Support for 2019 Laser Diagnostics in Energy and Combustion Science Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

该提案是为了请求对戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）的部分支持，关于燃烧中的激光诊断。会议将于2019年6月22日至28日在瑞士Les Diablerets举行。申请的资金将用于支持参加会议的学生和博士后。特别是，GRS专门针对年轻科学家。会议将重点讨论光学诊断的最新科学进展及其已证明或预期的影响，以及诊断需求。主题将包括流体运动和温度的精确和准确的测量，化学成分，以及在广泛的条件下的瞬态和多相现象，包括高压。燃烧是负责提供全球能源需求的大部分，但产生大气污染物和温室气体的很大一部分。燃烧过程是复杂的，因为它们涉及高温下的多相化学反应流。燃烧诊断需要先进的仪器和科学知识。本次会议将汇集对基于激光的燃烧诊断有浓厚兴趣的科学家和工程师，讨论当前的方法，最新的发展，有前途的机会，以及探测燃烧过程的测量技术的未解决的需求。这次会议是独一无二的，因为它不专注于回顾以前的研究;相反，它突出了今天和明天的新颖，大胆，往往有争议的进展。本次会议将大大有助于了解最先进的激光诊断技术在燃烧。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

This proposal is to request partial support for the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Laser Diagnostics in Combustion. The meeting will be held at Les Diablerets, Switzerland, June 22 - 28, 2019. The requested fund will be used for supporting students and postdocs who will attend the meetings. Particularly, the GRS is specifically aimed at young scientists. The meeting will be focused on the most recent scientific advances in optical diagnostics and their demonstrated or expected impact, in addition to diagnostic needs. Topics will include precise and accurate measurements of fluid motion and temperature, chemical composition, and transient and multi-phase phenomena under a wide range of conditions, including high pressure.Combustion is responsible for providing the majority of global energy needs but generating a large fraction of atmospheric pollutants and greenhouse gases. Combustion processes are complex in that they involve multiphase, chemically reacting flows at high temperatures. Combustion diagnostics requires advanced instrumentation and scientific knowledge. This conference will bring together scientists and engineers with a strong interest in laser-based combustion diagnostics to discuss current approaches, latest developments, promising opportunities, and unaddressed needs for measurement techniques for probing combustion processes. This conference is unique because it is not focused on reviewing previous research; instead it highlights novel, bold, and often controversial advances of today and tomorrow. This conference will contribute significantly to the understanding of the state-of-the-art technology in laser diagnostics in combustion.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.