Travel Support for Workshops in Heat and Mass Transfer

1346952 PI: banerjee该奖项将为参加由ISHMT（印度热质传递学会）和ASME（美国机械工程师学会）主办的研讨会的美国科学家提供旅行支持，该研讨会将于12月28日至31日在印度理工学院（IIT）举行。研讨会集中在与热流体科学和工程以及多相流现象相关的五个主题领域，旨在培养对该领域主要挑战的讨论，目的是启动新的合作团队并维持过去的印美研究合作。美国参与者的经验水平各不相同——从研究生到职业生涯初期的院士，再到资深教员和著名的行业从业者（包括女性和少数族裔）。在研究人员的职业生涯早期吸引他们将促进长期合作，从而实现全球参与的劳动力。研讨会的主题涵盖了受热传质影响的新兴技术的基础和应用方面。除了丰富参与者的跨文化和教育经验外，讲习班还将通过信息共享、萌发机构联系和激发新的研究课题来加强印美合作。德克萨斯农工大学的PI将开发一个网站，以便更广泛地传播将提交给国家科学基金会的关于研讨会成果的报告。报告还将讨论美国代表的经验。该报告将在日本举行的国际传热会议（IHTC 2014）的小组讨论和演讲中重点介绍，以在更广泛的科学界中宣传国际合作研究活动，以加强未来的参与。最近印度和其他亚洲国家研发投资的激增可以通过印美合作企业有效地加以利用。这将有助于美国的研究人员通过利用与印度著名研究项目和来自其他亚洲国家的研究人员的合作，保持他们的研究效率和影响力。讲习班的妇女和少数民族参加者将增加多样性。

1346952 PI: BanerjeeThis award will provide travel support for US Scientists to attend workshops, organized under auspices of ISHMT (Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer) and ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) from Dec. 28-31. The workshops are centered on five topical areas related to thermal fluids science and engineering and multiphase flow phenomena and are designed to nurture discussions on the major challenges in this area with the intent of initiating new collaborative teams and sustaining past Indo-US research collaborations. The US participants have varied levels of experience - ranging from graduate students to early career academicians to senior faculty members and reputed industrial practitioners (including women and minorities). Engaging researchers early in their career will facilitate long term collaborations enabling a globally-engaged workforce. Topics covered in the workshops encompass both fundamental and applied aspects of emerging technologies that are impacted by heat and mass transfer. In addition to enriching the cross-cultural and educational experiences of the participants, the workshops will also augment Indo-US cooperation through information sharing, germinating institutional links, and sparking new research topics.A website will be developed by the PI at Texas A&M University for wider dissemination of the report on the workshop outcome that will be submitted to NSF. The report will also include discussions on the experience of the US delegates. The report will be highlighted in panel discussions and presentations at the International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC 2014) in Japan for publicizing the collaborative research activities internationally among the broader scientific community for enhancing participation in the future. The recent spurt in the R&D investments in India and other Asian countries can be leveraged effectively by joint Indo-US collaborative ventures. This will help the researchers based in the US to maintain their research effectiveness and impact by leveraging collaborations with prominent research programs in India and researchers from other Asian countries. Women and minority participants at the workshops will add to the diversity.