Proposal for Supporting US Participation in ICMMES-2016, Hamburg, Germany, 2016

主要研究者：Luo，Li-Shi提案编号：CBET 1643366这是一份提案，部分资助来自美国机构的学生、初级研究人员和初级教师参加将于2015年7月18日至22日在德国汉堡举行的国际工程与科学介观方法会议（ICMMES）的差旅费。其主要目标是增加美国科学家对ICMMES的参与，并确保美国在这一研究领域的领导地位。本次会议的主要智力价值在于科学思想的交流，尖端研究的介绍，以及接触到介观流体动力学领域的丰富多样的主题。ICMMES国际会议系列的创建是计算对科学，工程和社会科学所有学科研究日益重要的直接结果;它也是对纳米或微系统和生物系统中观察到的多尺度和多物理现象日益增长的兴趣的直接回应。ICMMES的重点是介观/动力学和粒子方法（例如，格子Boltzmann方程、格子气元胞自动机、离散速度模型、气体动力学方案、耗散粒子动力学、光滑粒子流体动力学等）计算力学在其最广泛的意义上。介观方法作为研究复杂流体和软物质、宏观/微观、非平衡、反应性流体/固体等多尺度、多物理场系统的有效手段具有巨大的潜力。更广泛的影响将是增加学生和青年科学家的参与，否则他们将无法负担参加会议的旅费和支付相关费用。将特别考虑代表性不足的少数民族，妇女，残疾人，以及那些在历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）和西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）。

PI: Luo, Li-Shi Proposal Number: CBET 1643366 This is a proposal to partially fund travel expenses of students, junior researchers, and junior faculty from US institutions to attend the International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES) that will be held July 18-22, 2015 in Hamburg Germany. The major objective is to increase the participation of US scientists in ICMMES and to ensure a leadership position of the US in this research field. The main intellectual merit of this conference lies in the exchange of scientific ideas, presentations of cutting edge research, and exposure to a richly diverse array of topics in the area of mesoscopic fluid dynamics. The creation of the ICMMES International Conference series is a direct result of the increasing importance of computation to research in all disciplines in science, engineering, and social sciences; it is also a direct response to the growing interest in multi-scale and multi-physics phenomena observed in nano- or micro-systems and biological systems. The focus of ICMMES is mesoscopic/kinetic and particle methods (e.g., lattice Boltzmann equation, lattice gas cellular automata, discrete velocity models, gas-kinetic schemes, dissipative particle dynamics, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, etc.) for computational mechanics in its broadest sense. Mesoscopic methods possess a great potential as effective means to study a wide variety of multi-scale and multi-physics systems such as complex fluids and soft matter, macro/micro, nonequilibrium, and reactive fluid/solid systems. The broader impact will be to increase participation of students and young scientists who would not otherwise be able to afford to travel to the meeting and pay associated costs. Special consideration will be given to under-represented minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and those in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI).