Symposium on Modeling and Theory Driven Design of Soft Materials (Boston, MA, Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 2015)

PI：达特，MeenakshiProposal编号：1542276机构：材料研究会标题：软材料建模与理论驱动设计研讨会(波士顿，马萨诸塞州，11月29日？2015年12月4日)该提案寻求资金，以部分支持早期职业科学家(初级教师、博士后研究人员、研究生和本科生)的出席(包括注册、旅费和生活费)，并为2015年11月29日至12月4日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的“软材料建模和理论驱动设计”研讨会的受邀演讲者提供部分注册支持。这次研讨会的动机是软性材料日益增长的重要性？这些材料包括广泛的材料，如聚合物、胶体、泡沫、凝胶、复合材料、生物灵感材料和功能有机-无机结构，它们的主要物理行为发生在室温左右。研讨会的目的是将来自学术界、工业界和联邦实验室的研究人员聚集在一起，他们正在探索模拟和理论，以探索和验证合成和有机软材料的设计，从而能够传播该领域的最新发展，同时培养下一代年轻科学家。组织者将通过优先为妇女和代表性不足的少数族裔研究人员提供旅行、生存和注册支持来鼓励参与。

PI: Dutt, MeenakshiProposal Number: 1542276 Institution: Materials Research SocietyTitle: Symposium on Modeling and Theory Driven Design of Soft Materials (Boston, MA, Nov 29 ? Dec 4, 2015)The proposal seeks funds to partially support the attendance (which includes the registration, travel and subsistence) of early career scientists (junior faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students) and partial registration support for the invited speakers to the symposium "Modeling and Theory Driven Design of Soft Materials," to be held at Boston, MA, between Nov. 29 and Dec. 4, 2015. This symposium is motivated by the growing importance of soft materials ? these encompass a wide range of materials, such as polymers, colloids, foams, gels, composites, bioinspired materials, and functional organic-inorganic structures, whose predominant physical behavior occurs around room temperature.The symposium will be attended by both prominent and young scientists. The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers from academia, industry and federal laboratories who are exploring both simulation and theory to explore and validate the design of synthetic and organic soft materials to enable the dissemination of state-of-art developments in the field along with educating the next generation of young scientists. The organizers will encourage the participation by prioritizing the travel, subsistence and registration support for women and underrepresented minority researchers.