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

气体电子学会议（GEC）是美国物理学会在原子、分子和光学物理学分部的赞助下举办的年度专题会议。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领先国际会议。GEC结合了原子，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。在GEC解决的基本课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，粒子在细胞（PIC）和流体等离子体建模。 该会议是首次介绍世界领先的LTP和CP主题研究进展的场所，包括先进的燃烧系统，照明和激光，与半导体和光电子工业相关的等离子体材料处理，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领先科学家。任何领域的未来都取决于吸引聪明的年轻人。GEC有着鼓励和促进学生参与的悠久传统，并拥有令人羡慕的声誉，成为第一次会议，许多社区的主要成员作为研究生提出了他们的第一个研究成果。该奖项将支付13名博士生的部分旅费支持出席并介绍他们的工作成果在第68届GEC年会将于周一举行，10月12日至周五，2015年10月16日在檀香山，夏威夷。这将是与通常在日本举行的反应等离子体国际会议的联席会议。选择夏威夷作为会场是因为它大致位于美国大陆和日本之间的中间。这两个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到同一个会议中心。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，它提供了一个合作研究工作和未来努力的环境。学生将有机会亲自观察该领域的科学和文化多样性，并与国际同行建立长期的合作关系。GEC特别努力支持女性和代表性不足的少数民族研究生。

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.