2016 Gordon Research Conference on Tribology: Scientific Advancements for Critical Applications in Friction, Lubrication, and Wear; Lewiston, Maine; June 26 - July 1, 2016

该奖项是对戈登研究会议（GRC）和摩擦学戈登研究研讨会（GRS）的部分支持，将于2016年6月26日至7月1日在缅因州刘易斯顿的贝茨学院举行。摩擦学-摩擦，润滑和磨损的研究-是必不可少的技术应用与移动部件，从大型机械和汽车，医疗植入物，微型机械镜在投影仪。该领域主要研究人员的定期会议对于交流思想，信息和最先进的技术是必要的，以实现和加速该领域的进步和突破。戈登会议是将基础科学与对美国和世界经济具有重要意义的工程学科联系起来的关键机制。这个研讨会每两年举行一次，为新的和以前未发表的科学思想的公开交流提供了一个有趣的，甚至是独特的论坛。除了海报展示，会议还包括演讲和与会者之间的广泛讨论和互动。该论坛一直负责在各种主题领域产生和孵化突破性和真正变革性的想法。2016年会议的一个重要方面是戈登研究研讨会。继2014年研讨会的成功之后，2016年戈登研究研讨会是学生和早期职业研究人员在非正式但充满活力的环境中交流思想的论坛。美国国家科学基金会支持这个GRC从材料工程和处理程序和地球物理学程序将使初级参与者，包括研究生，博士后研究员和早期职业教师的参与，资助共54名参与者（29戈登研究会议和25戈登研究研讨会），和25戈登研究研讨会的旅费赠款。

This award is for partial support of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Tribology, to be held June 26 - July 1, 2016 at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Tribology - the study of friction, lubrication, and wear - is essential to technological applications with moving parts, from large machineries and cars, to medical implants, to micro-mechanical mirrors in projectors. Regular meetings of the key researchers in this field are necessary for the exchange of ideas, information, and state-of-the-art technologies, in order to enable and accelerate advances and breakthroughs the field. The Gordon Conference is a key mechanism for linking the basic sciences with an engineering discipline of significant importance to the US and world economies. This GRC is held biannually and offers an interesting, even unique, forum for the open exchange of new and previously unpublished scientific ideas. In addition to poster presentations, the conference includes presentations and extended discussion and interactions among participants. This forum has been responsible for the generation and incubation of breakthrough and truly transformative ideas in a wide variety of topical areas. An important aspect of the 2016 conference is the Gordon Research Seminar. Following from the success of the 2014 Seminar, the 2016 Gordon Research Seminar is a forum for students and early-career researchers to exchange ideas in an informal but dynamic setting. NSF support of this GRC from the Materials Engineering and Processing Program and the Geophysics Program will enable the participation of junior participants, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career faculty members, funding a total of 54 participants (29 for the Gordon Research Conference and 25 for the Gordon Research Seminar), and 25 travel grants for the Gordon Research Seminar.