别有价值。 所提供的资金将支持早期职业研究人员，会议组织者的招聘计划将强调来自传统上在STEM中代表性不足的群体的学生。 将发行一份特刊，在高质量和可见的场所发表这次会议的成果。

This grant provides funds to help organize the 13th Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM) that will be held in Houston, Texas on May 22-24, 2013. PACAM will facilitate the exchange of information on contemporary aspects of applied mechanics and its technological applications in a unique setting that is perhaps the only one in the world that explicitly brings together researchers from South, Central, and North America. The 13th PACAM is being held in the US for the first time. PACAM will host tutorial sessions in contemporary topics in applied mechanics that will be especially valuable for early-career researchers. The funds provided will support early-career researchers, and the conference organizers recruitment plan will emphasize students from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM. A special journal issue will be pursued to publish the results of this conference in a high-quality and visible venue.