Introducing Next Generation of STEM Students to Mesh Modeling for Simulation and Visualization

该奖项支持美国大学、国家实验室和非营利性研究组织的研究生和博士后参加2013年10月在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行的第22届国际啮合圆桌会议(IMR)。IMR创建于1992年，是网格生成领域研究人员交流思想的独特会议，也是从事啮合研究和相关应用的学生的绝佳教育机会。会议可能讨论的主题包括：网格生成和修改，用于高性能和分布式计算的网格划分，CAD和计算几何问题，以及网格在计算机图形学、有限元分析、计算流体力学、生物医学工程、激光/CT/MRI扫描处理等方面的应用。学生有机会参加一个网格划分的短期课程，讲师是国际知名的网格生成专家。讲师解决了非结构化网格生成和结构化网格生成的设计和实现的实际问题。该课程非常适合刚进入该领域的研究生，以及想要扩展其现有技能和知识的研究生和博士后进修生。研讨会提供了一个论坛来促进网格生成的讨论，并将使来自学术界、国家实验室和行业的与会者能够确定共同感兴趣的领域和潜在的合作。在会议上发表论文或海报的学生/博士后将被优先考虑。PI计划使被接受的与会者群体多样化，并吸引代表人数不足的群体。

This award supports graduate and postdoctoral student participation from US universities, national labs, and non-profit research organizations to attend the 22nd International Meshing Roundtable (IMR) Conference be held in October 2013 in Orlando, FL. IMR created in 1992 is a unique conference for researchers in the field of mesh generation to exchange ideas and is also an excellent educational opportunity for students who are working on the meshing research and related applications. Potential topics for discussion in the conference include: mesh generation and modification, meshing for high-performance and distributed computing, CAD and computational geometry issues, and applications of meshing in computer graphics, finite-element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, biomedical engineering, processing of laser/CT/MRI scans, etc.Students have the opportunity to attend a short course in meshing where the lecturers are internationally known experts in mesh generation. The instructors address practical problems for the design and implementation of both unstructured and structured grid generation. The course is ideal for graduate students that just enter the field and for advance graduate and postdoctoral students that want to expand their current skills and knowledge.The workshop provides a forum to foster discussions mesh generation and will enable the identification of areas of common interest and potential collaboration among attendees from academia, National Laboratories, and industry. Priority will be given to students/postdocs presenting a paper or poster at the conference. The PI plans to diversify the accepted attendees' pool and attract underrepresented groups.