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

第9届美日纳米输运现象联合研讨会将在日本东京举行，这是热输运领域的一次重要会议，现在已经是第9届了，它为纳米输运现象的跨学科新思想交流提供了一个专门的国际论坛。这种集中的特点是一个额外的吸引力点，特别是对纳米尺度热输运过程感兴趣的年轻研究人员。预计将有广泛的参与者参加会议，包括来自学术界、国家实验室和工业界的科学家。将邀请从事纳米尺度热输运研究工作的研究生、博士后研究员和年轻教师，特别考虑到少数民族和妇女，参加会议。会议涵盖的主题涉及纳米尺度热物理和能量转换，包括紧急能源应用中的热输运、新型材料系统中的热输运、小时间或小尺寸尺度下探测热输运的先进仪器、热输运性质的第原理计算、纳米尺度下的辐射热输运以及相变传热。在会议上介绍的技术资料将广泛传播，不仅通过在高质量的期刊上发表选定的论文，而且还将通过互联网以音频和（或）视频形式公开提供会议的录音。

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.