UHTC Conference - Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications V

“超高温陶瓷：极端环境应用材料”会议将于2022年6月在犹他州雪鸟市举行，汇集了科学家和工程师社区。会议的重点是讨论最新的超高温陶瓷（UHTC）的加工，表征和性能。鉴于对这一领域的新兴趣，会议非常及时，与陶瓷科学界相关，在研究传播和促进科学合作方面发挥着重要作用。它为初级科学家和工程师融入该领域提供了理想的环境。材料研究部陶瓷项目的支持可以支持多达五名研究生，博士后研究员或早期职业人士。通过这次旅行参与者/注册奖励，特别关注来自STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的群体的个人。技术摘要：超高温陶瓷（UHTCs）——包括过渡金属碳化物、氮化物和硼化物——是一系列具有独特性能的化合物，包括极高的熔化温度（3000℃）、高硬度和在高温下良好的化学稳定性和强度。这些特性的结合使这些材料成为各种高温结构应用的候选材料，包括发动机，高速车辆，等离子弧电极，切削工具和先进的核燃料用途。会议的重点是UHTC的科学地位以及领先专家分享其发展的能力，这将确保新想法的延续，并促进合作，在一个更加相关的类别中提供明显的进步，以满足极端环境对材料的要求。旅行奖用于支持研究生、博士后和/或早期专业人士，特别是那些来自STEM领域代表性不足的人群的专业人士参加会议。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。

Non-technical abstractThe “Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications V” conference bring together the community of scientist and engineers in Snowbird, UT, in June 2022. The conference is focused on discussing state-of-the-art in ultrahigh temperature ceramic (UHTC) processing, characterization and properties. Given the renewed interest in this field the meeting is very timely and relevant to the ceramics scientific community and plays an important role of research dissemination and fostering scientific collaboration. It provides an ideal environment for junior scientists and engineers to become integrated into the field. Support from the Ceramics Program in the Division of Materials Research enables supporting up to five individuals that are either graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, or early career individuals. Particular attention to supporting individuals from groups that are historically underrepresented in the STEM disciplines is achieved through this travel participant/registration award.Technical abstractUltra-High Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs) - which includes transition metal carbides, nitrides, and borides - are a family of compounds that display a unique set of properties, including extremely high melting temperatures (3000 deg. C), high hardness and good chemical stability and strength at high temperatures. The combination of properties makes these materials candidates for a variety of high-temperature structural applications, including engines, high-speed vehicles, plasma arc electrodes, cutting tools, and advanced nuclear fuel usages. The conference’s focus on the scientific status of UHTC and the ability for leading experts to share their developments will ensure a continuation of new ideas and nurture collaborations that provide distinct advancements in a class that are ever more relevant to meet the demands placed on materials in extreme environments. The travel award is used to enable graduate, post docs, and/or early professionals, particularly those from underrepresented demographics in STEM, to participate in the conference.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.