2017 Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer: Fundamental Mechanisms to Applications of Phase Change Heat Transfer GRC; Galveston, Texas; January 8-13,2017

2017年微纳尺度相变热传递：相变热应用的基本机制，将于2017年1月8日至13日在德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿举行，由戈登研究会议组织。这是继2015年非常成功地举办会议之后，第二次关于这个主题的会议，也是由戈登研究会议组织的。这次会议的独特之处在于，它汇集了具有不同研究背景的研究人员，他们通常不会在单一会议上会面，讨论共同感兴趣的话题，即相变的基本原理及其与表面结构的关系。热工程设计中形式和功能之间的相互作用是过去几十年在材料和制造工艺方面取得的重大进步的自然演变。特别是在微米(纳米)尺度上，为不同的工程应用设计和建造大量复杂结构的能力才刚刚开始在热设计方面得到利用。事实上，我们的计划目前正在资助这个主题的几个项目。这表明，一批迅速达到临界值的专家能够，而且正在建设中。然而，从材料和制造到热设计的知识迁移需要不同社区相互交织的机会。所涉及的基础知识主要是多学科的，包括材料科学与工程、化学、冶金、力学和热科学。这次会议为这一迁移提供了一个必不可少的机制。

The 2017 Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer: Fundamental Mechanisms to Applications of Phase Change Heat Transfer, to take place in Galveston, TX, on January 8-13, 2017, is organized by the Gordon Research Conferences. This is the second conference on this topic, following the very successful conference held in 2015, and also organized by the Gordon Research Conference. This conference is unique in which it brings together researchers with distinct research backgrounds, who would usually not meet in a single conference, to discuss a topic of common interest, namely the fundamentals of phase-change and its relations to surface structures. The interplay between form and function in thermal engineering design is a natural evolution to the major advances in materials and manufacturing processes achieved during the previous couple of decades. Particularly in minute (nanometer) scale, the ability to design and build a multitude of complex structures for diverse engineering applications is just now starting to be utilized in relation to thermal design. Our program, in fact, is currently funding a few projects in this theme. This shows a fast critical mass of experts can, and is in the process of being built. The knowledge migration from materials and manufacturing to thermal design requires, however, opportunities for the distinct communities to intertwine. The basic knowledge involved is primarily multidisciplinary, including material science and engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, mechanics, and thermal sciences. This conference provides an essential mechanism for this migration.