Student Support to Attend the 2015 Gaseous Electronics Conference October 12-16, 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii

气体电子学会议（GEC）是由原子、分子和光学物理学部主办的美国物理学会年度专题会议。它是低温等离子体（LTP）与碰撞物理（CP）相结合的科学和技术的主要国际会议。GEC将原子、分子和光学物理与低温等离子体物理、放电和等离子体化学及其技术应用相结合。GEC讨论的基本主题包括原子和分子碰撞截面、等离子体诊断、离子和电子分布函数，以及动力学、细胞内粒子（PIC）和流体等离子体建模。该会议首次介绍了LTP和CP领域的世界领先研究进展，包括先进燃烧系统、照明和激光、与半导体和光伏产业相关的等离子体材料加工以及等离子体在生物医学中的应用。受邀的演讲者代表了这些领域的世界顶尖科学家。任何领域的未来都取决于吸引聪明的年轻人。GEC在鼓励和促进学生参与方面有着悠久的传统，并且拥有令人羡慕的声誉，因为它是许多社区主要成员作为研究生首次展示他们的研究成果的会议。该奖项将为13名博士生提供部分旅费支持，以参加将于2015年10月12日（周一）至10月16日（周五）在夏威夷檀香山举行的第68届GEC年会并展示他们的工作成果。这将是与通常在日本举行的反应性等离子体国际会议的联合会议。夏威夷之所以被选为举办地，是因为它大致位于美国本土和日本之间。这两场截然不同的会议预计将吸引600多名等离子体科学家、碰撞物理学家和工程师聚集在同一个会议中心。该奖项将为博士生提供与来自世界各地的研究人员建立点对点合作的机会。GEC是一个中等规模的会议，提供了一个合作研究努力和未来努力的环境。学生们将有机会亲自观察该领域的科学和文化多样性，并有望与国际同行建立长期的职业合作关系。GEC特别努力支持女性和代表性不足的少数民族的研究生。

The Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC) is an annual topical meeting of the American Physical Society sponsored under the auspices of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. It is the leading international conference in the science and technology of Low Temperature Plasmas (LTP) combined with collision physics (CP). The GEC combines aspects of atomic, molecular, and optical physics with low-temperature plasma physics, electric discharges, and plasma chemistry, as well as their technological applications. Fundamental topics addressed at the GEC include atomic and molecular collision cross sections, plasma diagnostics, ion and electron distribution functions, as well as kinetic, particle-in-cell (PIC), and fluid plasma modeling. The conference has been the venue of the first presentations on world leading developments in investigations of LTP and CP topics including advanced combustion systems, lighting and lasers, plasma materials processing of relevance to the semiconductor and photovoltaics industry, and plasma application in biomedicine. The invited speakers represent the world's leading scientists in these fields. The future of any field depends upon attracting bright young people. The GEC has a strong tradition of encouraging and promoting student participation, and has an enviable reputation of being the first conference where many of the leading members of the community presented their first research results as graduate students. This award will pay partial travel support for 13 PhD students to attend and present the results of their work at the 68th Annual GEC meeting to be held Monday, October 12 - Friday, October 16, 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii. This will be a joint meeting with the International Conference on Reactive Plasmas normally held in Japan. Hawaii was chosen as the venue since it is located roughly in the middle between the US mainland and Japan. These two distinct meetings are expected to attract more than 600 plasma scientists, collision physicists, and engineers to the same convention center. This award will provide the opportunity for PhD students to establish peer to peer collaboration with researchers from around the world. The GEC, being a moderate size conference, presents an environment where collaborate research efforts and future endeavors are often initiated. The students will have the opportunity to observe first-hand the scientific and cultural diversity of the field, and establish what will hopefully be career long collaborations with their international counterparts. The GEC makes a special effort to support graduate students who are women and underrepresented minorities.