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. 提案编号：1461717该奖项的目的是为2015年ASME第四届医学和生物学纳米工程全球大会（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参与现有的美国机械工程学会（ASME），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。通过这个奖项将产生许多网络机会，这将刺激与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。 具体广泛的影响增强以前的NEMB会议，和其他会议包括：更多的非结构化时间的学生和教师之间的互动;快速通道出版物的机会（许多期刊的特刊-每条轨道一个）;专题研讨会的阵列，包括一个关于早期职业发展，一个关于大学纳米技术的翻译;以及关于纳米工程-生物医学界面科学出版物不断变化的格局的小组讨论。 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，（5）热传输过程，所有这些都在工程理事会的化学，生物工程，环境和运输系统部门。这次大会将汇集生物，医学，纳米材料，和工程，以审查实验方法，合成方法，结果，模型，计算，分析和创新方法，用于传感，量化，诊断和治疗医学疾病，以改善医疗保健使用工程方法。工程学和生物学的结合以及对医学的强烈关注将成为计划活动的标志。为了实现这一目标，研究人员将积极参与大型社区的参与者，并提供一个令人兴奋的论坛，以展示生物传感，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中的智力价值。具体的研究轨道包括：（1）纳米成像和纳米光子学;（2）纳米治疗学;（3）纳米和微流体学;（4）纳米到宏观：多尺度建模;（5）环境中的纳米毒理学和公共卫生;以及（6）仿生材料和生命系统的纳米级分析。 该提案的资金将用于支付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，支持受邀的主旨演讲者并资助教学研讨会。这些活动将为年轻的研究人员提供许多机会，以扩大NEMB 2015的影响。 其他成果将包括网站（http：//www.asmeconferences.org/NEMB2015/）、可在线查阅的摘要、选定的全体会议讨论（在线网播）和与会者访谈播客。

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.