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

该奖项支持来自美国大学，国家实验室和非营利研究组织的研究生和博士后学生参加2013年10月在奥兰多举行的第22届国际网格圆桌会议（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，也是学生的绝佳教育机会，致力于网格划分的研究及相关应用。会议可能讨论的议题包括：网格生成和修改，高性能和分布式计算的网格化，CAD和计算几何问题，以及网格化在计算机图形学，有限元分析，计算流体动力学，生物医学工程，激光/CT/MRI扫描处理，学生有机会参加一个短期的课程，在网格，其中讲师是国际知名的专家在网格生成。教师解决了非结构化和结构化网格生成的设计和实现的实际问题。该课程是刚进入该领域的研究生和想要扩展现有技能和知识的高级研究生和博士后学生的理想选择。研讨会提供了一个论坛，以促进讨论网格生成，并将使来自学术界，国家实验室和工业界的与会者能够确定共同感兴趣的领域和潜在的合作。将优先考虑学生/博士后在会议上提交论文或海报。PI计划使接受的与会者池多样化，并吸引代表性不足的群体。

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.