Proposal for Partial Funding of the 9th U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, Tokyo, Japan, July 2-5, 2017

第九届美国-日本纳米尺度传输现象联合研讨会将在日本东京举行，是热传输领域的第九届会议，为交流纳米尺度传输现象的新的跨学科思想提供了一个专门的国际论坛。这是一个额外的吸引力点，特别是对纳米级热传输过程感兴趣的年轻研究人员。预计将有广泛的与会者出席会议，包括来自学术界、国家实验室和工业界的科学家。会议将邀请从事纳米热传输研究的研究生、博士后研究员和青年教师，特别是少数民族和妇女参加会议。会议的主题与纳米热物理和能量转换有关，包括紧急能源应用中的热传输，新材料系统中的热传输，用于探测小时间或尺寸尺度的热传输的先进仪器，热传输特性的第一原理计算，纳米级的辐射热传输和相变热传递。会议上介绍的技术资料将广泛传播，不仅通过在高质量的刊物上发表选定的论文，而且还通过互联网以音频和/或视频形式公开提供会谈记录。

This 9th U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, to take place in Tokyo, Japan, is a premier meeting in thermal transport now in its 9th version, providind a specialized international forum for exchange of new interdisciplinary ideas in nanoscale transport phenomena. The focused characteristic of this is an additional attractive point, especially to young researchers interested in nanoscale thermal transport processes. A broad range of participants are expected to attend the meeting, including scientists from academia, national laboratories and industry. Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and young faculty, with special consideration given to minorities and women, who are engaged in research efforts in nanoscale thermal transport will be invited to attend the meeting.The topics covered in the meeting are related to nanoscale thermophysics and energy conversion, including thermal transport in emergent energy applications, thermal transport in novel material systems, advanced instrumentation for probing thermal transport at small time or size scales, first principles calculations of thermal transport properties, radiative heat transport at the nanoscale, and phase-change heat transfer. Technical information presented at the meeting will be disseminated broadly, not only through the publication of selected papers in top-quality journals, but also through the recording of the talks to be made publicly available in audio and/or video format via the internet.