Travel for 6th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring; Barcelona, Spain; July 2014

第六届世界结构控制与监测会议 (6WCSCM) 将于 2014 年 7 月 15 日至 17 日在西班牙巴塞罗那加泰罗尼亚理工大学 (UPC) 校园举行。WCSCM 被认为是研究土木、基础设施、机械、航空航天和能源系统动态结构监测和控制技术的理论、数值、实验和实践进展的全球专家的首要跨学科聚会。该国际会议每四年举行一次，汇聚了世界领先的专家以及年轻的研究人员和学生。前几届 WCSCM 分别在加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳（1994 年）、日本京都（1998 年）、意大利科莫（2002 年）、加利福尼亚州拉霍亚（2006 年）和日本东京（2010 年）举行。该奖项将使来自美国机构的新教师和研究生能够参加，并将扩大代表性不足的群体的参与。美国与会者将收到特别邀请，参观 UPC 实验室，并作为会议实地考察与当地研究人员会面。会议服务于结构控制、结构健康监测以及智能结构和材料等学科。感兴趣的应用领域包括桥梁和建筑物的控制和监测、地震工程、飞机、航天器、水面舰艇和潜艇的损伤检测和结构控制、机器人和其他机械系统的结构工程以及大型风力涡轮机的结构监测和控制。该奖金将用于支付总旅行费用的三分之一到三分之二，为 7 到 14 名美国参与者提供帮助。已初步确定 11 名高素质人员，其中包括 4 名女性。

The Sixth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (6WCSCM) will be held on the campus of Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, July 15-17, 2014. The WCSCM is recognized as the premier interdisciplinary global gathering of experts working in the theoretical, numerical, experimental and practical advancements of monitoring and control technologies for dynamic structures in a wide range of civil, infrastructure, mechanical, aerospace and energy systems. This international meeting occurs once every four years, and brings the world's leading experts together with young researchers and students. The previous editions of WCSCM were held in Pasadena, CA (1994), Kyoto, Japan (1998), Como, Italy (2002), La Jolla, CA (2006) and Tokyo, Japan (2010). This award will enable attendance by new faculty and graduate students from US institutions, and will broaden participation by underrepresented groups. US participants will receive a special invitation to visit laboratories at UPC and meet with local researchers as a field trip from the conference.The conference serves the disciplines of Structural Control, Structural Health Monitoring, and Smart Structures and Materials. Application areas of interest include control and monitoring of bridges and buildings, earthquake engineering, damage detection and structural control for aircraft, spacecraft, surface vessels and submarines, structural engineering for robots and other mechanical systems, and structural monitoring and control of large wind turbines. This award will be used to cover between one-third and two-thirds of total travel costs, which will assist between 7 and 14 US participants. Eleven highly qualified individuals have been tentatively identified, including four women.