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）和戈登摩擦学研究研讨会（GRS）的部分支持，该会议将于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——一门研究摩擦、润滑和磨损的学科——对于运动部件的技术应用至关重要，从大型机械和汽车，到医疗植入物，再到投影仪中的微型机械镜子。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。GRC每两年举行一次，为公开交流新的和以前未发表的科学思想提供了一个有趣的，甚至是独特的论坛。除了海报展示，会议还包括演讲和参与者之间的扩展讨论和互动。该论坛负责在广泛的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年研讨会的成功举办之后，2016年的戈登研究研讨会为学生和早期职业研究人员提供了一个非正式但充满活力的交流思想的论坛。美国国家科学基金会对该GRC的支持来自材料工程与加工项目和地球物理项目，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）能够参与，共资助54名参与者（29名参加戈登研究会议，25名参加戈登研究研讨会），并为戈登研究研讨会提供25笔旅行资助。

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 This GRC is held biannually and offers an interesting, even unique, forum for the open exchange of new and previously unpublished scientific ideas.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.