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、分子和光学物理分部主办的美国物理学会的年度专题会议。它是在低温等离子体(LTP)和碰撞物理(CP)相结合的科学技术方面领先的国际会议。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。在GEC上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、粒子在细胞(PIC)和流体等离子体建模。该会议首次就LTP和CP研究领域的世界领先发展进行了报告，这些主题包括先进的燃烧系统、照明和激光、与半导体和光伏行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。被邀请的演讲者代表了这些领域的世界领先科学家。任何领域的未来都有赖于吸引聪明的年轻人。GEC有着鼓励和促进学生参与的深厚传统，并享有令人羡慕的声誉，因为它是社会上许多顶尖成员作为研究生展示他们第一个研究成果的会议。该奖项将为13名博士生提供部分旅费，让他们参加2015年10月12日(星期一)至10月16日(星期五)在夏威夷火奴鲁鲁举行的第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等离子体国际会议的联席会议。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。这两个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来到同一个会议中心。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，提供了一个经常发起协作研究努力和未来努力的环境。学生们将有机会第一手观察该领域的科学和文化多样性，并有望与他们的国际同行建立职业生涯的合作关系。GEC特别努力支持女性和少数族裔代表不足的研究生。

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.