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大会(6WCSCM)将于2014年7月15-17日在西班牙巴塞罗那的加泰罗尼亚理工大学校园举行。WCSCM被公认为是致力于在广泛的民用、基础设施、机械、航空航天和能源系统中动态结构监测和控制技术的理论、数值、实验和实践进步方面工作的专家的主要跨学科全球聚会。这一国际会议每四年举行一次，世界领先的专家与年轻的研究人员和学生齐聚一堂。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)、加利福尼亚州拉荷亚(2006年)和日本东京(2010年)举行。这一奖项将使来自美国机构的新教师和研究生能够参加，并将扩大代表不足的群体的参与。美国与会者将收到访问UPC实验室的特别邀请，并在会议结束后的实地考察中与当地研究人员会面。会议服务于结构控制、结构健康监测和智能结构与材料等学科。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。这项奖励将用于支付三分之一至三分之二的总旅行费用，这将帮助7至14名美国参与者。已初步确定了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.