Proposal for conference support for the ASME 2015 4th Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology (Minneapolis, April 19 - 22, 2015)

PI: Bischof, John C.提案号：1461717本奖项的目的是为2015年美国机械工程师学会（ASME）第四届全球医学和生物学纳米工程大会（NEMB）提供支持。大会将于2015年4月19日至22日在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市的明尼苏达大学举行。这次大会的更广泛的意义和重要性是扩大了现有的美国机械工程学会（ASME）的参与，以促进跨学科的研究和教育。一个特别的目标是让学生和其他年轻的博士后和教师参与这个令人兴奋的研究领域，包括代表性不足的群体。通过该奖项将产生许多交流机会，这将激发年轻一代工程师和科学家之间的科学和技术讨论，并有机会与高级研究人员交流。与以往的NEMB会议和其他会议相比，具体的广泛影响增强包括：为学生和教师之间的互动提供更多的非结构化时间；快车道出版物的机会（许多期刊的特刊-每个轨道一个）；举办一系列专题研讨会，包括一个关于早期职业发展的研讨会，一个关于在大学外翻译纳米技术的研讨会；以及一个关于纳米工程-生物医学领域科学出版物变化的小组讨论。该奖项由五个项目联合颁发：(1)生物医学工程，(2)生物光子学，(3)流体动力学，(4)颗粒和多相过程，以及(5)热传输过程，所有这些项目都隶属于工程理事会的化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统部门。本次大会将汇集生物学、医学、纳米材料和工程领域的顶尖专家，以回顾实验方法、合成方法、结果、模型、计算、分析和创新方法，用于感知、量化、诊断和治疗医学疾病，以改善使用工程方法的医疗保健。工程和生物学的结合以及对医学的强烈关注将是计划中的活动的一个标志。为了实现这一目标，研究人员将积极参与一个庞大的参与者社区，并提供一个令人兴奋的论坛，以说明生物传感、生物运输、生物力学和其他生物工程在解决生物学和医学紧迫问题方面的智力价值。具体研究方向包括：(1)纳米成像与纳米光子学；(2) nano-therapeutics;(3)纳米和微流体；(4)纳米到宏观：多尺度建模；(5)环境中的纳米毒理学与公共卫生；(6)仿生材料和生物系统的纳米级分析。该提案的资金将用于支持最佳学生参与者的注册费，为学生奖励（口头和海报展示）提供资金，支持邀请主题演讲和资助教学研讨会。这些活动将为年轻的研究人员提供许多机会来扩大NEMB 2015的影响。进一步的成果将包括网站（http://www.asmeconferences.org/NEMB2015/）、可在线获取的摘要、精选的全体会议（在线网络广播）以及对与会者的采访播客。

PI: Bischof, John C. Proposal Number: 1461717The objective of this award is to provide support for the 2015 ASME Fourth Global Congress on Nanoengineering for Medicine and Biology (NEMB). The congress will take place on April 19 - 22, 2015, in Minneapolis, MN at the University of Minnesota. The broader significance and importance of this congress is expanding the participation beyond the existing American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) to foster interdisciplinary research and education. A particular goal is to involve students and other young postdoctoral and faculty in this exciting area of research, including underrepresented groups. There will be numerous networking opportunities generated through this award that will stimulate scientific and technical discussion with and amongst younger generation engineers and scientists and opportunities to mingle with senior investigators. Specific broad impact enhancements to previous NEMB meetings, and other meetings include: more unstructured time for interactions between students and faculty; the opportunity for fast-track publications (special issues in numerous journals - one per track); an array of topical workshops including one on early career development, one on translation of nanotechnology out of the University; and a panel discussion on the changing landscape of scientific publication at the nanoengineering-biomedical interface. This award is being made jointly by five Programs: (1) Biomedical Engineering, (2) Biophotonics, (3) Fluid Dynamics, (4) Particulate and Multiphase Processes, and (5) Thermal Transport Processes, all in the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division in the Engineering Directorate.This congress will bring together leading experts in biology, medicine, nano-materials, and engineering so as to review experimental methods, synthetic methods, results, models, computations, analyses and innovative methodologies for sensing, quantifying, diagnosing and treating medical disorders for improved healthcare using engineering approaches. The combination of engineering and biology with a strong focus in medicine will be a hallmark of the planned event. To achieve this the investigators will actively involve a large community of participants, and provide an exciting forum to exemplify the intellectual merit of biosensing, biotransport, biomechanics and other bioengineering in the solution of pressing problems in biology and medicine. Specific research tracks include: (1) nano-imaging and nano-photonics; (2) nano-therapeutics; (3) nano and microfluidics; (4) nano-to-macro: multiscale modeling; (5) nanotoxicology and public health in the environment; and (6) biomimetic materials and nanoscale analysis of living systems. The funding from this proposal will support registration fees for the best student participants, provide funding for student awards (oral and poster presentations), support invited keynote speakers and fund didactic workshops. These activities will provide many opportunities for young researchers to broaden the impact of NEMB 2015. Further outcomes will include the website (http://www.asmeconferences.org/NEMB2015/), online accessible abstracts, selected plenary talks (webcast online), and podcasts of interviews with participants.