GRC Colloidal, Macromoelcular, and Polyelectrolyte Solutions - Engineered Response in Soft Matter

2020年戈登胶体、高分子和聚电解质解决方案研究会议(GRC)将于2020年2月2日至7日在加利福尼亚州文图拉举行。戈登研究研讨会(GRS)也将在GRC的前一个周末举行，重点是学生和早期职业参与者。会议的主题是“软物质的工程响应”，重点介绍了软系统和活性系统的基本模型和力学，它们对外界刺激的响应，以及它们在医学、生物学、添加剂制造和储能方面的应用。该奖项将部分资助博士生和早期职业科学家参加GRC/GRS的注册和旅费。会议将为研究生、博士后学者和年轻教职员工提供机会，在独特的GRC环境中与软物质研究的领导者接触。这次会议是GRC自1984年成立以来关于胶体、大分子和聚电解质溶液的第19次会议。PI是胶体和软物质研究方面的专家，他们已经制定了一个计划，将把各种非常成功的研究人员聚集在一起，讨论感兴趣的话题。GRC和GRS的初步计划包括演讲和后续讨论，以及每天下午举行的两个小时的海报会议，以便在不那么正式的环境中进行更多的交流和研究贡献的讨论。本次会议将为与会者提供一个跨学科的论坛，以交流知识并讨论全球问题的融合解决方案，这些问题需要胶体、高分子和聚电解质社区的洞察。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。

The 2020 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Colloidal, Macromolecular, and Polyelectrolyte Solutions will be held February 2-7, 2020 in Ventura, CA. A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) focusing on students and early career attendees will also take place the weekend prior to the GRC. The theme of the conference is "Engineered Response in Soft Matter" which focuses on the fundamental models and mechanics of soft and active systems, their response to external stimuli, and their applications in medicine, biology, additive manufacturing, and energy storage. This award will partially support registration and travel cost for doctoral students and early career scientists to attend the GRC/GRS. The conference will provide graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and young faculty members with opportunities to engage with leaders in soft matter research in the unique GRC setting. The success of the meeting will be assessed using established GRC guidelines.This conference is the 19th meeting of the GRC on colloidal, macromolecular, and polyelectrolyte solutions since its inception in 1984. The PIs are experts in colloids and soft matter research and have put together a program that will bring a diverse mix of highly successful researchers together to discuss topics of interest. A preliminary program for both the GRC and GRS includes presentations with follow-on discussion sessions as well as two-hour poster sessions held each afternoon to enable additional exchanges and discussion of research contributions in a less formal setting. This meeting will provide participants with an interdisciplinary forum to exchange knowledge and to discuss convergent solutions to global problems that require the insight of the colloids, macromolecules and polyelectrolyte communities.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.