Workshop on the Future of Biothermal Engineering, April 19-22, 1997, Allerton House, Monticello, Illinois

CTS-9618518将于1997年4月19-22日在伊利诺伊大学Allerton House会议中心举行一次研讨会，以评估生物热工程领域的现状并探索未来的发展方向。该计划将包括两天半的正式会议和三个非正式的晚间讨论时间。第一个晚上的会议将是相当非正式的，除了一个描述生物热工程的国际图景的主旨演讲。第一个完整的一天将包括从生物学、医学和工程学的角度对各种生物热现象的基本原理和最新技术的六个教程课程。每节课都包括一次演讲和一段讨论时间。在晚上，在两个全天会议之后，将就当天的主题进行单独的小组讨论。第二个全天的上午将专门讨论应用领域的分组讨论。在第二个全天的下午，将举行一次全体会议，以确定以下讨论会议的主要问题。第三个晚上的会议还将用来编写关于所讨论的各个专题的报告。在最后一个上午，将举行全体会议，介绍、讨论和定稿个别报告，以便纳入最后报告。研讨会的最后报告将包括关于当前状况和未来工作的讨论和结论的摘要。它还将在各种科学和技术会议上介绍，作为研究人员、赞助机构和处理生物热工程的行业的指南。该报告还将载有主旨发言的摘要和所有与会者的名单以及他们目前研究兴趣的摘要。***

ABSTRACT CTS-9618518 A workshop will be held at the University of Illinois Allerton House Conference Center for April 19-22, 1997 to evaluate the current status and to explore future directions of the field of biothermal engineering. The program will consist of two and a half days of formal sessions and three informal evening discussion periods. The first evening session will be rather informal, except for a keynote speech describing the international picture of biothermal engineering. The first full day will consist of six tutorial sessions on the fundamentals as well as the current state of the art of various biothermal phenomena from biological, medical, and engineering viewpoints. Each of these sessions will consist of a lecture followed by a discussion period. In the evenings, following both full day sessions, individual group discussions will be held on the topics of the day. The morning of the second full day will be devoted to sub-group discussions of application areas. In the afternoon of the second full day a plenary session will be held to identify the major issues for the following discussion sessions. The sessions of the third evening will also be used to develop reports on the individual topics discussed. During the final morning, plenary session will be held in which individual reports will be presented, discussed, and finalized for inclusion in the final report. The final report of the workshop will consist of a summary of the discussions and conclusions regarding current status and future work. It will also be presented at various scientific and technical meetings to serve as a guide to the researchers, sponsoring agencies, and industry dealing with biothermal engineering. The report will also contain summaries of the keynote addresses and a listing of all the participants together with abstracts of their current research interests. ***