2018 Tribology: Progress in Tribology at the Interface Between Disciplines; Gordon Research Conference; Bates College, Lewiston, Maine; June 24-29, 2018

该奖项支持戈登研究研讨会和戈登摩擦学研究会议于2018年6月24日至29日在美国刘易斯顿贝茨学院举行。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。摩擦学通过改善制造业和减少能源消耗来影响国家的繁荣。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，是一个独特的论坛，供公开交流新的和以前未发表的科学思想。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。2018年戈登研究会议的主题是跨学科，汇集了来自不同学科的科学家和工程师，讨论和辩论前沿研究问题，并确定摩擦学领域的重大突破，这些突破可能在经典领域之间的界面上找到。2018年会议的一个重要方面是戈登研究研讨会。戈登研究研讨会在戈登研究会议之前的周末举行，是学生和早期职业研究人员在非正式但充满活力的环境中交流思想的论坛。美国国家科学基金会在材料工程与加工项目的支持下，允许15名初级参与者（包括研究生和博士后学者）参加戈登研究研讨会，并邀请12名早期职业演讲者和戈登研究会议的讨论领袖。戈登会议是一个重要的研讨会场所，允许为期一周的讨论，而不发布会议摘要。这使得思想和信息在一个开放的环境中自由流动。主题范围从摩擦和润滑的原子起源到地球摩擦学。研讨会将集中于跨学科和未发表的研究报告，以100人左右的小组形式向社区通报，以促进讨论。国家科学基金会参与者的支持直接针对来自代表性不足群体的个人，包括性别和种族多样性；首次参加GRC/GRS及各界人士，拓宽参会基础；以及在早期职业生涯中取得高质量研究成果的个人。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports the Gordon Research Seminar and at the Gordon Research Conference on Tribology held on June 24-29, 2018 at Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA. 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 science of tribology impacts the national prosperity through improvements in manufacturing and energy reduction. 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 This GRC is held biannually and a unique forum for the open exchange of new and previously unpublished scientific ideas.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. The theme of the 2018 Gordon Research Conference is interdisciplinarity bringing together scientists and engineers from a variety of disciplines to discuss and debate the forefront research questions, and to identify areas for significant breakthroughs in tribology that are likely to be found at the interfaces between the classical fields. An important aspect of the 2018 conference is the Gordon Research Seminar. The Gordon Research Seminar is held the weekend before the Gordon Research Conference and is a forum for students and early-career researchers to exchange ideas in an informal but dynamic setting. National Science Foundation support from the Materials Engineering and Processing Program enables the participation of 15 junior participants, including graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, at the Gordon Research Seminar, and 12 invited early-career speakers and discussion leaders at the Gordon Research Conference. The Gordon conference is a premier workshop venue which allows weeklong discussion with not resulting conference summary published. This allows for the free flow of ideas and information within an open environment. The topics range from the atomic origins of friction and lubrication to the tribology of the earth. The workshop will focus on interdisciplinary and unpublished work with research presentations to inform the community in a small group format with ~100 attendees to foster discussion. NSF participant support is directed to the individuals from underrepresented groups, including gender and ethnic diversity; first-time GRC/GRS attendees and people from diverse fields to broaden the attendance base; and individuals with evidence of high-quality, early-career research accomplishments.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.