Multiscale Modeling of Soft Materials and Interfaces

该奖项将支持学生、博士后科学家和早期职业教师参加名为“软材料和界面的多尺度建模”的研讨会，该研讨会将作为材料研究学会2018年秋季会议的一部分在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行。研讨会将集中在这些材料的理论和模拟方面的最新科学进展，包括胶体、凝胶、泡沫、聚合物、悬浮液和生物启发材料。这些材料对药物输送、储能装置、涂层和石油回收等技术至关重要。研讨会将包括来自工业界、学术界和国家实验室的杰出特邀演讲者，并由学生和早期职业科学家贡献演讲和海报。由于建模方法和理论的最新进展以及高性能计算最近的快速进步，这次会议在技术影响和向应用程序的转化方面是及时的。研讨会将传播该领域的最新进展，同时通知和招募下一代科学家，并扩大未被充分代表的群体对材料科学研究的参与。鼓励年轻研究人员的参与将有助于满足国家对未来软物质设计劳动力的培训需求，并将为年轻研究人员提供一个与该领域的领先研究人员和行业从业者互动的独特机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support the participation of students, postdoctoral scientists, and early career faculty in the symposium titled "Multiscale Modeling of Soft Materials and Interfaces" that will be held as a part of the Materials Research Society Fall 2018 meeting in Boston, MA. The symposium will focus on recent scientific advances in the theory and simulation of these materials, that encompass colloids, gels, foams, polymers, suspensions, and bioinspired materials. These materials are critical to technologies that include drug delivery, energy storage devices, coatings, and oil recovery. The symposium will include distinguished invited speakers from industry, academia, and national laboratories and contributed talks and posters by students and early career scientists. The conference is timely in terms of the technical impact and translation to applications, due to recent advances in modeling methods and theory and recent rapid advances in high performance computing. The symposium will disseminate the latest advances in the field while simultaneously informing and recruiting the next generation of scientists and broadening the participation of under-represented groups in materials science research. Encouraging the participation of young investigators will help fill a national need to train a future work force in soft matter design and will provide a unique opportunity for young investigators to interact with leading researchers and industrial practitioners in this area.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.